The A-1 Channel at iModeler (20 articles)

The A-1 Channel at iModeler

Douglas A-1 Skyraider

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A-1H Skyraider US Navy

by Julian Shawyer on March 25, 2019
in Aviation — 24 Comments

This is the 1/48th Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider. US Navy. VA25 squadron. The only additions to the kit, apart from the decals, were etched seat belts. I used Aeromaster Acrylic Matt Light Gull Grey, and Tamiya Matt White to paint the model. T[...]

Special Ops Sharks Teeth A-1J Skyraider.

by Julian Shawyer on February 23, 2019
in Aviation — 18 Comments

This is the Tamiya 1/48th scale Douglas A-1J Skyraider. I added a etched seat harness and a QuickBoost resin Canopy Actuator Cover. The model was painted with Hannants Xtracrylix colours and weathered with artist gouache. The decals are Iliad D[...]

Douglas A-1H Skyraider

by Paul E. Owens on January 22, 2019
in Aviation — 19 Comments

The Douglas Skyraider, affectionately known as the Spad or flying dump truck is the Tamiya 1/48 kit i purchased in 2001 if i recall correctly. I started building in 2002 but i was defeated by the four color cowling, i could not get the natural [...]

Trumpeter A-1J Skyraider 1/32

by Adilcan Topgül on December 3, 2018
in Aviation — 8 Comments

Finally finished this beauty - really nice kit oob, especially the duplex cyclone engine. Painted with Mr. Hobby acrylics and weathered with oils and AK products. Coments and critics welcome as always .

AD-5 (A-1E) 1/48 Tamiya+Matchbox

by Nguyen Huy Hoang on April 3, 2018
in Aviation — 13 Comments

Hi All, I would like to present my latest completion: the Big Face Spad. AD-5 (A-1E). The build were kitbashed from the infamous Tamiya A-1 Skyraider and Matchbox vintage AD-5. There are 1/32 resin conversion set from Fisher Model for Trumpet[...]

Moldy oldie,IMC 1/72 A-1 Skyraider.

by Robert Royes on December 4, 2017
in Aviation — 11 Comments

Another moldy oldie, This is from IMC'S battle damage series of the 1970's. Done in South Vietnam AF scheme, I wanted it to still be able to fly so I only used the damaged stabilizer. Got the kit off of the net. I used the kits decals, some whic[...]

Getting Skyraiders right

by Tom Cleaver on November 3, 2017
in Aviation — 25 Comments

One of the big problems for modelers building A-1 Skyraiders is that most of the time the model is under-weathered. A friend of mine who flew Skyraiders in Vietnam once told me that the major problem he had with most of the Skyraider models he s[...]

1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider VA-152 Black Spades

by Brian Scott on November 2, 2017
in Aviation — 34 Comments

Just finished her today. Painted with MRP paints. Wash and stains was the Mig products, Aeromaster decals . Enjoy by Brian scott[/url], on Flickr by Brian scott[/url], on Flickr by Brian scott[/url], on Flickr by Brian scott[/url], on F[...]

A-1H Details: ‘Lieutenant America’

by Mike Still on August 20, 2017
in Photo Collections — 8 Comments

I shot these pics of a restored A-1H, "Lieutenant America", at Lonesome Pine Regional Airport in Wise County, Va., back in 2011.For a restoration, this Skyraider compares well to photos from Wayne Mutza's book on A-1's in Vietnam, Bert Kinzey's [...]

A 38A Skyraider

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on August 11, 2017
in Aviation — 26 Comments

This is my rendition of a Skyraider in the use of the Royal Swedish Air Force if the Sandy CSAR concept had been brought to the temperate and sub-arctic forests and mountains of the Scandinavian peninsula from the steaming jungles of Vietnam and[...]