Douglas A-1 Skyraider
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1/32 Douglas A-1H Skyraider (Vietnam War)
This 1/32 scale build of the legendary Douglas A-1H Skyraider is inspired by its service in the Vietnam War, particularly during the mid-to-late 1960s. The tropical camouflage, surface staining, and mission-weathered details all reflect [...]
Midnight Cowboy: 1/48th Monogram A-1H Skyraider
This is the 1/48th Monogram A-1H Skyraider kit which was first released in 1980 in Vietnam era markings and then again in 1983 in Korean War markings. It has been re-released a number of times, as late as 2010. Although the Tamiya kit is [...]
Tamiya 1/48 A-1H Skyraider
The Skyraider was a late WWII Douglas design to fulfill the United States Navy requirements for a carrier-based, single-seat, long-range, high performance dive/torpedo bomber that would be a follow-on to the Dauntlesses, Helldivers and [...]
'Spad Dad'
A quick project, just less than a month from opening the box, but it did have the bench completely to itself. Biggest challenge was finding the Minigun pod in my huge stash of spare ‘dangly bits’ that I’ve amassed over many year of [...]
1/48 AD-4 - Korean War Group Build.
This is the Tamiya A-1H kit backdated to a late model AD-4. The model depicts an aircraft assigned to VA-95 aboard USS Philippine Sea during 1952-53. The main things involved in backdating a Viet Nam era Skyraider to a Korean War AD-4 [...]
Tamiya A-1H Skyraider, 1/48 scale
Hello iModeler! Here is my Tamiya Skyraider for your review. OOB aside from ordnance - Mk. 82 bombs from AMK, 4-shot Zuni rocket pods from ICM and the Zuni rocket warheads are 3d modeled and printed by me because I just did not want to [...]
A Special SpAD
The Tamiya A-1H Skyraider is one of those must-build kits if you have any interest in the Vietnam War and model in 1/48th scale and an example for the collection has been on my personal radar for quite some time but I'd always managed to [...]
1/48 Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider
Well, here it is. Skyraider, Sandy, Spad… call it as You wish, but this is the icon from Vietnam war.
I was searching for this model for some time, As long as I really wanted to get one from Zoukei Moura, You know… there is always [...]
Monogram 1/48 AD-6 backdated to an AD-3 of VMA 212 in Korea
This started out as OOB build using kit decals. Unfortunately they were toast and did not cooperate when being applied. I used Euro decals for the Skyraider and they were excellent. I scratchbuilt the early AERO bomb racks then added [...]
Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Tamiya 1/48
Today's first post brings another work I've just put some finishing touches onto. The kit is, of course, Tamiya's venerable 1/48 scale "Bumble-Bee boxing". I chose to build this out of the box, as I liked the look of the VA-52 [...]
