The AD Channel at iModeler (11 articles)

The AD Channel at iModeler

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11 articles
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Year of the Cat

by Frank Cronin on March 10, 2018
in Uncategorized — 13 Comments

OK... another stretch.. the name on the cowling of this aircraft is "Paper Tiger"......... Whadda ya think...? qualify? This is the SWS Zoukei-Maura 1/32 AD-1H Skyraider FIRST .... This is an excellent kit. Well engineered, well designed, accur[...]

1/48 AD-4NA Skyraider

by Dan DeSilva on January 20, 2018
in Aviation — 26 Comments

A few years ago, I decided to try and fold the wings on one of my 1/48 Monogram AD-6 skyraiders. the parts seemed to be there, but it was not mentioned in the instructions. One problem with cutting the wings is that it is impossible to keep the [...]

1/48 Tamiya AD-3 Skyraider

by Brian Scott on August 28, 2017
in Aviation — 16 Comments

Shelf of doom # 3 complete . 1/48 Tamiya AD-3 Bu.No. 122743 air VMW -121 based at K-3 ( Pohang ) Korea 1951. Started on this almost two years ago. Finally she is completed . Painted with Mr. Paints and Tamiya paints . by Brian scott[/url], on [...]

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[...]

S 38B Skyraider

by Stellan Schroeder Englund on August 4, 2017
in Aviation — 53 Comments

By 1972 a number of the remaining Skyraiders in the Royal Swedish Air Force inventory were re-designated from A (attack) to S (spaning) for the new role as search and rescue aircraft to operate over the Baltic sea and the West coast. A great num[...]

FAA Skyraider Mk.1 & Tow Tractor.

by Julian Shawyer on August 2, 2017
in Aviation — 38 Comments

This is a What-if I made a couple of years ago in the markings of a Royal Navy, Fleet Air Arm Skyraider. The Royal Navy had in fact, operated the AD-4W early warning Skyraider, designated AEW.1 and flown by 849 Naval Air Squadron during the 195[...]

1/48 Tamiya AD-4 Skyraider VMA-121 Korean War

by Dan DeSilva on April 1, 2017
in Aviation — 35 Comments

I was overjoyed when I found out that some AD-4 Skyraiders received armor plate kits in the Korean War. For me, this meant I could use the Tamiya 1/48 AD-6 kit mostly out of the box.....er... what I mean is, I wouldn't have to grind off the plat[...]

Fujimi Skyraider AD–6

by Robert Royes on July 7, 2016
in Aviation — 6 Comments

This is the old 1/7? scale Fujimi kit. Originally I finished it off as a bird from VA-35 off the USS Saratoga in the late fifties, but it fell off the shelf, tail cracking, destroying the decal,[ hazard of building old brittle kits]. Repaired th[...]

The Ritzmann Skyraider

by IAN JACKSON on July 13, 2015
in Aviation — 14 Comments

In Spring 2011, I built and entered a Tamiya 1:48 A-1 Skyraider for the Vietnam War Group-Build at www.britmodeller.com . I was lucky enough to be voted ‘third overall’ in the resultant poll, and thought no more about it until a couple of months[...]

1/48th AD-5 Skyraider

by Jim Sullivan on May 4, 2014
in Aviation — 26 Comments

Hello Folks, here's my latest just off the building table. It's an AD-5 Skyraider built from the 1/48th Revell kit. As many of you know, that kit is a re-release of the old Matchbox kit from back in the 70's. The advantages of working with the R[...]