Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
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The pride of my collection, my first Skyhawk and sole Cold War era aircraft.
This was built from the 1433 boxing "Falklands Fighter"
Painted with Revell 40/46 and 65. Inside of the flaps were painted with the fuselage colour as [...]
Hi all, this is a companion build to the TA-4J I posted earlier. I started it with a Hobbycraft A-4C. When the Hobbycraft kits first came out, I bought a B, an E, and two C kits sight unseen (no reviews/photos beforehand). I was a bit [...]
This TA-4J kit was sitting for quite a while, and I finally finished it off at the end of this summer. Airbrushed gray but hand brushed tan and green- with brushed touchups on the gray area. I used Afterburner decals although the same [...]
Hi All! This is a result of the excellent 10 part "The Wietnam War" documentary serie ((link)War(TV_series) I've seen recently. Actually this A-4 was around a while just I was too lazy to publish it here and frankly I've been [...]
Jessie Beck ran the keno concession at Harolds Club in Reno in 1957
that's where she met a young part-time dealer named Dick Perry who longed to become a Navy pilot
Dick was accepted as a Naval officer and within two years earned his [...]
This is special build for my friend and his colection. The kit is avegare quality, big advantage is perfect fitting of all parts and clear instruction sheet, plus there is full buffet of weapons you can put on.
The kit offers also opening [...]
As a child I only wanted to do one thing in life from the earliest age up until early adulthood and college graduation. That one thing was to be a "Naval Aviator" flying jets off of carriers in the US Navy. This desire and goal [...]
My second Skyhawk... it is done. I think it is time to move on, I am not a guy building just one aircraft type.
I really do not know what to say after this build, because I am just happy that it is over and I can move on.
Do not take me [...]
This is finally done A-4E Skyhawk, which I won on iModeler as last January award.
It is almost pure box kit with just few additions - the biggest ones come from BigSin armament set for A-4 by Eduard.
The build is well documented here: [...]
I've always been interested in Vietnam War aviation, so when Eduard issued Vietnam Scooters limited edition kit, I knew I have to build one as soon as possible. The kit contains Hasegawa plastic, Furball Aero-Design decals for five marking [...]