Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
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Hi all
I have decided to build an A-4B Skyhawk from Argentine Air Force during the Falklands conflict in 1982.
Politics aside, the conflict proved that skilled pilots can make a difference even when using an outdated, or inferior material. [...]
THE STORY OF THE A-4E LADY JESSIE
Lady Jessie was married to Fred Beck. They ran the Keno game at Harold's Club in Reno. They became acquainted with Dick Perry,(She was like an adopted Mother to Lcdr Dick Perry.) who was shot down and [...]
1/72 Airfix Douglas A-4B Skyhawk completed in the markings of VMA-324 "Devil Dogs" flying off USS Independence in 1963. Added most of an Eduard Zoom set, Quickboost gun barrels and ejection seat. Painted with Gunze Mr Color. I [...]
The kit started out as a 1/72 A-4E/F Aggressor by scale craft/esci. the kit only supplies the avionic hump on top of the fuselage, so I had use filler for the tail fillet. No stores were provided so the wing tanks came from spares, the [...]
One of my recent builds, a nice little scooter from the limited edition of Eduard...hope you like it! I enjoyed the kit very much, cheers, Christian
Here is my little group of different agressors, F-15 and A-4 from Hasegawa, F-16 from Tamiya.
I’m building models for quite some years now, and I like to depict especially unusual things or ideas in a diorama. So it was no wonder that since many years I wanted to recreate an explosion in a model, the question simply was: How on [...]
1/72 Fujimi, my first Skyhawk, I modified the engine intakes and instrument panels, finished in BS 693 and BS 697 by a local manufacturer, Model Master and Tamiya X22 enamels.
Restoration of old ESCI A-4 Skyhawk 1/48
Decals are home made with laser decal paper. Some missing parts are scratched.
colors: Hu140, Hu 129 & Revell 50+05
I recently re-watched one of my favourite movies - Good Morning, Vietnam - and thought I'd like to try build something from this conflict. Being impressed and inspired by the A4's recently posted on this site, and after talking to my good [...]