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Douglas A-1 (AD) Skyraider

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Douglas A-1H Skyraider, Tamiya 1/48th USN Vietnam 1965 “Special”

by Chuck A. Villanueva on November 26, 2020
in Aviation — 24 Comments

It's the last mission day for the USS Midway (CVA-41) before sailing back home to Alameda, Ca. Conducting operations into North and S. Vietnam. The XO of VA-25 " Fist of the Fleet" CDR Clarence Stoddard, Jr. was planning the last raid i[...]

Monogram 1/48 AD-6 backdated to an AD-3 of VMA 212 in Korea

by Clark Cook on September 27, 2020
in Aviation — 16 Comments

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 Eduard 2[...]

Tamiya 1/48 Douglas Skyraider VNAF

by George V Guimaraes on September 20, 2020
in Aviation — 31 Comments

Hello!! This is my VNAF Spad, a very nice kit from Tamiya. Used some Eduard PE and decals from AOA, since the originals were too old. Cammo was free hand painted (Gunze) and I scratch built a few details, like the wiring to the ejection seat sy[...]

Douglas A-1H Skyraider – Tamiya 1/48

by Andrew H on August 30, 2020
in Aviation — 20 Comments

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 "Knightriders" o[...]

1/48th AMT AD-4W Skyraider

by Jim Sullivan on August 19, 2020
in Aviation — 24 Comments

This is my third model in support of the Korean War group build.. It's a 1/48th AD-4W Skyraider. The kit was an AMT branded version of the original ESCI model. It was a basic kit with few frills but the shape was good and the plastic well cast [...]

Skyraider R3350-Duplex Cyclone Engine, jigsaw puzzle from Trumpeter!

by Rob Anderson on June 24, 2020
in Uncategorized — 11 Comments

So, I hope the rest of the instructions are better than the engine instructions! Some trial and error and leaving out a part that can't be seen that interfered with the whole works and I got her together. Thankfully there are lots of pictures [...]

ESCI A-1H Skyraider 1:48

by George R Blair Jr on May 6, 2020
in Aviation — 24 Comments

Well, there I was, 6 weeks into a really bad case of cabin fever. I was waiting for some add-ons for a Lorna that I wanted to build for the WW2 Japanese group, and I was reading a book on the Skyraider in Vietnam. Of course, I decided to buil[...]

skyraider 1/48

by Jocelyn cossart on April 26, 2020
in Aviation — 6 Comments

this kit is from tamiya, as always they did a big job. The details are really great but without riveting. A pilot is included in the kit, but I only keep the pilot helmet. Hope you will like the weathering on it and the whole result too. thanks!

Tamiyas Skyraider- I had to switch to the reserve tank to get her home.

by Jimmy Zed on April 19, 2020
in Aviation — 31 Comments

This was one of those builds where she ended up spending a few weeks in near solitary, staring at me from the workbench with worrying eyes as i left her unfinished and slowly gathering dust. A few days ago i looked at her sternly, flipped the sw[...]

Skyraider AEW 1 – Tamiya/ESCI kitbash

by Tom Cleaver on March 30, 2020
in Aviation — 7 Comments

Done back in 2004: One of the lessons the U.S. Navy learned during the Second World War as a result of the Kamikaze campaign was that there was no such thing as too early a warning of an incoming attack. The further away from the fleet the ene[...]