Douglas A-1 (AD) Skyraider
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Tamiya A-1H Skyraider 1/48 scale
Everyone knows about VA-176's 'Bumblebee' MiG killer, with its giant killer bee artwork, but the first USN Skyraider to shoot down a MiG-17 seems to be lost in the shuffle.
Tamiya's A-1H USN kit, fortunately, includes markings for VA-25's [...]
Monogram 1/48 AD-6 Skyraider
Monogram kit re-scribed with Super Scale decals for VA-65. True Details wheels. Enjoy!
Andy
Douglas AD-4W Skyraider (target tug) cockpit
The Skyraider was used as a target tug by Svensk Flytjänst in Sweden between 1963-76. The aircrafts were former Royal Navy, used in the early warning role. All AEW equipment was torn out and replaced by winch systems, hatches and radio [...]
1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider VA-25 Fist of the Fleet
Here is the awesome Tamiya Skyraider. Decals from After burnder Yankee Station Mig Killer. Painted with Tamiya paints and weatherd with Mig wash.
Cheers Brian
The Ritzmann Skyraider
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 [...]
Zoukei Mura A1-J Skyraider 1/32 Scale
This was the first Zoukei Mura Kit that I built, It depicts an aircraft that flew in Vietnam on Sandy Rescue missions. This kit was so well engineered that all I tried to do was give it a good paint job, add a few wires and that was about [...]
Tamiya A-1J 1/48
Hi all,
I present to you my A-1J 1/48 from Tamiya. The build was finished in 2013 with lots of scratchbuild such as engine an wing fold,cockoit details. Only decal was Aftermarket,the model was finished with Gunze Color.
All comments are [...]
Skyraider, an old one, very old indeed.
Well as I started dusting off old kits, I decided to post this one.
It`s the old Monogram/Revell kit.
Not a lot to it, not much in the way of under wing stores.
Glued and painted by me, using brushes and Tamiya paint, I know , Tamiya [...]
Matchbox 1/48 AD-5 Skyraider
I chose the AD-5N (A-1G), VA(AW)-33, USS Forestal, USN, as my first attempt at this ancient kit. At the time I built it, we were lucky enough to even have it, let alone aftermarket parts... During it's "lifetime", I've seen it [...]
RIP: Bernie Fisher
I noted that MAJ Bernard "Bernie" Fisher, the first USAF MoH honoree in Vietnam, died this past month. Going through my photos, I found these shots of my 1/48 A-1E built back in 1998.
The kit is a mishmash of the Tamiya A-1H [...]
