Magic Factory A-4M Skyhawk

Ejection seat with rubber harnesses 

Unpainted cockpit in fuselage half 

Ejection seat and late instrument panel and gun sight. Out of the box parts 

Ejection seat and late instrument panel. Rubber harnesses doesn't seem so bad.. Out of the box parts 

Cockpit done. I was little bit suspicious about rubber harnesses, but they worked ok. 

I would rather have photo etch harnesses as kit has photo etch parts too, but these worked ok too 

Decals worked nicely with raised instrument panel 

Gun sight part has nice details 

Side consoles has good colorful decals 

I like the overall look of the cockpit 

Engine out of the box. Totally acceptable for inside of fuselage 

I added some led wires to make Engine part more interesting 

Not much can be seen from these wires when this engine is inside the fuselage I guess. 

Fuselage halves ready to go together 

Cockpit has also some nice wall detail from the box 

Everything on one fuselage side 

Bottom when landing gear bays are masked up. There were a lot of work with the wings/ landing gear bays, but the fit was nice, no filler needed. 

Top side masked, kit provides canopy masks, but no masks for lights... The hump needed some filler, otherwise the fit of the parts was relatively nice.  

I added some wires to the nose boxes 

Parts from the nose done 

Nose parts ready to be attached left side 

Nose parts ready to be attached right side 

Some pre-shading with blue and brown over white primer top side 

Some pre-shading with blue and brown over white primer bottom side 

Half of the main top colors done, half with preshading. 

Main top colors done. Pre-shading still visible through. I hope it is enough to see after weathering 

Bottom white done. I'm happy with blue pre-shading