Douglas A-4E Skyhawk - WIP
filling and sanding almost completed
internal parst in place and as soon as the weight will dry - I can close the fuselage
additional bits cleaned and ready to go
initial cleanup
and preparation for PE parts
bits and bobs
seat ready for wash
cockpit finally together
just wash needed
ready to close the fuselage
wings in place
almost everything ready to paint
some PE added
landing light
LAU-10/A Zuni ready to paint
pylons need to be modified to fit the MER
main body with various bits and bobs
Mk-81 bombs all finished and ready for installation
MER for all those Mk-81s
aircraft ready for priming
MER version banana 🙁
a little bit of heat and I think it's not bad 🙂
MER are completed and painted - ready for decals
together with the LAU-10
and pylons
Revell Aqua Fiery Red - quite nice color and handy for hand painting of the wheel doors later
a little bit of Mr. Metal color 211 chrome silver and pistons are ready for wash
all bits and bobs from today's spray booth adventure
LAU-10 with decals
MER with decals
Skyhawk armament together ready for wash
final touch to the rockets
test pylon with and withouth Flory wash
and from the other side.
all washed up, cleaned and two MER already filled
one MER to go...
aaaand all armament is finished
little dry testing
looking good 😉
Mr. Surfacer 1000 (do not have 1200 at hand 🙁 )
looking very nice. Next will be slight sanding and preshading
a little bit of preshading
bottom surfaces with MRP-99 US Navy White
small parts
small parts painted. ready for wash
upper surfaces done
some places will need to be corrected (red areas)
overall - looking good 🙂
masked and painted dark grey stripes and black areas near cockpit
two more black and yellow areas need to be added and red area for wing slats need some correction
black and yellow areas masked and painted.
plane is ready for decals
small parts after enamel wash
landing light should be silver underneath the paint but I forgot to paint it. well, it's not looking too bad.
first decals in place, more to come
red stripes on the air inlet was challenge to say the least. but the result is not bad 🙂
more decals in place
and still more to go
all decals are in place
ready for final touches and clear cote
Flory Dark Dirth wash in place and hapilly drying
and also small parts...
and wash is cleaned
further inspection and cleaning will be done after the 2 week vacation I'm about to go to
Job done! More photos in gallery.
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1 5 December 2017, 13:45
Guus
That poor thing will never be able to take off with all that hardware dangling off it 🙂
That poor thing will never be able to take off with all that hardware dangling off it 🙂
26 May 2018, 18:20
Rex
Guss, actually it did once take off with 24 Mk 81's on it,,,,and it was the earlier version with a lower powered engine, and racks heavier than MERs are. (It was used to demonstrate the idea of multiple bombs invented by a Marine and demo'd to the USN and USMC, including fairly accurate CEPs for the time period)
Guss, actually it did once take off with 24 Mk 81's on it,,,,and it was the earlier version with a lower powered engine, and racks heavier than MERs are. (It was used to demonstrate the idea of multiple bombs invented by a Marine and demo'd to the USN and USMC, including fairly accurate CEPs for the time period)
11 June 2018, 17:58
Martin Frcka
Great info Rex. Thanks. 24 Mk 81's? wow. That's an idea for next A-4 skyhawk project 😄
Great info Rex. Thanks. 24 Mk 81's? wow. That's an idea for next A-4 skyhawk project 😄
13 June 2018, 21:23
Rex
oops,,,,,,that should be 18, sorry. I meant that all three pylons on the early Skyhawk were full. They were the Electric Fuzed (sharp nose) Mk 81s with the early standard Conical Fins. The racks were made by welding A-1 Skyraider bomb racks onto long rails. (compared to MBRs and MERs, those racks were *uglyyyy* )
oops,,,,,,that should be 18, sorry. I meant that all three pylons on the early Skyhawk were full. They were the Electric Fuzed (sharp nose) Mk 81s with the early standard Conical Fins. The racks were made by welding A-1 Skyraider bomb racks onto long rails. (compared to MBRs and MERs, those racks were *uglyyyy* )
15 June 2018, 03:54
Martin Frcka
no problem. so in a way my payload will be something like they had. but with additional LAU rokets... If anyone is wandering why this payload - I wanted the exact payload which is shown on the boxart (later I have found that the center MER do not have Mk 81s but bigger version - at least it seems like it).
no problem. so in a way my payload will be something like they had. but with additional LAU rokets... If anyone is wandering why this payload - I wanted the exact payload which is shown on the boxart (later I have found that the center MER do not have Mk 81s but bigger version - at least it seems like it).
15 June 2018, 06:22
Björn Svedberg
Looking great so far! Very nice build log, and I like the payload, it looks massive! 👍
Looking great so far! Very nice build log, and I like the payload, it looks massive! 👍
18 June 2018, 09:33
Martin Frcka
And the model is finished. Thank you all for your kind words. I hope you enjoyed the build. The second part of the "The Sound of Silence" will be starting probably later this year. Right now it's time for another job.
And the model is finished. Thank you all for your kind words. I hope you enjoyed the build. The second part of the "The Sound of Silence" will be starting probably later this year. Right now it's time for another job.
1 July 2018, 11:36
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