A-4E Build
All the parts in the box.
I choose the battle damage parts, all of them.
I used this Krylon Primer. First I warmed the can up with hot water and it laid very well.
This was a first for me. I used the airbrush to add shading that would be covered with thin coats later. I was real worried about ruining the finish.
With a couple of light coats of grey later, I'm very happy with the results!
After the light grey was down, I did some damage spots with the air brush.
I noticed chopper pilots decorated their rocket pods with beer can labels. So I designed one up.
The decals are from the late 80's, early 90's and I had to make use of them. They tore apart SOOOO easily. I really had to take my time. The star was so bad I had to take it from another kit that I had laying around, just so I could finish this one.
Thankfully I choose the battle damage as the torn decals really fell into place here.
This was another first, I used dots of oil paint and a brush dipped in spirits to add streak effects to the fuselage. I only have burnt umber, some greens would be a nice addition I think.
I tinted the canopy glass with smoke paint from tamiya. The outside has a fuselage colored rail that I had to hand paint and it was just too clean compared to the rest of the model.
Rather than airbrushing again, I used a pigment.
This is the finished model! Thank you for taking a look.
Comentários
28 8 December 2022, 16:39
FreakA lovely and uniquely damaged model. Great weathering. I especially like how you show all the steps and fixing the mistakes. I am learning a lot just from looking at this album!
28 December 2022, 22:24
Carlos CisnerosMan I used to love those "battle damaged" aircraft kits! Thanks for the flashback to memory lane! I love your build of this. Much better than my work back then.
29 December 2022, 04:02
Robert BarkoskiThanks a lot guys, these old kits seem easier to build with less internal parts. It's nice to change gear and focus on weathering. I appreciate the comments!
29 December 2022, 12:43
Vincentvery interesting. The battle damage looks great and the result on this old kit looks very good!!!
9 January 2023, 09:51
Robert BarkoskiThank you! I had my pick of model kits from my local club. I saw the battle damage one and grabbed it. So happy I did!
9 January 2023, 19:39
S MFun-looking model and those beer can rockets are funny. I didn't know before this that there were kits with ready battle damage.
11 February 2023, 19:42
Robert BarkoskiNeither did I! This kit is from the 60's and they had a couple of planes with battle scars. It's something that should be brought back.
11 February 2023, 19:45
Album info
My model club was given a stash of models from a builder who has passed away. Out of the many we got, is the A-4E Skyhawk by IMC. The box is ancient, no bar code! The model is very simple so I turned my focus to weathering and shading.
