Skyraider VA-145 WIP

Donald Dickson II
Well, the pylons are likely the same or close to it between most planes.

Nathan Dempsey
After trimming it fits just fine, so no worries 🙂

Michael Hickey
Nice work so far mate, and I wouldn't worry about the pylon, a quick check of the Skyraiders pylons and some look similar to the F-4.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Michael. I have all the pylons off the carrier, now to attach all those sway braces. Started on more weathering the bottom of the aircraft too.

Michael Hickey
👍

Stephan Ryll
Looking very good Nathan 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Michael and Stephan! Added a few more shots of more weathering.

Chris Greathouse
Cool plane, watching!

Donald Dickson II
Ooo, matching that color on the tail will not be fun.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Chris!

Donald: My worry was masking it without tearing the decal off.

Donald Dickson II
I wasnt thinking that. I was figuring you would use a brush. Get some parafilm. That's what I use for making over decals.

Stephan Ryll
I agree with Hans 👍

Donald Dickson II
I tried that. I had a post it lift the shark mouth on the A-7. I will stick with parafilm.

Chris Greathouse
I recently used post-it notes as a straight line mask. Wow so quick! I masked and shot in just a couple minutes 🙂
Pro-tip -- get genuine real brand Post-its, not generic brands, their sticky isn't as good as the real deal, may cause some issues.

Nathan Dempsey
Some good advice mates! I'm going to mix up the color tonight and see how it goes. I may chicken out and just use card stock and firm pressure, or just hand paint it like Donald suggested.

Nathan Dempsey
Cracks have been overpainted. In the end I just used the old hairy stick. The decal looked way too fragile to overlay with any sort of adhesive.

Slavo Hazucha
Nice rescue operation! Never would have guessed they were even there 👍

Donald Dickson II
Sweet!

Chris Greathouse
Nice recovery! By the way, I just used a Post-it for a straight edge again. Came out perfect for less than 15 seconds to mask it.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates! Some of my old Games Workshop paint came to the rescue.

Now for the pylons and under wing stores. I had a nice surprise today, the Brengun fuel tanks arrived early! I used these because you get 3 in the set and the kit was missing all the originals. I think I'm just going with a simple load of 3X Fuel Tanks, 2X Napalm, and 4X Mk.82 with fuse extensions. I'm leaving one pylon empty on each wing as a spacer between the napalm and mk.82 as I've seen in some pics.

Clifford Keesler
Looking great Nathan, don't know how I missed this one.

Slavo Hazucha
I found Citadel colors quite a good option in the old days. Lost contact to the Games Workshop hobby quite some time ago though... Nice to see that stuff put to good use! 👍

Have a nice Christmas!!

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Clifford!

Slavo: The colors I used are some really old ones, but I've recently purchased some new ones too. They have hundreds of colors, plus some very useful washes, tints & paint specifically for dry brushing.

Merry Christmas to all!

Nathan Dempsey
Well after a looooong pause, this one is back on. Finished up the resin fuel tanks and built a few iron bombs. Should get some primer on the bombs today if the weather will cooperate.

Clifford Keesler
I'm in also.

jhull123
Yeah! Game on!!

Michael Phillips
Nice to see this one come back to life... Let's take this one to the finish line!

Jos Jansen
Iam in Nathan...go for it mate!

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates for your interest and encouragement!

Well the weather didn't cooperate, but I managed to get primer on the 14 hard-points and the 4 bombs this morning. Later today I hope to get started on painting everything.

Nathan Dempsey
Well I did get the white paint on all the hard-points and fuel tanks with only seconds to spare before the rain hit.

Clifford Keesler
Kind of rainy down there is it?

Nathan Dempsey
Oh yeah. Thunderstorms every day.

Nathan Dempsey
Fuel tanks are complete. Spent today attaching all the hard-points. Hopefully this evening I can finish painting the bombs.

Daniel Klink
The progress is fabulous aneyway..
You make this old dog look like a tamigawa

Slavo Hazucha
Good to see this rugged fellow spring back to life! And a great re-start on the hanging bits and details - the dirty white is spot on 👍

Clifford Keesler
Looking fantastic Nathan.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks mates. I'm humbled by your kind comments. Hopefully I'll be able to finish this up tomorrow and be able to present it at my club meeting on Tuesday (as well as post completed images here).

Nathan Dempsey
Pictures of the completed model can be found here: Skyraider VA-145 Complete | Album by Plastic Addict (1:48)