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Ekki
Nice work.

David Thor kirjailija
Thank you very much! 🙂

Rex
Cool, another finished Skyhawk. I'm starting to really like it here. Although I already did like it here, finished Skyhawks make it really comfortable for me, lol.

Good job, David.

David Thor kirjailija
Thanks Rex, i started moddeling as a child with navy jets: Back then, Revell released Flight of the Intruder Kits and i really started to love the gull grey/white scheme. How come you like Skyhawks so much? 🙂

Rex
I started modeling Navy aircraft in 1965, when I was 8, it was the F4U that I use as my avatar. Then when I grew up, I joined the Marines. Skyhawks were the aircraft I worked on the most, with Phantoms and earliest US Harriers in the mix. And in my collection's theme, the fact that 1/72 Skyhawks are so affordable is what let my collection idea happen in the first place. If not for them, the thing would be so expensive that I couldn't have started it. In the 200 models my theme requires, 50+ will be Skyhawks.

David Thor kirjailija
Wow, that´s an amazing project. Hope you will show them on here! 🙂

Rex
I will, David. (and 15 of the Scooters will be the New Airfix)

David Thor kirjailija
The airfix kit is amazing, you will have alot of fun with it. Details are great and the fit is really good.

Rex
I have two areas on it that I intend to change, both are fairly easy to do. I'll cut off the rudders and I'll chop off the nose for more accurate pieces. But, if I am using rudder decals that have to fit the specific Airfix shape, I will leave that alone on those models. A lot of these Airfix kits are going to be A-4C or A-4L, so that means I have to change the nose anyway.

I also want to finish the A-4B to A-4E conversion that I started with an Airfix kit as the base kit.

David Thor kirjailija
That´s alot of work you have in front of you! 😮

Ulf Petersen
Beautiful model, David!👍
It would deserve a better lighting for its pics. 😉

Rex
I believe there is a Scalemates thread from a guy that built an A-4C, without a conversion kit. He cut the nose off, inserted plastic stock, and smoothed everything down and faired it in. He did a really good job of making an A-4C from this kit. He didn't do anything about the rudder, so he didn't wind up with very much extra work.

As for the E, I have a ton of "left over" noses from all the years turning E kits into B or C before the Fujimi kit came out. I kept them (don't know why), and now they can serve as conversions for Airfix B into E. (at least until the Trumpeter/Hobby Boss kits come out)

David Thor kirjailija
@Ulf Petersen: Thank you! So far i didn´t pay much attention to photographs, since my models didn´t turn out picture worthy. I´ll work on that in the future!😉 @Rex: Still alot of work, really can´t wait to see your results on here soon. 🙂