alaninaustria Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Scale: 1/32 Kit: Trumpeter A-4F Aftermarket accesories: Airscale Decals/Placards. (http://www.airscale.co.uk/). Eduard Cockpit self adhesive PE. 33095. (http://www.eduard.com/). Eduard A-4E canopy masks. (http://www.eduard.com/). Eduard 32783 A-4E/F Escapac seatbelts etc. (http://www.eduard.com/). Eduard 32345 A-4E/F Slats. (http://www.eduard.com/). TwoBobs Decals unfortunately out of production. 32-010 "Top Gun Tinker Toys". Generously donated by LSP member Mark31. Thank you Mark! True Details A-4E/F resin tyres. 32014. Note: This kit was a traded item, received in trade with many of the listed extras from LSP member Reconspit. Paints used: Gunze Aqueous and Tamiya Aqueous colors; thinned with isopropanol alcohol (ISP) Alclad (various metal shades). Main references: (http://a4skyhawk.org) Hello everybody! I am continuing in my fashion of starting projects and not finishing them - yet again!! I have begun by selecting the Trumpeter A-4F Skyhawk kit and I plan on building an Aggressor bird! This is the aircraft I will be modeling: I began by building the ACMI Pod from scratch! Using old sprue runners, scrap plastic and some brass and aluminum tube. Closer up: This ACMI Pod will eventually go on the center station weapons pylon: Edited October 15, 2015 by alaninaustria Fredouille, Harold, Lars Befring and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Great "start" !..........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allthumbs Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Alan, Very impressive work on the ACMI pod...I'll be following this one. Rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Alan, very nice start, but what is the final aircraft going to look like, i'm really interested. cheers, Jack. stusbke and alaninaustria 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) Thanks gentlemen! A few more shots of my progress: Main wings: I filled in the gun troughs... I raised the leading edge to be flush with the top of the wing: Edited September 30, 2015 by alaninaustria Lars Befring, Greg W, Girlscanplay2 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) A few more pics including the engine air intakes... those are glued in and primed in Tamiya rattle can white. Edited September 30, 2015 by alaninaustria Greg W, Vandy 1 VX 4, Whitey and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted September 30, 2015 Author Share Posted September 30, 2015 (edited) More work on the empenage area... And the external fuel tanks... Edited September 30, 2015 by alaninaustria Lars Befring, Greg W, Girlscanplay2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Really impressive work so far, Alan! Kev alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karimb Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Great work Captain! Gonna follow that one with great interest! Karim alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandiego Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Scooters Forever! alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girlscanplay2 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Looking Great Alan! This one is going to be very cool to see! Teresa alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 Thanks everybody! I appreciate the encouragement! Cheers Alan Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice start, Alan. Sincerely, Mark alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted October 1, 2015 Author Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Another small update! I completed the scratch building of the ADU-229 weapons pylon adapter... Then the rail is attached: And finally the ACMI! Hope you all are enjoying this build! I know I am! Cheers and happy modeling! Alan Edited October 1, 2015 by alaninaustria Zero77, Greg W, Lars Befring and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted October 1, 2015 Share Posted October 1, 2015 Wow, I wish I could scratch build that cleanly. That's amazing! What glue do you use? Jim Zero77 and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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