1/32 North American A-5 Vigilante 3D Print (2025 update)

[Jim Barry]

Well, Here we go! 4F and 4R bonding. 
 

 

 

Edited March 21 by Jim Barry

[MikeMaben]

Gotta start somewhere 

[Dandiego]

Cool to the max. 

 

Go Jim go.

 

Dan

[Out2gtcha]

Nice!

 

[themongoose]

Oh this is gonna be a fun build, right from one of our own LSPers to your door!

[Oldbaldguy]

Just got my kits from Dan but haven’t started anything yet.  Is yours going to be a gear-up build?  If not, how do you plan to get the main gear wells in place and well glued?

[Jim Barry]

1 hour ago, Oldbaldguy said:

Just got my kits from Dan but haven’t started anything yet.  Is yours going to be a gear-up build?  If not, how do you plan to get the main gear wells in place and well glued?

 

OBG< I should not have started at 11:00 PM (ha!), but it turns out you can fit the gear bay parts in after you put the fuselage parts together here. 

 

Just a note on my build. This kit below was my first plastic model kit. Probably 1974 (age 9). I recall getting glue all over the canopy. Loved the box art. Still do!. Not a cheap kit on Ebay now but it's tempting to add to the stash. 

 

 

[Alex]

Cool beans!  Just saw one of these (Recon model) in the flesh sitting on the flight deck of the Midway, last week in San Diego.

 

 

[Violator1991]

Nice!!

[Jim Barry]

 
Maybe a photo of the actual IP as the model’s IP? Maybe print two and layer them? 
 

Built a lot of the fuselage today. I find Gorilla Super Glue Gel is bonding pieces very well. Sanding begins as well. 
 

Really enjoying Dan’s kit. I pretty much never build planes in 1/32. It’s nice. May pull in a vintage Revell F-4 to sit on the deck with it. 
 

I cut the kit exhaust nozzles off and will likely model and print them in 3D. 

[Dandiego]

Nice to hear that you are enjoying the kit. Being a 3d printed kit I had questions about how it would be perceived. 

 

I like your solution to the IP.

 

Dan

[Out2gtcha]

I think you have been very upfront about the kit Dan. As you are aware most of the guys around here are pretty talented and can really have some fun with what you provided. In the end they will have a stellar looking model of a subject no one else has in 32nd!

[blackbetty]

nice progress, will follow closely 

[GreyGhost]

Nice start to such a cool kit and subject ...

I still believe the A-5 Series was a heavy influence on late 3rd and 4th Gen tactical aircraft design ...

On 10/19/2022 at 12:37 PM, Alex said:

Cool beans!  Just saw one of these (Recon model) in the flesh sitting on the flight deck of the Midway, last week in San Diego.

 

 

A close friend of mine was a part of CV-64 Connie's crew back in the late 80s, when visiting him at  NAS North Island we seen That very RA-5 about to go into the paint shop, I asked about it and my friend said he heard it was being cleaned up for a museum ...

 

-Gregg

[Jim Barry]

Sent Shapeways 2 copies of this I drafted today. Should be good. Possibly over accentuated details but we'll have to see when the print comes back in a few weeks. Can sand away too much detail. Like Dan, I found the engine to be an "area for improvement".  Learning more about the plane, I'm coming to love it even more.