jgrease Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 I've been a lurker here on LSP for the most part, aside from a stalled Su-27 build I started a while back. That build stalled due to a leak in my roof that caused the ceiling in my workspace to collapse. That was over 5 months ago, and the room is finally rebuilt (the walls had to be torn down to remove the wet insulation). I wanted to do a completely new build to get my mojo back, and I had the Hasegawa A-4E sitting on the shelf. I had gotten the kit a while back, along with SAC metal gear and a Quickboost ejection seat. In the interim, I picked up a set of True Details wheels and the box has been sitting on the shelf since. So now I've finally pulled the kit and got a start on it. What I haven't photographed was the clean-up and installation of the intakes, as well as the removal of the molded in ejection seat base. I've also cleaned up the canopies and gave them a dip in Future. Here's a shot of the intakes after installation and cleaning up the minor gaps with Mr Dissolved Putty: And a shot of the cockpit and loose parts as they stand: I still have to clean up the seat now that I removed the molding plug. The gaps on the sides of the cockpit where the seat base was removed have been filled with two pieces of styrene on either side of the joint between the cockpit floor and the gear bay. The last thing I did was add a little bit of plumbing to the nose gear bay to busy it up a bit: My next step will be priming and painting the cockpit and nose gear bay and fuselage interior so that I can get the fuse halves together. Thanks for looking and please feel free to pepper me with questions, comments, and observations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann352 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 Welcome back...I hope this gets your Mojo flowing. Love the Scooter, quite versatile considering it's size....and a workhorse at that. Notices where you are, looks like you might have a few days indoors. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Dave - I will definitely get a day or two. Or three. Now that I look at that gear well, I think I'll start over. Anyone have a nice clear shot of the wheel wells of an A-4? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann352 Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 http://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle3/a-4m_160264/images/a-4m_160264_09_of_44.jpg From Here..... http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/bill_spidle3/a-4m_160264/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 built one of these last year, decent kit. Watch for fit issues with the canopy and wing to fuse join. jgrease 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgrease Posted January 26, 2015 Author Share Posted January 26, 2015 Dave- Thanks for the link - sometimes there's just too much material to pick through. More to come later today, I hope! And thanks Shawn and Maru for dropping in! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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