Airfix 1/72 Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk, 3a Escuadrilla A de Caza y Ataque, Escuadra Aeronaval, 25 de Mayo, South Atlantic April-May 1982
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.
The Skyhawk is a relatively lightweight aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg) and has a top speed of more than 670 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). The aircraft's five hardpoints support a variety of missiles, bombs and other munitions. It is capable of carrying a bomb load equivalent to that of a World War II–era Boeing B-17 bomber, and can deliver nuclear weapons using a low-altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. The A-4 was originally powered by the Wright J65 turbojet engine; from the A-4E onwards, the Pratt & Whitney J52 engine was used.
Skyhawks played key roles in the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Falklands War. Sixty years after the aircraft's first flight in 1954, some of the 2,960 produced (through February 1979) remain in service with the Argentine Air Force and the Brazilian Naval Aviation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk
With the cockpit being a basic affair, progress to assemble and paint was quick.
Paints used here were, Tamiya XF-82, XF-62 and XF-69. Engine intakes where painted with badgers white primer.
Once main assembly was complete (including some nose weight), the model was cleaned with IPA and primed with mr surfacer 1500 black thnned 50/50 with self levelling thinners.
Then using XF-2 white, I used a uschi van rosten splatter template to create a quick mottled effect.
The lower side was painted with MRP-99, US Navy White. This was masked off and the topside was painted with Tamiya XF-66 mixed with some XF-2 white and thinned 50/50 with self levelling thinners. Red areas were painted with XF-7, red.
The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk is a single-seat subsonic carrier-capable attack aircraft developed for the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps in the early 1950s. The delta-winged, single turbojet engined Skyhawk was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company, and later by McDonnell Douglas. It was originally designated A4D under the U.S. Navy's pre-1962 designation system.
The Skyhawk is a relatively lightweight aircraft with a maximum takeoff weight of 24,500 pounds (11,100 kg) and has a top speed of more than 670 miles per hour (1,080 km/h). The aircraft's five hardpoints support a variety of missiles, bombs and other munitions. It is capable of carrying a bomb load equivalent to that of a World War II–era Boeing B-17 bomber, and can deliver nuclear weapons using a low-altitude bombing system and a "loft" delivery technique. The A-4 was originally powered by the Wright J65 turbojet engine; from the A-4E onwards, the Pratt & Whitney J52 engine was used.
Skyhawks played key roles in the Vietnam War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Falklands War. Sixty years after the aircraft's first flight in 1954, some of the 2,960 produced (through February 1979) remain in service with the Argentine Air Force and the Brazilian Naval Aviation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_A-4_Skyhawk
With the cockpit being a basic affair, progress to assemble and paint was quick.
Paints used here were, Tamiya XF-82, XF-62 and XF-69. Engine intakes where painted with badgers white primer.
Once main assembly was complete (including some nose weight), the model was cleaned with IPA and primed with mr surfacer 1500 black thnned 50/50 with self levelling thinners.
Then using XF-2 white, I used a uschi van rosten splatter template to create a quick mottled effect.
The lower side was painted with MRP-99, US Navy White. This was masked off and the topside was painted with Tamiya XF-66 mixed with some XF-2 white and thinned 50/50 with self levelling thinners. Red areas were painted with XF-7, red.
