Sickly Skyraider Since I've been sick for the past 9 days. I think it's finally on it's way out.
I had started this back in March, and after completing the cockpit and gluing the fuselage halves together I tossed it back in the box. I guess I lost interest. When that happens it's always better I just toss it back int he box, and pick it up at a future date. Otherwise if I try to push through it I'll just rush it, and it won't turn out nearly as well as it could.
It's strictly out of the box, aside from the antenna, I added that. These are the types of builds I have fun with, when you can make it a "dirty bird". I had seen some very dirty ones online, and some that were super clean. I have to assume the super clean ones were restorations. I didn't want to go overboard.
Now the difficult task of picking something from the stash.
Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
- BlackSheep214
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Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Very nice! I remember doing the old Monogram Skyraider as a kid.
What do you have in your stash?
What do you have in your stash?
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“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Thanks! I have too much on the stash to list, lol. Half a doz helos, 30 or so aircraft, mix of WW2 stuff and later.
It all depends what sparks my interest and what I feel like doing. If I want something quick that won't give me trouble I go for a Tamiya kit if I have it. If I want something more in depth without a lot of putty, sand, prime, repeat I'll pick a newer kit with a lot of parts. If I'm in it for the long haul, pick an old Revell or Monogram kit, lol.
It all depends what sparks my interest and what I feel like doing. If I want something quick that won't give me trouble I go for a Tamiya kit if I have it. If I want something more in depth without a lot of putty, sand, prime, repeat I'll pick a newer kit with a lot of parts. If I'm in it for the long haul, pick an old Revell or Monogram kit, lol.
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Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Very nice. The exhaust stains looks very much Skyraider
Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Thanks! That was one of the stressful parts. Trying to be oh so precise with the airbrush. Was a bit hard to get in nice and close with the wing in the way, lol. I love my Iwata Eclipse especially for projects like this with the SEA camo paint scheme. Glad I have two of them. I recently had to replace the valve in my original one, and had #2 as a back up while waiting for the part to come in the mail.
Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Lovely work! Ki think I saw where the USAF museum just unveiled a Skyraider.
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Looks great. I did the navy version some time ago. What a great kit.
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- Stikpusher
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Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
That’s a very fine looking Skyraider that you’ve completed there Keyda! Bravo! And no Spad is complete without the exhaust stains and oil leakage. I build the Monogram kit back when it was the only game in town long ago. Yours came out much more nicely!
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Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Thanks, yep, seen the posts on FB. Just finished the restoration. I've never seen one in person, so when I finished it, and put it next to a P-51 I was quite surprised at the size difference. It's a big plane!
Thank you, there is just something about a camo paint job that draws me in, so I'll always gravitate towards that, lol.
Thanks Stik! I know very well how much radials leak oil, lol. I did the Revell one several years ago, I believe that was the AD-5 though. That was when I was still learning, and it really didn't come out great. So it got tossed, and this was the replacement. Much happier with this one.Stikpusher wrote: ↑Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:00 am That’s a very fine looking Skyraider that you’ve completed there Keyda! Bravo! And no Spad is complete without the exhaust stains and oil leakage. I build the Monogram kit back when it was the only game in town long ago. Yours came out much more nicely!
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Re: Tamiya 1/48 A-1J Skyraider
Beautiful job! I built a 1/72 scale one ages ago, it doesn't look nearly as great as this! I also tend to gravitate to camouflaged aircraft, although my current lineup suggests otherwise.
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Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.