A-1H Skyraider, South Vietnamese Air Force

[Spaceowl]

Kit by Hobby Craft of Canada, decals by Carpena:







Certainly the tackiest scheme I'm ever modelled (everything looks tacky in tiger stripes except tigers ), this is an early Skyraider in the COIN grey scheme common to the VNAF before 1967 when they started to adopt the USAF SEA three-tone camouflage. Granted that the kit is not a patch on the Hasegawa one, I think this one has turned out rather well. It certainly looks good on the shelf next to the multi-seater VNAF Skyraider I made last month.

At the moment, I'm working on an armed VNAF T-28 Trojan to go with it as another early South Vietnamese aircraft. Similar scheme, just no tiger stripes.

[DavidWomby]

I like that, including the Tiger markings. Don't see many Skyraiders built and that looks so impressive with a huge load.

David

[iggie]

Cracking build and a colourful scheme!

[ShaunW]

Very nicely done. The Skyraider is certainly a big, imposing, piston-engined beastie that always looks like it means business!

[JamesPerrin]

Great job. That's a mean looking load out

[gnomemeansgnome]

Great work!

[shangos70]

Nice work, well done.

[Old_Tonto]

That is the dogs dangly bits Rob. Top build.

[Miss-Stang]

That's a great job there and some lovely weathering (I have to admit I have a thing about weathering - maybe I'm just weird ).

I have an Airfix Skyraider in my stash and seeing yours built makes me want to do mine, well done.

[dollar19]

Well done