Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk, DNF :-(
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Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk, DNF :-(
....it´s a 90ies boxing of this very old kit, at least I can hope for the decals not to give me too much trouble?
I´ll spend most of the xmas time somewhere else with family, so I can only start this one by next Saturday, which
is a pity - -- oh, I might find a corner, where I could start scratching the elevators (maybe under the xmas tree is a good place to hide myself for a little bit of modelling? )
I´ll spend most of the xmas time somewhere else with family, so I can only start this one by next Saturday, which
is a pity - -- oh, I might find a corner, where I could start scratching the elevators (maybe under the xmas tree is a good place to hide myself for a little bit of modelling? )
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
You're a brave soul but if your past builds are a guide, you'll come out on top, Crash!
Maybe clear coat the decals for luck?
The Great Auk
Maybe clear coat the decals for luck?
The Great Auk
Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
I've never built one of these, but I do need a Skyhawk for my movie model collection! (Top Gun, obviously.)
Good luck!
Good luck!
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
Until Friday, I can't do anything for this build -I left all my modelling at home - cause I'm staying with family right now.
A few days without modelling...
A few days without modelling...
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Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
AT least on paper, they dont look so brittle - but i could be wrong! ?The Great Auk wrote:.......
Maybe clear coat the decals for luck?
The Great Auk
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Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
Back in the mid sixties I built one of these and spent hours of fun playing with it.
From what I recall it was a kit of its time and probably did not pass the test of time. However the new release Airfix A4 is an excellent kit.
From what I recall it was a kit of its time and probably did not pass the test of time. However the new release Airfix A4 is an excellent kit.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
So, here is the overview of the plastic:
...all there, except for elevators, which I´m tryin to copy from the ones from my other boxing of this kit:
....pilot figure is too good to be wasted on a KK, I´ll save him for another kit:
....and decals seem to be ok?
I got a spare Matchbox jet pilot, that broke a leg, he´ll be the victim for this build:
...all there, except for elevators, which I´m tryin to copy from the ones from my other boxing of this kit:
....pilot figure is too good to be wasted on a KK, I´ll save him for another kit:
....and decals seem to be ok?
I got a spare Matchbox jet pilot, that broke a leg, he´ll be the victim for this build:
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
Best of luck with the elevators and decals, Crash!
Splash has it right about the new tool A-4, it's a real honey of a kit and might be a nice way to recover after this one's built.
The Great Auk
Splash has it right about the new tool A-4, it's a real honey of a kit and might be a nice way to recover after this one's built.
The Great Auk
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
My Skyhawk dated from the 1980s and the decals were OK when I built it a few years back. I suppose a lot depends on the conditions that they've been stored in.
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
The pilot looks like he's really feeling that leg break!!.
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!!
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
He ejected but wasn't paying attention.MarkyM607 wrote:The pilot looks like he's really feeling that leg break!!.
I wish, that I knew what was doing!
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
Well, who feels it, knows it
Time to get rolling with this one! Great Auk´s already over the finish line!
I´m lucky that this kit has hardly any panel lines - nothin to stop me from giving it a reckless sanding job, after filling and filing her up!
Time to get rolling with this one! Great Auk´s already over the finish line!
I´m lucky that this kit has hardly any panel lines - nothin to stop me from giving it a reckless sanding job, after filling and filing her up!
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
a little progress:
...but wasted half the day searching for my line engraver (without finding it ), then I just grabbed for an old cutter, and some too-thick saw, to start the operation on the plasticard -
- and glued the drop tanks, but that´s it for today!
...but wasted half the day searching for my line engraver (without finding it ), then I just grabbed for an old cutter, and some too-thick saw, to start the operation on the plasticard -
- and glued the drop tanks, but that´s it for today!
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
one elevator - the fixed part of it - is already taking shape:
....now to find some styrene for the "movable" part of the elevators - I don´t want to use that thick 2mm strong board I used before for this! ....... aaaah, found something:
it says: PS - polystyrene, on it, so it´s my kind of plastic!
....and some thingie that serves as jet pipe - here it is:
Don´t know where I got it from?
Should look alright up the Skyhawk´s butt:
....now to find some styrene for the "movable" part of the elevators - I don´t want to use that thick 2mm strong board I used before for this! ....... aaaah, found something:
it says: PS - polystyrene, on it, so it´s my kind of plastic!
....and some thingie that serves as jet pipe - here it is:
Don´t know where I got it from?
Should look alright up the Skyhawk´s butt:
Waiting for the day, when wars for territory will be something to be read about in history books only.
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
Markus, alias Crashpilot, or Crash, or CP, as you wish
Playing Tetris taught me: If I clean up too much, my kits disappear.....8-(
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Re: Crashpilot´s Airfix old tool A-4D Skyhawk
Excellent bodging my friend.
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