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Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 10:12 am
by Russ72
Hey there peoples. Going to give this one a go. 3 sprues, no camo and, no aftermarket. Hopefully it will be positively simple, but look okay at the end.

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Cheers, and check ya later. :cheers2:

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 12:06 pm
by Nige201980
Looks a nice kit mate best of luck with it.

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:10 pm
by DBMiller
Another Skyhawk! I didn't even see the other 2 when I posted mine, this is great! :th:

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2015 6:49 pm
by shortCummins
are you doing the Ozzie version? love the kangaroos

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:22 am
by Russ72
Nige201980 wrote:Looks a nice kit mate best of luck with it.
Cheers Nige. :cheers2:
DBMiller wrote:Another Skyhawk! I didn't even see the other 2 when I posted mine, this is great! :th:
All different as well which is good. :cheers2:
shortCummins wrote:are you doing the Ozzie version? love the kangaroos
Sure am. Big Flying Rats ahoy. :cheers2:

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:58 am
by Russ72
Second attempt at an update, the first gave me an odd error message. So lets be quick.

The cockpit. Parts dry fit together, then painted and washed, instrument decals added, and assembled.

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Nose weight needs to be added, but I couldn't find a lead sinker for love or money so had to try something else.

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Back soon with more.
Cheers, :cheers2: .

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 10:08 am
by Russ72
A little bit more.

Wings went together fairly well, I mis-aligned one side so some work was needed to clean them up. Otherwise they were no trouble what so ever.

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Air intakes were painted gloss white inside and matt black at the back, as there is no intake detail. Overspray was cleaned up with an older sponge sander.

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At this point everything was dry fit. Ragnar "Nose Weight" was fixed in with CA glue and Blu Tak, then the halves were glued, taped and clamped.

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The fit on the kit is pretty good, no need for major filling at any point so far. I am using the dissolved styrene trick and its working like a dream, but more of that in the nest update.

Cheers, :cheers2: .

Re: Italeri 1:48 A-4G Skyhawk

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 3:06 pm
by FabianAUT
Haha, nice work with the nose weight! :)

Have fun