Trumpeter 1/32nd scale A-4M skyhawk

[bradley25mm]

All,
        My latest build. Add-ons were Aries cockpit, wheel wells, and landing gear. First time painting with Mission Model Paints. Pleasantly surprised. As long as you follow their mixing instructions, you’re going to be good to go. To simulate the walkways on the wings I used Vallejo textured rust, painted black. Really fun build. Great fit on the parts. The decals were awesome as usual. Please feel free to give any comments and critiques on the build. I always want to improve.

[Tojo72]

Very impressive,paint,camo,and weathering just right.The base and the figuregive it a nice setting.

[406 Silverado]

That aircraft build turned out spectacular as did the base. Plenty of good weathering over a superb paint job and decal work. Just WOW!!!

[stikpusher]

Oh Hell Yes!!! I used to see the Tomcats at El Toro every year. You have nailed the look of their Skyhawks! Superb work here! A most excellent build and the figure & base just tops it off properly! Bravo! 👍🏼👍🏼

[Leon]

Excellent looking aircraft!

[Tobi]

Lovely finish. The A4 is such an elegant and fast looking fighter plane.

[armornutii]

   Said it once say it again....loves me a NICE Scoot! -Ms are so cool too, block of cheese on tail, bent refueling boom, humpback...mmmm scooter.

[deafpanzer]

Excellent painting job especially the places where you had highlighted on the wings! Who makes the base cause I kinda like it too?

[bradley25mm]

Sept 3, 2023 11:00:26 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Excellent painting job especially the places where you had highlighted on the wings! Who makes the base cause I kinda like it too?

Thank you for the comments Gentlemen. Deafpanzer, I build all of my own bases. The one that you see is 3/4” plywood, finished off with solid oak, trim that has been stained, and coated with polyurethane. The surface it self is 120 grit sandpaper cut into squares/rectangles. I attach each individual square to the plywood with heavy duty contact cement. The base was painted with a variation of Tamiya grays and browns. I taped up the center section, and airbrush the yellow stripe down the middle.
I use pastel chalks, and Tamiya accent washes to simulate streaks and oil stains.

Regards
Christopher

[martslay]

Very, very excellent work!

[deafpanzer]

Sept 3, 2023 11:46:34 GMT -5 bradley25mm said:

Sept 3, 2023 11:00:26 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Excellent painting job especially the places where you had highlighted on the wings! Who makes the base cause I kinda like it too?

Thank you for the comments Gentlemen. Deafpanzer, I build all of my own bases. The one that you see is 3/4” plywood, finished off with solid oak, trim that has been stained, and coated with polyurethane. The surface it self is 120 grit sandpaper cut into squares/rectangles. I attach each individual square to the plywood with heavy duty contact cement. The base was painted with a variation of Tamiya grays and browns. I taped up the center section, and airbrush the yellow stripe down the middle.
I use pastel chalks, and Tamiya accent washes to simulate streaks and oil stains.

Regards
Christopher

WOW! Again beautiful work!

[dupes]

I love me a good Skyhawk...and this one is gorgeous!! Tell me you've got other variants in the stable to bang out!

[bradley25mm]

Sept 3, 2023 13:36:23 GMT -5 dupes said:

I love me a good Skyhawk...and this one is gorgeous!! Tell me you've got other variants in the stable to bang out!

Thanks for the comment. I have one more in my stash. The Hasegawa 1/32nd scale TA-4J. I built one already for a friend. (Attached photos)I’ll build this next one for me. 

[handiabled]

Gorgeous builds! Great work on the bases also! The weathering on the A-4 is perfect looking

[mrversatile]

Great build. Very subtle but effective weathering and sharp paintwork. Love it!

[adt70hk]

That's very nicely done indeed!

[TJ]

Wow. That's awesome

[Real G]

That's a really sharp looking Scooter!

I see you took the trouble of scraping off those "soap bar" vortex generators on the wing and replaced them with with PE.

[bradley25mm]

Oct 12, 2023 15:44:02 GMT -5 Real G said:

That's a really sharp looking Scooter!

I see you took the trouble of scraping off those "soap bar" vortex generators on the wing and replaced them with with PE.

Yep, those things were atrocious. They were more like speed breaks than vortex generators 😂😂

[armornutii]

    Looking again at your model. I think a ground up " M" was not equipped with the two cannons. That area was faired over. That said I have seen period pictures of "M"s with guns??? Simply a technical question of an exquisit model.