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Michael Phillips (Fighting 84)
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Revell A-6E TRAM Intruder - Completed!

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1 29 October 2015, 18:02
Marko
One have one LIKE from me. 👍
29 October 2015, 18:11
Christian Ristits
Very well done, especially the paintjob and subtle weathering!
29 October 2015, 18:54
Michael Phillips
Thanks Marko, Christian, and Anna! I am happy with how this turned out. This is my 3rd completed model build. The weathering is very subtle, that was my goal. Pictures of the real aircraft show it to be kept quite clean since this was a showbird of sorts. Anna, this is my first in-flight build, and I too love the look... but getting there is no fun! Closing the doors on this kit was not fun LOL. My next build will also be in-flight as well I think.
29 October 2015, 18:59
Wim van der Luijt
That's one project you can be proud of! The weathering looks just right to me too...
29 October 2015, 19:06
Christian Meyerhoff
Excellent Work! The Intruder is one of my favourties.
29 October 2015, 19:30
Sarunas D
Looks good. Would you recommend this kit?
23 September 2017, 10:42
Holger Kranich
Had this kit years ago... One of Monograms best! I had my fun, building it.
23 September 2017, 10:46
Michael Phillips
Thanks Sarunas! This is a blast from the past... This was actually only the third model I ever built, back in late 2015, and my very first in-flight build. I had not yet started weathering my models, only used pre-shading at that point (and not black-basing at this point, that started with my 12th model, a VF-84 Hasegawa Tomcat).

I remember the kit being pretty nice, and fit being pretty OK. All raised panels, however. I would def recommend it, as long as you are aware it is not a state of the art kit by any means. But I have heard it is the most accurate, shape-wise, of all the 1/48 Intruder kits.
25 September 2017, 12:54
Stephan Ryll
Very nice build and paintjob Michael 👍
25 September 2017, 16:30
Clifford Keesler
How did I miss this one? Great job.
26 September 2017, 01:23

Project info

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