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Michael Phillips (Fighting 84)
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Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk - Completed!

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1 12 May 2017, 03:09
Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Top!!Great weathering and you did with the pick out of the panels to make it more interesting a very great job👍👍👍
12 May 2017, 04:26
Marko
Excellent work. Bravo.
12 May 2017, 04:43
Erik Leijdens
Excellent once again! ! 👍
12 May 2017, 05:02
Martin Oostrom
Work of art. well done Michael
12 May 2017, 05:06
Cristian Bordina
Fantastic !!! Congrats Michael😉
12 May 2017, 08:08
Murad ÖZER
AWESOMENESS 👍
12 May 2017, 11:09
Holger Kranich
Damn great your scooter! Did you need nose weight?
12 May 2017, 11:12
Michael Hickey
WoW... Just like always you pull out a stunner in a reasonably short time, well done.👍👍👍
12 May 2017, 11:17
Bryn Crandell
Superb looking Scotter! Well done mate!
12 May 2017, 17:11
Michael Phillips
Thanks Markus, Marko, Erik, Martin, Christian, Murad, Holger, Michael, and Bryn! You all flatter me with your kind words!

I will be honest, this one I never really enjoyed building. It has nothing to do with the kit or the subject, it was the stupid Aires Cockpit that took the wind out of my sails on this one. It took me more than a week of sanding, test fitting, cutting, test fitting, sanding, etc to get that thing in there. While I am happy with the finished product, I really rushed much of the construction just to "get it done and move on". There are definitely some visible areas that I should have spent more time on in the construction process. I am SO ready to move to my next project, which will be a Luftwaffe Tornado IDS.

Holger, yes, I did use nose weights. I used two lead fishing weights and stuffed them in there with some Blu Tac.
12 May 2017, 17:53
Spanjaard
really fantastic result Michael
12 May 2017, 18:09
Stephan Ryll
Very nice result Michael 👍 Love the build
12 May 2017, 18:23
B. M.
Superb Scooter!
12 May 2017, 18:27
Christian Bruer
Lifelike finish and overall an excellent work. Bravo-Zulu 👍
12 May 2017, 19:08
ForestFan
Great job!
13 May 2017, 06:16
John Thomas
Nice weathering
13 May 2017, 17:55
Michael Phillips
Thanks Spanjaard, Stephan, Benoit, Christian, James, Forest, and John! I really appreciate the kind words...
13 May 2017, 21:27
Maciej Bellos
I really like the dirty look of it. That's on fine Scooter. Any pics of the underside?
14 May 2017, 07:17
Michael Phillips
Thanks Maciej! I once again forgot to take underside pics. I never seem to remember to do that...
14 May 2017, 07:19
Martin Oostrom
Too many enamel fumes in the past? 😉
14 May 2017, 16:12
Michael Hickey
I remember when I built my Israeli Skyhawk I wanted to fit the cockpit and wheel well bays from Aires, but the fit was shocking I just gave up and kept building it with out all the resin.🙁
15 May 2017, 06:31
Glenn
Really nice work Michael 🙂
15 May 2017, 09:20
Choppa Nutta
This came out well !! 🙂
15 May 2017, 09:38
Dale Marston
very nice
15 May 2017, 13:11
Michael Phillips
Thanks Michael, Glenn, Choppa, and Dale!

LOL Martin, I wish I could claim that, but I have been modelling for a couple of years and have only used enamals a few times for washes.
15 May 2017, 22:09

Project info

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1:48
Completed
1:48 A-4M Skyhawk (Hasegawa 07233)1:48 Lo Viz Devil Dog Scooters (Furball Aero-Design 48-010)4+
Douglas A-4M Skyhawk
US US Marine Corps Aviation (1912-now)
VMA-131 Diamondbacks 160024/QG
1993 - NAS Willow Grove, PA
TPS FS36495 FS36375 FS36320
 

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