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Douglas A-4 Skyhawk
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| Category: | Aircraft - Jets
Aircraft - Jets |
| Used from: | 1956-Now |
| Used by: |  |
| Manufacturer: |  Douglas |
| Model: | A-4 Skyhawk |
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A-4M Skyhawk (U.S.M.C. Attacker) Hasegawa 1:48
07233
(PT33) 2004 | Changed parts
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A-4M SkyhawkHasegawa 1:48
07233
2019 | Changed parts
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A-4Monogram 1:48
5422
1981 | Changed decals
A-4 Aggressor From Top Gun Movie Testors 1:48
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1986 | Changed decals
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A-4E/F Skyhawk Model How to build eduard's A-4E/F Skyhawk Model Glenn Hoover Model Build Instruction Series Nr. 18
Glenn Hoover
2020
Scooter! The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk Story - Revised edition Tommy H. Thomason
2019
A-4 Skyhawk Attack & Close-Support Fighter Bomber Jim Winchester
2005
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Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force 1945-now)V Brig. Aerea
C-321 | Guerra de Malvinas - Puerto
April 1982
4. June, 04:30
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familycatISRAELI SKYHAWKS Defenders of the Holy Land 1968 - 2015 Who's the best seller for UK modellers to purchase this from?
ISRAELI SKYHAWKS Defenders of the Holy Land 1968 - 2015 Armycast M&M 1:72
ACD 72 023
2018 | New tool
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Augie Well, its not showing as listed with any that usually show up here at ScM, nor Hannants so I think your in for a search.
14. May, 18:26
familycat Thank you Augie, I've contacted makers who are no longer listing it in 1/72. Pity considering HB release
14. May, 18:38
Creepy Pete added a new project.
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Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force 1948-now)110 Sqn.
250 |
1973 |
FS33531 FS34227 FS30219 FS35622
3. May, 12:40
Vince Jackson added a new project.
Douglas A-4D-1 Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VA-43 Challengers
139966 | presumably USS Antietam
October 1956 | High Viz
30. April, 02:16
Vince Jackson added a new project.
Douglas A-4F Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)Blue Angels
BuNo 155056/ 6 (LT Mike Curtin) |
1978 | FS15052
30. April, 00:48
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Paulo Fonseca added a new project.
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Christian Bruer added a new project.
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8. April, 15:00
Lode Schildermans So, Christian. Apparantly, I'm the first one to comment. I'm looking forward to this bird. Will it be part of a (almost) scratch build diorama? Oh, and can I come on board, Sir?
8. April, 19:51
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9. April, 03:24
Oleg Bogolei following!
I almost finished E version and had big problems with a clear parts. Even edudard has broke it)
9. April, 06:48
Christian Bruer Hello all, welcome aboard mates. The Scooter is still in progress and nearly ready to paint, but I did not have the time to post some photos.
@Lode, nope the Scooter will be on a separate base. I started it because I have to wait for custom made decals for my Corsair.
Cheers, Christian
10. April, 19:25
Dutch added a new project.
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Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VT-21 Red Hawks
158500 (Cdr. L.D.Nagle) | NAS Kingsville, TX
29. March, 22:22
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Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VT-7 Eagles
158130 / 776 | Bicentennial - NAS Meridian, MS
July 1976 | Red, wht, blue
29. March, 22:18
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Douglas OA-4M Skyhawk US Marine Corps Aviation (1912-now)H&MS-12 Outlaws
154638/01 |
May 1985
28. March, 23:14
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Michael Phillips added a new project.
18. March, 18:22
Maciej Bellos Interesting looking Skyhawks! Didn't know Indonesia had them.
19. March, 15:09
Michael Phillips Yep, and I didn't know either until I saw the decals and then did a little research. Kind of a cool story, these aircraft are actually ex-Israeli A-4Es that retained the extended exhausts. Really a cool looking scheme too!
20. March, 13:05
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Douglas A-4E Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VC-1
150056
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Douglas A-4E Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VA-195 Dambusters
513NM/150058 | US Oriskany
1969 | Light Gull grey
FS16440, Gloss White
FS17875
12. March, 11:08
Tony Cooke added a new project.
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Douglas A-4KU Skyhawk
Al Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya (Kuwait Air Force 1961-now)Free Kuwait Air Force
802 | Gulf War»Desert Storm - Dhahran
1991 |
FS30219 FS33448 FS36307
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144010
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4466
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Frank van Asten added a new project.
Douglas OA-4M Skyhawk US Marine Corps Aviation (1912-now)H&MS-13 Outlaws
154307/YU-06 | MCAS El Toro, CA
August 1980
2. January, 13:23
Jon Bryon added a new project.
Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VT-7
158094/A-745 | CTW-1 - USS Lexington
198x |
FS17925 FS12197
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Jon Bryon added a new project.
1+Douglas A-4H Skyhawk Heyl Ha'Avir (Israeli Air Force 1948-now)109 'Valley' Sqn.
03 |
1970 |
FS35622 FS33531 FS30219 FS34258
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Jon Bryon added a new project.
Douglas A-4L Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VC-13 Saints
147825/3 | Gull grey, White
30. December 2019, 14:33
Jon Bryon added a new project.
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Douglas A-4E Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VF-45
149977 |
1986 | Two-tone grey tiger
30. December 2019, 14:31
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144010
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Augusto Added a new
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2019 | Changed decals
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29. December 2019, 10:19
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Douglas A-4P Skyhawk Fuerza Aérea Argentina (Argentine Air Force 1945-now)Grupo 5 de Caza
C-240 | Rio Gallegos
April 1982 |
FS30099 FS30118 FS35550
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4466
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13. December 2019, 23:37
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1. December 2019, 13:00
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1+Douglas A-4Q Skyhawk Comando de Aviación Naval Argentina (Argentine naval Aviation 1916-now)3er Esc. Aeronaval de Caza y Ataque
3-A-305 (0658) | Falklands War - Malvinas/Falklands
May 1982 |
FS16440 FS17875
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Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VT-7
158094/A-745 | CTW-1 - USS Lexington
198x |
FS17925 FS12197
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11. October 2019, 06:39
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8. May 2013, 14:45
Dutch Very nice work indeed! Can't wait to see the completed project!
29. May 2014, 17:30
29. May 2014, 17:49
Jeremy Wiltcher Thanks, it was a first attempt, I've also just completed an F/A-18B in deceptive camo.
29. May 2014, 20:40
Dutch Reminds me of the A-4F I saw in the display case at the old Squadron Shop store in Wheaton MD back in the eighties! It too was painted up as a MiG-17 adversary aircraft. Very impressive. Yours is nicely done indeed. Bring on the F-18 Hornet!
30. May 2014, 11:42
Jeremy Wiltcher I'll have to take some pictures and post them this weekend, I haven't been taking pictures of my finished projects lately, I don't know how to explain it other than it's because of my Dad dying, he was always wanting to see and talk about what I was building, so even though I still build, I lost a little of the motivation to take pictures and show them.
30. May 2014, 12:33
Jeremy Wiltcher I added a few new pics of this and other Adversary aircraft I've done
9. October 2019, 12:04
9. October 2019, 12:59
Jeremy Wiltcher Thank you very much, I've got a few pics of the F/A-18B Adversary finally too.
9. October 2019, 13:27
Nathan Dempsey Very cool Jeremy. I had the decal set for the A-4/MiG, but traded it a while back
I like the trio pic too. Nice set-up
9. October 2019, 13:32
Bart Goesaert looking really nice. Nice camo sheme's. Maybe a tip, try to fill and sand the nose a bit.
9. October 2019, 14:19
Jeremy Wiltcher I am horrible at the filling and sanding of seems, that's why I pretty much never do.
9. October 2019, 14:23
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Douglas A-4M Skyhawk US Marine Corps (1798-now)VMA-214 Black Sheep
159489 | Iwakuni AB
1977 |
FS16440 FS17875
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Australian Navy Aviation Group (1947-now)VF-805 Sqn.
882/N13-154903 | HMAS Melbourne
1982 | Aircraft grey
FS16187, Light Admiralty grey
FS35414
8. September 2019, 14:22
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31. August 2019, 08:10
Carsten Gurk It'll take a while Hans, the decals will only be reprinted by the end of the year.
31. August 2019, 11:48
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Maciej Bellos The first one Michael gets my vote. Still a good choice.
15. August 2019, 20:32
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4. August 2019, 18:26
Sergej I I'm in for the group aggressor build. Any type or limited to A-4?
4. August 2019, 18:38
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Kees Kleijwegt Following! Groupbuild is for all aggressor aircraft.
Open for all aircraft types, countries and scales
4. August 2019, 19:02
BAT21 Nice that you are here
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Douglas A-4E Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)Navy Fighter Weapons School
151095/55 |
FS20400 FS30117 FS34079
31. July 2015, 08:39
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Kees Kleijwegt Holy sh*t, it's Jester!
Cool subject, are you joining the Scalemates aggressor groupbuild with this project?
4. August 2019, 19:00
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9004
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12. June 2019, 16:31
TreehuggerQ: Does anyone know if this kit can be built into an Argentinian Skyhawk? Those don't have the hump back. Can't really tell from the manual, if there are unused parts to adequately replace the hump back on the model (apparently, there is a cavity near the tail fin, unsure if there is a part that fills that cavity).
I guess the decals for Argentinian military would have to be purchased separately.
A-4M Skyhawk (U.S.M.C. Attacker) Hasegawa 1:48
07233
(PT33) 2004 | Changed parts
8. May 2019, 12:19
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Nathan Dempsey Holger - Part A13 is definitely the part that fills the gap when not using the hump.
Treehugger - top fin shape should be curved. This part is included in my kit on the A sprue. Canopy should match early variants and be slightly less bulged. This canopy is probably included in Hasegawa C model Skyhawks. The curved rod-like antennas on the side of the tail fin were resin parts in the Hasegawa special Argentine kit.
8. May 2019, 15:36
8. May 2019, 16:02
Augie Yeah, no this is not the Skyhawk you are looking for to make into Argentinian one
8. May 2019, 16:04
Nathan Dempsey Thanks Augie. I did forget to answer the original question LOL
8. May 2019, 16:18
Treehugger Oh, shucks. Well, I'll look for something else then. :| But thanks for the feedback.
8. May 2019, 17:33
Augie Hehe no worries, I didn't realise I channelled Obi-Wan when I did lol
8. May 2019, 20:26
Nathan Dempsey Grrrr...
Got me looking up Hasegawa C model Skyhawks on Ebay because I want to do a pair of Argentine Scooters myself. That special edition kit is going for a min of $100US!
9. May 2019, 03:14
Rv Hello,
There are different types of argentinian skyhawks:
- Falklands era: A-4Q/P, based on early A-4B/C with specific antennas.
- Modern era: A-4AR, based on the A-4M, with a modified nose and specific radio/ECM antennas. A conversion set exists:
A-4AR Fighthawk (Condor Decals 48030, 1:48) 9. May 2019, 07:06
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Douglas A-4C Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VA-76 Spirits
147749/AG-310 | USS Independence
March 1969 |
FS16440 FS17875
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Douglas A-4C Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VA-144 Road Runners
NK-410 | Vietnam War - USS Constellation
1965
23. March 2019, 21:50
Christian Bruer added a new photoalbum.
23. August 2013, 18:12
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21. March 2019, 20:09
Cesar Muniz amazing detail for the scale, Christian, what have you used for the asphalt base on photo 17 and 18?
21. March 2019, 20:11
Christian Bruer Thank you Cesar. I used fine sand you use for bird cages. You can buy it in pet shops, but you have to sieve it. All was scattered on a fine layer of PVA glue. It works well but it is better for scale 1/72 and larger.
21. March 2019, 20:55
22. March 2019, 07:23
Holger Kranich Interessant auch die Beschreibung dieses Projektes:
Some more but slow progress, I opened the windows at the wheelhouse and I add a framework all around. The railing is now in place at the forward gun emplacement. I made a new part for the aft gun emplacement, because of a crude kit part. The WEM PE part is only for a extended gun emplacement that won't fit for Polyanthus. I also build two 20mm form MASTER and I start build the single 2pdr. Pompom.
22. March 2019, 07:25
Christian Bruer Don't know what happened when editing the project? Bug is fixed
22. March 2019, 12:10
22. March 2019, 12:24
Christian Bruer Thank you ????
By the way Holger, between 1964 and 1970 USS Bon Homme Richard made six deployments to the Gulf of Tonkin.
22. March 2019, 16:07
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Daniel added a new project.
Douglas A-4F Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VA-144 Road Runners
154186/NF-507 | USS Bon Homme Richard
1970
4. March 2019, 19:58
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Grumman F-14A Tomcat US Navy (1794-now)VF-1
104 (Lt. Pete Mitchell) | Top Gun - Miramar
1986 | grey
19. January 2019, 07:52
Jani P added a new project.
18. January 2019, 16:11
Laurent "HELLER-forever" Thank you, added review:
http://heller-forever.forumactif.com/t9905-esci-douglas-a-4e-skyhawk-1-72eme-ref-9089
18. January 2019, 16:02
Ron GarciaOne of those models where everything went wrong: gluing a prominent piece the wrong way and noticing way too late to correct it, stepping on the canopy leaving a large crack down the length of it, doing everything I could to not knock off that tiny antenna on the rudder and then somehow knocking it off after it had been painted and decaled while gluing on the very last pieces (pitot probes, lights), etc. It was a relief to get this one finished! As far as the model itself, it was OK. Lots of parts for such a small kit. Instructions are a bit busy. The usual Hasegawa irritation of not including any external stores. Goes together easily except I had major issues trying to correctly seat the (avionics?) hump on the back. Next to my ancient Monogram A-4s, however, even with my self-inflicted errors, it looks light years ahead of them.
A-4M Skyhawk (U.S.M.C. Attacker) Hasegawa 1:48
07233
(PT33) 2004 | Changed parts
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Douglas A-4E Skyhawk US Marine Corps (1798-now)VMA-225
147779/CE-6 |
FS16440 FS17875
11. November 2018, 14:29
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Douglas A-4C Skyhawk US Navy (1794-now)VA-64
8562/AG-603 | USS Independence
1968 |
FS16440 FS17875
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