North American A-5 Vigilante

Tim Mansfield
Built 1988
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bought 2002, built 2020.
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Laurent "HELLER-forever"
thanks

Greg Solomon
I have this one too... Can't wait to start it!

Dominique Emmerechts
moi aussi

Patrick Hagelstein
Aha! Het jeugdsentiment!

Martin Oostrom
Decals zijn overleden. Moet ik nog wat voor verzinnen. Nieuwe zijn duurder dan wat ik voor de doos betaald heb

Patrick Hagelstein
Aiii.....

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
If this Story that Gill told would happen to my daughter (she is 19 Months),it would not suprise me.(Of course my daughter does it in a diaper,not in our Garden)

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
I am glad that the story had that Lucky (stinky) end for your dog.
It could had been worse and ending with a Veterinary visit.

Bill Gilman
A dog's digestive must be incredibly robust. They eat crazy stuff. One of my dog's favourite food groups when she was a puppy was plastic (bad news for a modeller!) She has also injested aluminum foil, which also passed through without any effect. Now that she's older and not a puppy anymore, she is much better at just eating her dog food!

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Even dogs learn

Charles Villanueva
Goats will eat anything and everything as well. Thank God I have no goats

Zimmermaniac
I have no dogs, I have Border Collies

Charles Villanueva
Finally uploaded most of the images for this project. A move delayed the postings of this WIP. Lost some progress images along the way. Most of the postings will show the Vigilante towards the final stages. Already painted and decalled for the most part. Really not a difficult kit, but a lot of parts compared to the Revell and Hasegawa kits in this scale.

Charles Villanueva
Aeromaster Acrylic Lt Gull Grey 36440, Xtracrylic Gloss White was used for the scheme. Detail painting with Model Master silver, black, OD and steel for the various bits and pieces. Paasche "H" airbrush to apply the paint. Alclad for the bare metal sections. Thanks for viewing.
Chuck
Fly Navy

Dave Flitton
Looking good so far.

Lee Fogel
Nice work on a tough kit, Eddie! Keep up the fine job, sir.

Kerry COX
You can tell where the F-15 Eagle got it's heritage from Ed.

Flynn
I did a Kangnam Vigilante in the past. I guess that one was reverse engineered from this Hasegawa kit. Good work on it! Pity that your decal cracked.

Ed Hubbart
Not to worry. Have another one enroute from a friend who is building the kit with custom decals for his uncle's plane.

soheil moghisi
Very nice.

Clifford Keesler
Looking nice so far.

Dave Flitton
Awesome start!

soheil moghisi
nice job.

David Lengyel
Looks great so far. That's what I call a piece of sculpting right there.

Marc Schimmler
What is not visible here is what a beast of aircraft this machine is .... great work!

Choppa Nutta
...... and to think that it operated from an aircraft carrier !!

Holger Kranich
Congrats Burkhard! This was a long build but in the end it looks very rewarding! !!

Christian Bruer
Reminds me my dad build one for 40 years ago. I sat next to him looking for his progress and try to learn something about modelmaking. Ah Burkhard, well done and as Dirk replied a seldom seen model. Cheers, Christian

Burkhard D
Christian, it was the same for me. My first model, built with my dad about 40 years ago! Started my career.

Christian Bruer
A Cheer for our dad's!

Burkhard D
Small stencil decals arrived and added.

Roman Gmünder
Ran into problems making my own decals (first time). Used the HOLI Decalpaper (both white and clear) and my HP inkjet with HP ink and microscales liquid decal film. There appeard a redish "glow arround the black lines (no matter on white or clear decal film) after adding quite an amount of micro sol when applying the decals (since the decal film is rather thick). Now what was my mistake you suppose? Wrong ink, too thin coat of liquid decal film or excessive amount of microsol? Thanks for your help. Regards.

Roman Gmünder
Finished the bird with the wings folded and the size is still impressive. As mentioned i made first experience with making my own decals. I like the sleek lines of this jet. And am amazed there aren't more being on display.

Christian Mundt
Your Vigilante looks great, congratulations! Could you please give some information about the internal brace from Nautilus, is it worth buying?

Augie
very nice, I would be interested in hearing about the brace too

Roman Gmünder
Thanks. I think the brace is not a must. I stumbled over it when i was looking for their carrierdeck which i think its great and since i heard that you had to brace the huge body of this plane i thougt it would come handy and it did. It is designed for the aires burner cans which i wasn't able to get. So i had to modify the kit cans, which was easy to do, though. If you have specific questions feel free to ask. So long.

Murad ÖZER
Lovely model!

JOHN THOMAS
Very nice

Christian Mundt
Thank you for the information! I just ordered the Nautilus set, hopefully my Bird will turn out as beautiful as yours.

Paul Wilsford
Please be patient because I am having a difficult time adding this to my project lists or the GB.

Aris aka Amen
I follow this ^_^.

Es George
Might be a while....

Charles Villanueva
This was a project that started late last year to commemorate the Navy Bicentennial Group Build through the ARC website. Didnt get a chance to complete it. Now I will restart the project.

Charles Villanueva
After a few months hiatus, time to update the Viggie. This session I assemble the LH side intake. Using Floquil Reefer White to paint the interior and spot the fuselage where the intake would cover it when installed. It would be hard get paint into that area if I don't. Also masked around the tailcone prior to painting that section which will be Steel. More to follow as I'm motivated to get this moving again. Thanks for looking.
Chuck
Fly Navy

Burkhard D
Ich glaube, die Neigung des Sitzes ist etwas zu groß. In der Seitenansicht ist normalerweise etwa der halbe Headrest in der Cockpithaube zu sehen?

FlyingCircus
Den Sitz werde ich noch ein wenig weiter vorne montieren. Der ist wirklich zu weit hinten.

FlyingCircus
Nach längerer Zeit ging es ein wenig weiter. Da die Triebwerksdüsen traurig leer aussahen, habe ich diese frei schnauze optisch aufgepeppt. Bei schlachten eines alten Weckers sind 2 Stellräder übrig geblieben welche ich eingeklebt habe. Da die Vigilante ein wellenförmiges Düsen Innenprofil hat, habe ich mit Evergreen Streifen versucht eine grobe Anmutung zu schaffen. Eine weitergehende genauere Detailierung lohnt sich bei dem Bausatz nicht wirklich.

FlyingCircus
Das letzte Foto zeigt den jetzigen Zustand. Der Bereich um den Fanghaken ist eingebaut und verspachtelt. Der Aufklärungsbehälter ist montiert und verdeckt zum Glück die Klebenaht. Das abgebrochene Höhenrüder ist durch eine eingebaute Verstiftung wieder montagefertig und im Cockpit sind die Gewichte eingebaut.

Burkhard D
Sieht doch schon mal ganz nett aus...eine hüsche Lackierung und nette Decals werden sicher einen hübschen Vogel daraus machen! Ich schrokel nebenbei an der RA-5C von Airfix herum, ist eine ähnliche Herausforderung

FlyingCircus
zeig mal

Burkhard D
Ist kein Zeiger dran.
Ich mach mal ein paar Fotos...

FlyingCircus
So nun ist es passiert, der Cockpitbereich ist wieder montiert. Da mir das Teil für die Instrumententafel fehlte habe ich mit Hilfe des Bausatzdecal ein neues gebaut und montiert. Die Seitenkonsolen habe ich mit Decals der Revell F-89 aufgepeppt. Nun bleibt noch einiges an Spachtel und Schleif Arbeit

Augie
Looks remarkably like the old airfix mold....

Bill Gilman
I've always wondered how much the design of the MiG 25 was influenced by the Vigilante. The original design for the A-5 (then the A3J) had twin vertical tails. The Vigilante first flew in 1958, the MiG 25 in 1964.

Bill Gilman
How does this compare to the old Revell (which you've marked for sale) and the Trumpeter kits?

Lukas .
Kangnam is a same kit as Revell from late eighties. Basic kit with engraved panel lines. Trumpeter is much better ...but more expensive.

Bill Gilman
OK, that is what I expected, this is the old Ace kit. I have the Trumpy kit, and I was wondering if there might be something better.

The Vigilante has always been one of my favorites. Few realize how advanced of a design this was, and how it influenced future designs on both sides of the cold war.

Dave Flitton
Do you not like the Trumpeter kit?

Bill Gilman
Well, it's covered with rivets that need to be filled, the fin is the wrong shape for an RA-5, and the dorsal "hump" is too shallow. It's a later series Vigilante (although it has the early ECM pod on the tail), and can't be modeled as an earlier version, nor as an A-5 (different intakes and no leading edge extensions). The kit has bombs (almost never carried on an RA-5) but no drop tanks (almost always carried by an RA-5).

Maybe that's asking too much - the only real issue is all of those rivets! The Trumpy F-105 is the same way. C'mon guys - these airframes are smooth!

Dave Flitton
I would love to do an accurate RA-5, looks like I wil have to buy both kits and smash them together.

Bill Gilman
The Trumpeter kit is very nicely molded, better than any other available kit. The rivets can be filled, the vertical fin needs to have material removed from its tip (slanted not straight) and the ECM pod needs to be smaller. These are all easy fixes. The dorsal hump is a different matter. I plan on leaving it alone as it is unlikely to be noticed by anyone. Except for you guys who will now be looking for it!

Juan M Leria
This 'Ace' company it's not the Ukranian but Korean. Maybe is this tooling the origin for the Revell and Kangnam ones? It would be interesting to see a pic of the sprues.

Bill Gilman
The Revell Vigilante kit box said "Made in Korea" and I've read that it was made by Ace, along with the Yak-38 Froger, and Su-25 Frogfoot 1:72 kits.

Dave Fassett
Yeah this is the Korean company. I picked this kit up back in the 80's when it first came out. I started it in the 90's and plan to finish it this year. It is a good kit, simple, but good.

Burkhard D
I'd buy that kit for the boxart alone, but be prepared for pronounced sinkmarks in nasty places.

Augie
actually.... its not bad... for a 60's molding..

Burkhard D
I have just started to tackle the sinkmarks on the wing...don't know why I do this...

Augie
yeah, we must be mad... I'll get some picks of mine uploaded.. although its not USN... I did mine as a "what-if" in RAF markings

Wilfried Bogaerts
Hi Bernd, you mean you actually finished this kit?? Respect!!
Give that man a cigar!!
Have a nice and prosperous 2012!!

Holger Kranich
Wow its long ago, i comleted this one. Very long ago...

Bernd Korte
I completed it a very long time ago when I was still new to the hobby. Nothing I would put on display today

Philip De Keyser
We've got for everyones work respect Bernd, greetings Phil

Bill Gilman
If this is the same Revell Vigilante kit from the early 80s (whose only redeeming quality was that it had recessed panel lines) then just completing it at all is a major accomplishment! I binned mine about halfway through the build. Congratulations!

Mathias Carl
One of my favourite U.S. Navy - Planes. Maybe you would like to show some pictures? *whistle*