This is a build of the 1/48 Tamiya A-1H Skyraider for a client specifying the airplane flown by his father while embarked on the USS Enterprise with the VA-65 Tigers during the October 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
In 1/72 scale Hasegawa has a kit that would have fit the bill perfectly (save for the BuNo and cowl number)…
… but 1/48 scale was strongly desired, which points squarely to the Tamiya kit.
So, there will be some custom artwork required to replicate BuNo 35322 and other VA-65 specific markings. This is the only p