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9 minutes ago, RKic said:

Holy cow! That looks really nice

If you're talking about the OA-4M, thanks! (well, thanks either way!) I built the Skyhawk in honor of a good friend who was once a wrench with H&MS-12.

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Sweet, yeah I've actually got some extra goodies for the 2 kits I have. Furball decals, Two Mikes bang seats, Hasegawa weapons sets, I think I have some wheels,  and will be using the photo etch from the Monogram High Tech A-4E/F kit. For me it's all about just making the time, finding some space in our itty bitty apartment, and getting it done.

 

For my Tomcat there are some things I need Steel Beach items but also going to look at getting the True Details cockpit for the -A.

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6 minutes ago, Whiskey said:

Sweet, yeah I've actually got some extra goodies for the 2 kits I have. Furball decals, Two Mikes bang seats, Hasegawa weapons sets, I think I have some wheels,  and will be using the photo etch from the Monogram High Tech A-4E/F kit. For me it's all about just making the time, finding some space in our itty bitty apartment, and getting it done.

 

For my Tomcat there are some things I need Steel Beach items but also going to look at getting the True Details cockpit for the -A.

@john53 has the True Details pit for the Tomcat. He offered it to me but I politely declined. You should hit him up.

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This reference photo shows several replacement panels that remain in their TPS colors, including the over wing panels, inner flap sections, and canopy so I worked on replicating that last night. 

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Is it the lighting in the in-flight picture or your pictures that makes it look like there’s two different light blues? The in-flight pic looks like it a richer color of light blue. 

 

I really like how you’re going through and tediously replicated the replacement panels, that’ll show a lot when done.

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Weathering and paint is done along with some dullcoat. I'll have to pause here for a couple of weeks while I do some business travel. When I get back, I'll have to fix the busted seam on the left glove and spray a few more coats of dullcoat.

 

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On 8/22/2018 at 11:58 PM, Parabat said:

Very nice indeed to see this being built.

Thanks Parabat! Unfortunately, this build is going to be in a holding pattern. I just got picked up for a 30 day disaster response deployment at work. 

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Hurricane Lane fizzled out to nothing and I'm back home--great news for the people of Hawaii and me too! Anyway, more updates to follow in the coming days as I try to finish this thing up ahead of the Top Gun group build.  I'll do another adversary with my Tamiya Tomcat.

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