Dutch Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 12 hours ago, Hooker169 said: @Dutch we’ve got try to work VMA-322 from South Weymouth NAS into this sheet! http://skyhawk.org/article-unit/vma322 Ayuh! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RCarlson Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 18 hours ago, CraigSargent said: While I agree that more Bulldogs loving is needed, this jet has already been covered Thanks CraigSargent! I've never seen that sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) What about Alan Sherpard's A-4M from the movie The Right Stuff? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj06C0GzgHs https://www.impdb.org/images/thumb/f/f4/Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg/500px-Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg Or others: https://www.skyhawk.org/sites/default/files/images-buno-158148-158435/158170-a-4m-ddjun73-vx-5-xe-15-clk-harry-tyrpak-pmc.jpg https://www.airfighters.com/photo/214105/M/USA-Marines/McDonnell-Douglas-A-4M-Skyhawk/160256/ China Lake: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vkNJuatUVD_ESPk1QZY4hiYJuEuHVGMMVJFmipDRo7-HB_bVt6lasbZ0dCFU5Cj990CdMMGdVXHSrbhg6YY6BXTM6HCiuVYW (Tail art looks similar to the F-86 Sabre Drone from Hasegawa) https://modelingmadness.com/scott/korean/preview/hasegawa/09306.htm Edited March 7, 2020 by JackMan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CraigSargent Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 2 hours ago, JackMan said: What about Alan Sherpard's A-4M from the movie The Right Stuff? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj06C0GzgHs https://www.impdb.org/images/thumb/f/f4/Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg/500px-Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg Or others: https://www.airfighters.com/photo/214105/M/USA-Marines/McDonnell-Douglas-A-4M-Skyhawk/160256/ Note that these aircraft are all Super Mikes and need the enlarged landing gear legs and gear doors. The footage of the VX-5 A-4M landing on the deck is original and was spliced in with the footage of Scott Glenn "flying" it for the movie. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stefan buysse Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Hi, When I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought of the "Super Mikes". I hesitated to suggest them for the sheet because many other cool options are to be done and a really accurate "Super Mike" is not available as far as I know. Not even with the parts from Hasegawa's "Last Skyhawk" boxing. When my interest in the "Super Mike" was at its peak, about 15 years ago, I asked around about them. David Aungst told me that "while Hasegawa did provide some updates to attempt to make a "Super Mike" kit, they did not get it totally right. To do it right, they needed to make a whole new wing bottom. The "canoes" that are the landing gear fairings changed all the way back to the wing flap line, not just in the area of the large wheel well doors. The revised "canoes" are more tapered on their sides and faired more into the lower wing. Hasegawa maintained the original wing bottom in the kit and thus the original "canoes". In their attempt to make the new main landing gear doors match the original wing bottoms, they put too much of a kink in the rear sections. On the real aircraft, the main gear doors were more of a constant dome shape without the corner kinks at their back portions". David also told me that the 24 "Super Mikes" mostly served together in the squadrons that had them. VMA-223, VMA-311 and VMA-331 had them at one time or other, possibly other squadrons too. During times of transition to another block of Skyhawks, they could, be seen mixed with other A-4M's of the squadron on the flightline. Maybe that's a solution for the Caracal sheet: provide a BuNo and Modex for both a "Regular Mike" and a "Super Mike" for these squadrons. That way, the modeller can decide what's close enough to a Super Mike or just go with the Regular Mike. Cheers, Stefan. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glevass21 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Is the 1/48 Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk kit available anywhere on the planet ? Is Hasegawa planning to reissue this kit ? SharkOwl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 29 minutes ago, glevass21 said: Is the 1/48 Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk kit available anywhere on the planet ? Is Hasegawa planning to reissue this kit ? SharkOwl That kit was available for a very long time. I can not find it at any of the usual sources. It shows "backordered" or "unavailable" . If you must have an A-4M, Hobby Boss has one, but the leading edge slats are molded in the retracted position. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
picknpluck Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 (edited) On 3/6/2020 at 4:18 PM, JackMan said: What about Alan Sherpard's A-4M from the movie The Right Stuff? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj06C0GzgHs https://www.impdb.org/images/thumb/f/f4/Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg/500px-Right_Stuff_Skyhawk3.jpg Or others: https://www.skyhawk.org/sites/default/files/images-buno-158148-158435/158170-a-4m-ddjun73-vx-5-xe-15-clk-harry-tyrpak-pmc.jpg https://www.airfighters.com/photo/214105/M/USA-Marines/McDonnell-Douglas-A-4M-Skyhawk/160256/ China Lake: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/proxy/vkNJuatUVD_ESPk1QZY4hiYJuEuHVGMMVJFmipDRo7-HB_bVt6lasbZ0dCFU5Cj990CdMMGdVXHSrbhg6YY6BXTM6HCiuVYW (Tail art looks similar to the F-86 Sabre Drone from Hasegawa) https://modelingmadness.com/scott/korean/preview/hasegawa/09306.htm MAW Decals covered that jet from “The Right Stuff” https://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/maw48015.htm Edited March 8, 2020 by picknpluck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 7 hours ago, glevass21 said: Is the 1/48 Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk kit available anywhere on the planet ? Is Hasegawa planning to reissue this kit ? SharkOwl Hi there which A-4M are you speaking about? I see there are many available on ebay at not bad prices. Even the Last Skyhawk boxing is there too but a bit more. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Was just killing time and found this gem for an A-4M drop tank late in the Skyhawks life with VMA-131 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 9 hours ago, achterkirch said: Was just killing time and found this gem for an A-4M drop tank late in the Skyhawks life with VMA-131 Zotz did it in 1:32 scale. Available from Spruebrothers for $22.49, but they are having 15% off decals sale this weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 On 3/14/2020 at 9:24 AM, Dutch said: Zotz did it in 1:32 scale. Available from Spruebrothers for $22.49, but they are having 15% off decals sale this weekend. Crap I may have to get the Trumpeter kit just to use these decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CraigSargent Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Both Hasegawa and Cutting Edge did this scheme in 1/48 also, although they will be a little harder to find now Edited March 17, 2020 by CraigSargent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) On 3/17/2020 at 6:41 PM, CraigSargent said: Both Hasegawa and Cutting Edge did this scheme in 1/48 also, although they will be a little harder to find now I don't have the kit, but according to the photo of the decal sheet from Hobby Search Japan (see below), the kit does not have the "Red Hot" girl on the scooter. I do have the CE decals and it also does not include the "Red Hot" girl on the scooter. Edited June 4, 2020 by Dutch add photo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 Almost done with this sheet - I will post the final draft soon. In the end I was able to fit 6 options on it: VMA-211 and VMA-223 (I definitely did a better job than the old sheet shared above), VX-5, the black/white NATC "skunk" jet, another Pax River jet (158425), and a PMTC missile test example. There were so many good high-viz candidates but this will be it for a first Skyhawk sheet. Is there a need for a new TA-4 trainers sheet? There are lots of interesting schemes that do not seem to be covered. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sierrascale Posted March 21, 2020 Share Posted March 21, 2020 5 hours ago, KursadA said: Almost done with this sheet - I will post the final draft soon. In the end I was able to fit 6 options on it: VMA-211 and VMA-223 (I definitely did a better job than the old sheet shared above), VX-5, the black/white NATC "skunk" jet, another Pax River jet (158425), and a PMTC missile test example. There were so many good high-viz candidates but this will be it for a first Skyhawk sheet. Is there a need for a new TA-4 trainers sheet? There are lots of interesting schemes that do not seem to be covered. You are a Hi-Viz Hero! And yes to a new TA-4 sheet. Hasn't been any colorful sheets since the Superscale ones. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted March 21, 2020 Author Share Posted March 21, 2020 There will be a smaller, all-black insert with modex numbers, BuNos., unit names and a few other black markings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kurt H. Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 20 hours ago, KursadA said: Is there a need for a new TA-4 trainers sheet? There are lots of interesting schemes that do not seem to be covered. Yes please. Maybe the "line jets" of VT-7 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 https://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Marines/McDonnell-Douglas-A-4M-Skyhawk-II/288330/L Awesome!! Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Collin said: https://www.airliners.net/photo/USA-Marines/McDonnell-Douglas-A-4M-Skyhawk-II/288330/L Awesome!! Cheers Collin Is that option on the sheet? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ishthe47guy Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) On 3/5/2020 at 11:52 PM, RCarlson said: On 3/5/2020 at 11:47 PM, RCarlson said: I don't know that I have ever seen these markings done. Fox One did those two squadrons on 48-022 sheet for E models in 2005. They aren't the exact same scheme for either one, though. Edited March 22, 2020 by Ishthe47guy Added date Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KursadA Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Stephen said: Is that option on the sheet? Yes, the black “Naval Air Test Center” is on the black insert sheet but you can see all of the other markings on the main sheet image I posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, KursadA said: Yes, the black “Naval Air Test Center” is on the black insert sheet but you can see all of the other markings on the main sheet image I posted. Fantastic! I have a kit waiting for that sheet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Youngtiger1 Posted April 21, 2020 Share Posted April 21, 2020 Oh brother, here comes another begging for these markings in 1/32. I’m sure many would love these in 1/32 especially the black/white jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sierrascale Posted April 23, 2020 Share Posted April 23, 2020 Cool! Want all those NATC/PMTC test badges! Have a lot of NATC slides I shot at annual Pax River airshows back in the seventies. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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