Vietnam Air War GB - Extended!

Welcome aboard mikey! Ok so I'm done with masking the canopy/ wheels...

Yep, I’m game.1/48 AD6 Skyraider VNAF.

And here we go with more horizontal stab MAYHEM! (gap filling is done) So for now I'm masking the canopy

Taking shape nice and quick tce 

Ok so flaps down.. Gap fillin time! Be right back!

pzl66

Its off to a good start! Just curious, why highlighted panel lines?

Its off to a good start! Just curious, why highlighted panel lines?

Ok so I missed a gap... And another gap was made ... Yes it's time for the stabs. Awww man it's.... uhm working?????? Well be back when you are dry

Yep airbrush is ready to go!

tcepilot

Should I pre-shade my F-4's?

It can be very effective though.

Also try post shading with a lighter color.

This is going to be a great GB, I can feel it!

There you go ...

I think I will then, i never really cared for the polished up new ''outta the box'' look.

pzl66

tcepilot

Should I pre-shade my F-4's?

If it will make you happy! You have to build the model as you see fit. Dont open that door of building your models of how others like it.

^ What pzl66 said. ^

I"m trying my current build (SBD) without pre-shading, because I have been trying pre-shading, and not really accomplishing anything with it.  Besides, the wife, who is an oil painter, keeps telling me post-shading makes more sense to her.  So, I'll be trying that, sooner or later ...

Back to what pzl66 said, paint it the way that makes sense to you, or, better, that makes the model look the way you want it to.  (anyway, that's my two coppers)

tcepilot

Should I pre-shade my F-4's?

If it will make you happy! You have to build the model as you see fit. Dont open that door of building your models of how others like it.

tcepilot

There is an old A-6 Intruder movie about the vietnam war? something intruder? Oooh i got it it's ''Flight of the Intruder''! it's a pretty fair film.

Should I pre-shade my F-4's?

Italian Starfighter

hi.....here is the F-100D Monogram I'll try to rescribe.Decals sheet is arrived and the work is beginned ..........I've just divided the tail planes from the upper fuselage and the same are rescribed.......Ciao Enrico!!

professordeath

Pilot, I am officially in with the Monogram F-4 that you're doing. The wife is picking me one up om her say home from work...yeah...I have the best lady ever!

I've thrown the very same kit in the trash at least 3 times before. I'm hoping that I am more patient and have developed a few more modeling skills since the last time that kit drove me nuts. If I am happy with the result I will do OY 463, but that decal sheet also has Olds ride on it, or I may go with kit decals if it's horrible. Lol.

There is an old A-6 Intruder movie about the vietnam war? something intruder? Oooh i got it it's ''Flight of the Intruder''! it's a pretty fair film.

troublemaker66

I saw the Sky warrior on a few shows and never knew what it was...thanks Stik!

BAT21 EB-66

Oh youre going all out Starfighter The High Tech kit with PE, rescribing and modifying, and some decals? Sweet

hi.....here is the F-100D Monogram I'll try to rescribe.Decals sheet is arrived and the work is beginned ..........I've just divided the tail planes from the upper fuselage and the same are rescribed.......Ciao Enrico!!

stikpusher

It's a really good looking bird to my eyes. I do wish that Revell would tackle this and the B-66 in 1/48.

I saw the Sky warrior on a few shows and never knew what it was...thanks Stik!

It's a really good looking bird to my eyes. I do wish that Revell would tackle this and the B-66 in 1/48.

stikpusher

The Douglas A-3 Skywarrior saw service in Vietnam as ... (a) Tanker/Electronic Warfare (a/c) ... 

... and all that other stuff Stik said.

Stik - Nice pictures of the dear old Whale.  Built one OOB (no paint) when I was around 12.  Always have liked it.  We had three on the Kitty Hawk on Yankee, passing gas to the group, and providing EW capability - a true two-mission bird.  Two nights before I hopped the Greyhound outbound, I sat in the squadron armory, right under a spot between the second and third wires, just a couple of inches of steel away from salt air, watching on cctv as one of the Whales took the barrier with its wheels up, right above my head (yeah, it was loud, LOL!).  It was the only time I ever saw a plane take the barrier in real time, and the driver put it flat on the money, textbook style.  Broke its back, though.  It was still sitting on the hanger deck two days later when I left.  One of the guys from VAQ-133 told me they weren't sure whether they were going to bring it back, or dump it there in the gulf, and I don't know what they finally did with it.

Definitely a Vietnam Air Warbird ...

You can do as many a you like ;)

Seems like the jars are under represented...

So professor what are you going to build?