Irish A-4EI Skyhawk

david sMiGielski · April 29, 2006, 02:28:13 PM

Here are a couple shots of the completed Irish A-4EI, based on Hasegawa's 1/48 kit. I'll get more photos in the morning when the lighting is better.

GTX · April 29, 2006, 02:46:52 PM

All bluescreened ready for addition of suitable background I see!

Nice work.

Regards,

Greg

Gary F · April 29, 2006, 03:58:24 PM

David,

Really nice one ... how's the F-2 coming along?

Radish · April 29, 2006, 04:14:53 PM

What a lovely aircraft, model and scheme.
It looks really REALLY convincing.
I shall sleep happier for seeing that.

John Howling Mouse · April 29, 2006, 06:22:12 PM

Yowza, so that's how the big kids do it, huh?
Stunning and believable.

BlackOps · April 29, 2006, 06:32:18 PM

Nice build! I sometimes forget how good straight olive drab can look.

Jeff G.

SPINNERS · April 29, 2006, 11:48:53 PM

A lovely build there David. It looks ready to bounce any stray Tornado F3's over the Irish sea (well, it would be rude not to).

nev · April 30, 2006, 01:11:31 AM

That looks so very, very right

You should get a piccie of it next to Ians Irish Hunter

upnorth · April 30, 2006, 01:33:03 AM

Tis a beauty!

Dork the kit slayer · April 30, 2006, 04:15:50 AM

First class..... a total credit to you. Pure Guinness on your part. Is that "Lichen green "I see???
Im convinced that this is NOT a WIF,its a well kept secret....like IHG's Irish Hawk.

lancer · April 30, 2006, 10:36:51 AM

Absolutley beatiful looking Hawk. It looks spot on in those colours.

Ian the Kiwi Herder · April 30, 2006, 11:20:54 AM

Well it could be said that they complement each other, although given that the Hawk took a grand total of three hours build time and roughly half that to paint and another hour to decal..... I'm guessing that's about half of what David spent on the cockpit alone !!!!

No, he gets the kudos for the moment. Great build/finish

. Wish I was brave enuff to WhIf a H/gawa 1:48 kit !

Ian

david sMiGielski · April 30, 2006, 12:22:15 PM

Thanks everyone. This one took me about a week to finish; a very enjoyable week, I might add. Cockpit was a couple of evenings.

I like to put the same amount of care into my what if subjects that I do my real world ones. In that vein, I prefer to use the best kits out there. I tend to get the most enjoyment out of my what if builds and don't want that tempered by starting with a bad/hard to build kit.

That's just me though.

anthonyp · April 30, 2006, 01:38:41 PM

Turned out even better than I thought it would, David! Very nice!

AeroplaneDriver · April 30, 2006, 05:18:52 PM

I know you mean well, but it's just not fair to post builds like this when some of us have 2 Hase A-4s in the stash, and not so much free time at the moment!!

A truly great whif, and a truly great model!