Douglas Skysearcher AEW(K)1

[TallEng]

That does look good
It would be interesting to see it posed on a flight deck
Along with a Phantom or Buccaneer, 
Regards
Keith

[Thorvic]

Yeap that does look good but then again i'm biased towards FAA aircraft   

Worked out well and those tail decals have come out a treat.

[rickshaw]

Turned out much better looking than I feared it would, Kit.   

Still not sure about the demarcation line for the upper surfaces but it is your Whiff, so just ignore me. 

[sandiego89]

Really excellent Kit, I too was a bit worried how the paint would look in the end, but you really pulled it off. I especially like the bumble bee decal, how the nacelles ended up with the natural metal and the two tones, and the tan fiberglass antennas all over the place- an often overlooked detail that many just paint over. The nose launch bar looks natural.  Glad you saw it through.

-Dave 

[Mossie]

She looks great Kit.  I agree with the others, I was afraid early FAA colours wouldn't suit her but she's looking very smart indeed.

[PR19_Kit]

Just as an added soupcon to the build, when I was working out how to mark off the big curve of the ESDG/Sky demarcation forward of the fin I started off by putting a wide swathe of Tamiya tape in the general area and then tried cutting out the curve with a new blade.

Didn't work worth a light, it looked like a threpenny bit (apologies to those of you who haven't a CLUE what that means, just imagine a curve with flats on it, OK?) The second attempt was just as bad so I sat there wondering what I was going to use as a template to cut round when I realised I was holding it in my hand!

So it's the radius of the outline of a Tamiya 9 mm tape holder......  

[Rheged]

Didn't work worth a light, it looked like a threpenny bit (apologies to those of you who haven't a CLUE what that means, just imagine a curve with flats on it, OK?)

Some of us can remember  them!  It had a thrift plant on the reverse.   I'm told that  banks had special  dodecagon spanners to get them out of misers hands.

[NARSES2]

That looks really good it. I to was a little worried about the camouflage demarcation but it works, The type "B" roundels suit her as well

[sturmvogel]

This is probably one of the best whiffs of this year. Everything fits quite well on the airframe, all the bits, bumps, and pods. Livery looks fantastic as well.

[Gondor]

That looks great Kit........ now should I nominate it for a whiffie or not.......

Gondor

[Modelling_Mushi]

Mr Kit that is simply lovely, the understated colour scheme just tops it off. 

Gondor, I am with you and I have put it up for a whiffie

[andrewj]

Great piece of work Kit, really has turned out well , looking forwards to seeing it at Telford.

Andrew

[PR19_Kit]

Glad you all like it so much, thanks again.

While packing my models for Telford I got my EB-66 out and parked it alongside the Skysearcher as a comparison.

I'm not sure what Douglas were thinking of when they changed SO much to build the B-66, almost NOTHING is the same as the A-3! The only common bits I can see are the tail surfaces and the centre fuselage section, even the landing gear retraction method is different.

It must have been a VERY lucrative contract from the USAF to make them go to those lengths......

[kitbasher]

And frankly despite the obvious family similarity I think the A-3 is the smarter looking aircraft.

But then I often think the US Navy selects smarter-looking aircraft than the USAF (that said I still can't get excited by the F-14)