Subject: Re: new submission for ARC...
From: "Steve Bamford ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Albert Moore" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 15:01:57 -0700

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Albert Moore 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 7:01 AM
  Subject: new submission for ARC...

  Hi Steve,

      Here's my latest, a 1/48 Promodeler A-4F Skyhawk converted in an IDF/AF A-4H "Ayit".  Thanks posting my model!  

      This is A-4H Ayit #34 from the 109 (Valley) Squadron.  It was the first Skyhawk to come from McDonnell Douglas with the 30mm DEFA cannons installed (A-4H #03 was the first IAF Skyhawk to be fitted with the DEFA cannons, which were locally installed).      

  The model was built mostly box-stock, though I did add a few extras:  
  1. Cutting Edge ESCAPAC ejection seat 
  2. DEFA 30mm cannons from a Hobbycraft A-4 kit
  3. Mk. 82 Snakeyes and MER from a Monogram A-6 kit (got this from reading Everett McEwen's A-4M articles)
  4. LAU-3 Zuni rocket pods from a Hasegawa weapons set
  5. UHF antenna from plastic card added to the vertical stabilizer

      My model was finished with Humbrol and Model Master enamels.  The colors are FS 33531 (Hu121), FS 30219 (Hu119), FS 34258 (MM2029), and FS 35622 (Hu23).  The green on the drop tanks is FS 34227 (Hu120).  The pattern was applied freehand with an Aztek A470 airbrush.  The markings are from Isradecal (IAF-17).  The weathering was accomplished with a thinner wash for the panel lines, and pastels applied to the base colors to give a faded appearance.

  Cheers,
  Albert