Subject: Re: A4C 1/32
From: <[email-masked]>
To: "fabian vera" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 11:15:14 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: fabian vera 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 3:00 PM
  Subject: A4C 1/32

  Gallery Template #05
  "1/32 A-4C Skyhawk
  Hasegawa" 
  by "Fabian Mario Vera"
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  This model is based in the old and very well known
  Douglas A-4E/F Hasegawa kit in 1/32 scale.

  At last now there´s an available conversion set that
  allows the modeller to make the "C" variant of the
  famous Skyhawk. The Condor Decals conversion set
  provides both resin pieces and a decal sheet to make
  two very different options, an US Navy aircraft in
  Vietnam, LTCDR T. R. Swartz plane, the only Skyhawk
  that achieved an aerial victory in that conflict, and
  in the other side three different argentine aircraft
  employed during the Malvinas / Falklands War.
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  For the argentine version, the charactheristic
  antennas and lumps are included. Also, a set of
  weighted wheels with the ray rim of this version.

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  The Hasegawa kit is not precisely state of the art,
  specially when compared with the 1/48 Skyhawk series
  from the same manufacturer, but it is very good for
  what anyone can expect from a late 70s kit. We'll have
  to wait for the promised Trumpeter kit to see if ti
  can fullfill our expectations.

  Anyway, even being so old the kit did not gave me too
  much trouble, and as you can see in the acompanning
  photos, the conversion set blenden in very well with
  the plastic pieces.

  The model is basicaly 'Out of the Box' even being a
  conversion project, just a few hidraulic lines were
  added to the landing gear, the landing light
  connection cable, the dorsal light was replaced, as
  the ejection seat with a resin one.

  Once the basic build and interior painting was done,
  the project begin to take shape. I decided for the
  C-318 argentine option, an easy but eye-catching
  squeme, that was freehand airbrushed with  a fine
  noozle.

  The demarcation line between upper y under colors is a
  straight hard line, as the black areas on the nose and
  antiglare panel, so this was a masking job.

  Basic colors: the aricraft undersides are painted in a
  50/50 mix of Camouflage Grey and White, the light sand
  color is a mix of 45% Pale Stone and 55% White, in
  both cases Modelmaster references. The dark brown
  areas are done in Humbrol 118.

  The wheel wells are painted with Humbrol 65 and the
  identifications bands in Molak 189.

  The decals for the argentine version are really very
  few, and therefore very easy to apply, so the
  decalling phase is really an quick job. Once applied,
  the model was weathered with ink applied with the
  airbrush.

  The final finish is almost satin, with the exception
  of the nosecone wich has a very noticeable glossy hue.

  Bibliography:

  "A-4P/C Skyhawk - Fuerza Aerea Argentina -
  Cettolo, Marino, Mosquera & Nuñez Padin"

  "La Guerre des Malouines - Salvador Mafe Huertas -
  Jets"

  "Centro de Estudios Históricos de la Fuerza Aérea
  Argentina"

  "A-4B/C Skyhawk - Fernando Benedetto - Destroyer"
      
  Even when the kit does not offer high detail
  standards, and should not be considered as a contest
  model due to the future kit announced by Trumpeter, I
  think it is still a valuable project all modellers
  interested in 1/32 scale: the Skyhawk was a little
  aircraft so it's a good choice for a introduction in
  this scale.

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  Photos and text © by Fabian Mario Vera

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