44 Years ago the US
and the USSR was on the brink of nuclear war. Those famous 13 day in October
1962 saw a massive US military build up in the Southeast United States. Marine
aircraft deployed from Cherry Point N.C. to Key West Florida.
Fast forward 25
years
My boss tells me a
story of being a young Marine pilot of VMA-242 setting in the cockpit of his A-4
with the engine running only hours from the first wave attacking Cuba. This is
his aircraft presented to him in commemoration. It only took me 20 years to
build it.
This is my first
submission to ARC after years of seating on the side lines it was time to get
in the game.
The Kit is
Hobbycraft A-4C. The kit is a fare one, not as detailed as Hasegawa kit but the
good news was easier to build, no putty was
used. Lots of weapons mk 82's used and
options for other A-4. The bad news was that the kit instructions are poor. The
kit main landing gear were poor fitting and the kit decals were out of register.
The kit was built OOB with a true detail resin seat installed and color
photo-etch for the cockpit detail. All paints were Model Master Acrylic using an
Aztek airbrush. Decals are from the spares box.
All in all I liked
the way it turned out and will do more in the future.
John
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