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Douglas A-4C Skyhawk

a build story by David W. Aungst
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Camouflage and Markings
The camouflage on the model is the old standard of L.Gull Gray (F.S.36440) over a white bottom with the tops of the flight control surfaces also being white. I painted the white first and masked off the flight controls, then I painted the Light. Gull Gray. I free-handed the line between the gray and white along the fuselage sides.

The markings on the model are those of VA-34, the "Blue Blasters". As no after-market company makes these, I needed to create them for myself and print them on my ALPS printer.

The image to the right shows my original artwork for the decals (reduced in size to save space). The "top hat" markings proved to be the toughest. The one picture I have of the aircraft does not clearly show this marking. I had to guess a bit to come up with the finer details and the words in the writing.

All the aircraft data stencils and the "Gulf of Tonkin Yacht Club" emblem on the fuselage sides come from the kit decals.

For weathering, I used my typical style of thinned down enamel paint washes and air brush shading. I finished the weathering with some dry brushing to pop out the surface details.  For a more complete discussion of what I do to weather my models, see my article Weathering Model Aircraft.

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Comments

Kencelot
Holy Smokes! That looks just spectacular! Marvelous work! You're really tempting me to try my hand at a wingy thing.
JUN 25, 2003 - 02:23 PM
Tin_Can
Everyone must eventually succumb to the pull of moving over to the better side of modeling. Just kidding all you armor nuts! David does outstanding work and it's a pleasure to be able to publish his work here.
JUN 25, 2003 - 02:29 PM
Holdfast
:-) Wow, loverly A4, should certainly help pull some armour modellers from the dark side :-) Mal
JUN 27, 2003 - 09:17 AM
SniperSoldier
GREAT DOUGLAS - ESPECTACULAR - CONGRATS ROBERTO
JUN 27, 2003 - 11:46 AM
AIRB842586
It really was very well done
JUN 27, 2003 - 12:48 PM
Mbwun
That really is a beautiful A-4. Wicked awesome job on that. Like Holdfast said, it might be enough to pull some of us armor modellers from the dark side..... but the dark side is strong...
JUL 06, 2003 - 08:22 PM
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