Hi! A friend of mine gave me a 1/48 Tamiya Douglas A-1J Skyraider (because I have been building armor these days :-)). Now I'm wondering if anyone got reference pictures/alternate color schemes aside from the box of this especially the cockpit area.

Thanks!

http://www.skyraider.org/skyassn/index.htm

where did you find this guy? I could do with a few friends like these (Tamiya stock holders?).

Uh Oh!!! We have a potiential wingie candidate. Don't worry, our conversion methods won't hurt too bad. Also doing a Skyraider for a model, you instantly become a card-carrying member of 'Skyraider Fan-club' also known as the Sandy Club. Like wingies to armor (myself), going from armor to wingie can be life changing. Good luck.

Jeff

Here are some Able Dogs websites for Pictures reference :

http://www.abledogs.com/
http://www.photovault.com/Link/Military/Navy/Aircraft/A-1Skyraider.html
http://members.tripod.com/peterlewisdesign/thaimuseum/skyraider.htm

http://skyraider.org/

A Crazy Water Buffalo website (South Vietnamese Skyraider nickname):

http://www.vnaf.net/

Hope this helps

Thanks! I'll probably get another one of this. I'm really happy this dude kickass and is so massive in size for a 1/48 kit. Question, any Skyraider kits available with markings for the Korean war?

Building the 1/48th scale Skyraider, you have the choice among 3 manufacturers : Tamiya, Revell-Germany (ex. Revell-Monogram) and Italeri (ex. ESCI).

To build a Skyraider in Korea war, there are some aftermarket decal sets : Aeromaster and Eagle Strike Productions.

- Aeromaster US Navy AD-3 Skyraider "Ladies in Blue"
http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/amddecals.pl?scale=48&setid=402&dbs=aeromaster&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=ad48402

- Eagle Strike US Marines AD-4N Skyraider
http://www.eaglestrikeproductions.com/cgi-bin/espdecals.pl?scale=48&setid=107&dbs=eaglestrike&pgs=2&currpg=1&dclimg=es48107

As the US Marine AD-4N Skyraider (there are 2 bubble glass doors in the fuselage), you also need a conversion kit (Cutting Edge) :
http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=CEC48119

Douglas A-1 Skyraider Reference books :
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/103-5124048-1095829

Hope this helps.

Raph,

There is an 1/48 Monogram AD-6 Skyraider, US Navy in Korea war on Ebay, time left 5 days :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2587&item=5924944842&rd=1

HTH.

Well thanks! Too bad I don't have the cash to buy it. Maybe I'll just modify my A-1J :-)