Tamiya F4D-1 Skyray - Build Photos

In the booth for a coat of primer. 

Pre-shading 

Underside 

Most of the base colors complete. 

Experimented with two-tone exhaust housing. 

Underside. 

Used AK Real Colors, Metal Xtreme, and Tamiya paints. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cottontail Killer 

 

Added some grime to the wing walkways.  

 

I scratch built a metal collar for the boarding ladder. 

 

This is an Eduard A-4 Skyhawk boarding ladder. I had to remove about 12mm to make it the correct height for the Skyray. Both aircraft had no built in way for their pilots to enter and required a ladder (which were almost identical in design). 

The ladder attached to the jet. I am still researching on the correct color for this SQN. Most F4D SQN's had red ladders, but I have seen photos of yellow ones too.  

FOD covers are complete and need to be painted. 

Cockpit detail. 

 

The good thing about adding a metal collar for the boarding ladder is that I can either move it or easily remove it from the model. 

The completed NAVPAC. Adding a scratch built umbilical to the underside of the aircraft. 

NAVPAC installed. 

Canopy painted with the help of Montex masks. They were a big help as the molding on the main canopy hood was not crisp and taping was very difficult.  

 

 

FOD covers painted and installed. 

Boarding ladder painted yellow. 

Completed Skyray!