A-4F, 1:144

Main parts 

rest of the parts 

decals from the kit 

Cut out the slots 

wing halves joined 

flare dispensers need to be recessed 

first mark the size with a scalpel, next put the blade with the straight edge to the outside and deepen the borders. That way you create a kind off barrier when you scrape/cut away the inside. 

ready for dryfit 

and glued 

Not a big fan of prepainted cockpits, but in this case it saves a lot of work.... 

Cockpit fitted and openings in the wings filled with putty. droptanks are dryfit. These consist of 3 parts, and the tailpart has some serious sinkmarks... 

PE wheelbays assembled and main hull parts assembled 

this join is a hard one to clean up, so scraping, adding CA, scraping sanding.... to achieve a presentable result... 

satisfied 

plugs in place, 20mm guns removed, sanded smooth and tested with paint... 

ready 

started removing some parts from te seat to replace them with PE 

 

and with all belts etc added 

prepainted PE is euh... very delicate to work with.... 

and bangseat in place... also the hud was added 

original canopy 

and some carefull cutting later 

 

one tiny thing... 

added some wire to the front legg 

and to the main leggs too 

basecolors 

washed 

 

So I cut the original part in pieces, drilled a small hole (0.5mm in a 0.6mm plastic part...) not that deep, but... 

bended it according to the drawing 

glued all parts into place and bummer... to long, bend isn't good etc... why a wrong template then??? 

and adapted 

Reworked the refueling probe... could be done better. Had to heat the brass, it couldn't be bent in such sharp corner without breaking... The material get's softer, hence I loose my rigidity... the wifey will be pleased ... 😉 

it is small: 84mm 

canopy added... was a dread... seat sat a little to heigh, so had to file a bit off... then this breaks off, that breaks off, then this again... 

al closed up... to rework the scribing or not... detail is pretty soft