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Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 9:11 am
by Manny1943
I've built the Gawa kit and its cherry...if you want 72nd Airfix's new-tool is to die for. Might have to grab that boxing as well...
Did mine in modern Agressor scheme...
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:01 am
by BlackSheep214
My uncle served on the USS Independence during the Vietnam War. I know he wasn't a pilot so I'm not sure what role he played on board the carrier. Gonna have to ask him when I get a chance. It does look like a decent kit to get ahold of though.
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:05 am
by Fermis
Manny1943 wrote:I've built the Gawa kit and its cherry...if you want 72nd Airfix's new-tool is to die for. Might have to grab that boxing as well...
Did mine in modern Agressor scheme...
I love that scheme, and want to make one myself!
Hasegawas A-4's are sweet!
The old Revellogram OA-4M is cool too.
Stay far away from Italeri's A-4
...I relegated the whole kit to the scraps/spares box.
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:53 am
by Manny1943
Fermis wrote:Manny1943 wrote:
I love that scheme, and want to make one myself!
Hasegawas A-4's are sweet!
The old Revellogram OA-4M is cool too.
Stay far away from Italeri's A-4
...I relegated the whole kit to the scraps/spares box.
Supposed to look like a MiG-17...
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 10:56 am
by CallSignOWL
thats one clever camo scheme right there!
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2015 11:41 am
by Stikpusher
Yeah, the Hasegawa Scooters are the best kits available in 1/48. I have a couple in my stash.
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 9:57 am
by AIRFIXER
JimD wrote:
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Not familiar with Scooter kits...how does the Hasegawa stack up. I'll certainly need to grab one of these if it's a good kit.
Go and grab one, Jim.
When it comes to quarterscale Scooters, the Hasegawa kits are the measure of all things.
Re: Rex....or anyone A-4 Kit Question
Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 1:16 pm
by RexCag
Just so you know that I didn't snub you, or be rude about it. I have never built a 1/48 Skyhawk, so anything I said would be "parrot reviewing", which I don't think would have been fair to do.
But, I just saw a guy build a Black Sheep A-4 on another site with the Hasegawa kit, and it looks like what people say about is true, it builds up into a very nice looking finished model.
In your hands, I am sure it will be something really cool to look at.