Hello everyone.
This
is my latest creation. The A-1 Skyraider has always appealed to me. I guess the
mission it performed was so noble it just begged to be loved. The Skyraider to
me has very pleasing lines and just looks tough. I built this Skyraider for a
very good friend of mine. He recently retired and I figured this would be a
great retirement gift.
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The Skyraider was
built out of the box except for the Napalm canisters. Those came from the
Hasegawa weapons set. Tamiya kits, as everyone knows, just fall together.
It was such a pleasure to build. I used an Iwata airbrush with Model
Master Acrylics for the paint. I made the remove before flight tags from
my printer at home. I had so much fun building this kit. I'm not sure
about the placement of the RBF tags but, I put them where it seemed
logical. I held the weathering to a minimum. I just didn't want to over do
it.
Any critique good or
bad would be appreciated. Happy modeling everyone!
Gonzalo D. Mendoza
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