1/48 Monogram ProModeler

A-4F Skyhawk  

by Vince Lucente

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Hello everyone.  This is my build of the excellent ProModeler (ex-Hasegawa) A-4F Skyhawk.  It was such a nice kit I went out and bought another Hasegawa A-4C for my model stash.  It also allows even a semi-talented hack like myself to build decent looking Skyhawk.  

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The kit went together with no major problems due to the excellent design of its sub-assemblies.  I really liked the way the design of the inlet allows you to get a nice tight line between the white intake trunk and the red intake lip without any difficult masking.  Very cool.  

The only additions to the kit were the Aeromaster decals, Bullpup missiles from the Hasegawa weapons "B" kit and a centerline triple ejector rack and Snakeye bombs pirated from a Revell A-6E.Model Master acrylics and pastel weathering finished it off.  Hope you like it.  

Vince

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Photos and text © by Vince Lucente