✈ Douglas A-4F Skyhawk 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

A few more photos from my previous build.

I like such small scale, you can build it quickly without a big commitment.

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✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

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✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100 completed!

Didn't expect taking so long to get it done, but here are a few shots of the final works. (The refuelling probe is missing)

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✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 15 - Wrapping it up with some small details

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✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 14 - Missile pylons

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✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 13 - Landing gears installed

Will work on some small details, hopefully I can finish this model in two or three days.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 12 - Landing gears parts

Back from vacation, continue the works on the landing gears.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 11 - Landing gears to be installed

Have a road trip tomorrow, won't have enough time to complete the model before that. Will resume the build in two weeks.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 10 - Working on the landing gears

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 9 - Horizontal stabilizers are installed

Looks like a skyhawk now. Next up - landing gears.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 8 - Vertical stabilizer is installed

Used some tricks to make the shaping and assemble easier.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 7 - Preparing the stabilizers

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 6 - Main wings are installed.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 5 - Preparing the wings

Had to cut them to fit.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 4 - Canopy and air intakes are attached to the fuselage.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 3 - The air intakes

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 2 - The fuselage is done

Building the fuselage was fun. Here is how I shape and glue the segments together.

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

✈ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100

📅 Day 1 - Front fuselage

Setting up the workbench for this little plane.

🛩️ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100(scale to 1:144

It's the beginning of month, I decided to start a small project while building F-4J in parallel.

🛩️ Douglas A-4F 1:144 - Scissors & Planes 100(scale to 1:144)