Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider U.S. Navy 1/48 Scale Model Plane
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Hello guys and welcome back to the channel. In this one we are building this 1998 tooled model aircraft. Despite the model not being the newest release, Tamiya's quality is evident and it puts many new kits to shame. I hope I did it justice.
Enjoy!
Very nice, but flawed. I was in Attack Squadron 52 from Dec 1963 to Jul 1966 as an Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class. I don't know how may rocket pods and bombs, including napalm, I loaded on those Spads. What I do know, however is that ordnance and fuel load never occurred. We either carried 2 drop tanks on the MK 51 racks or 1 Drop tank on the Aero 2 Ejector Rack. Never both. We did, at times, alternate LAU-19 rocket pods and 250# GP bombs, however, those 6 triangle things are USAF only. I never saw one other than in photographs during the 21 years I spent as a Naval Aviation Ordnanceman. We darn sure never had them in our squadron. The pilot's name, on the canopy rails of 300 should be "CDR Fred Fellowes, CAG". Our routine loads were 1000 lb bombs on the MK 51 and alternate 500 # and 250# on the wings, center line drop tank, or two drop tanks we'd put a 1000 or 2000 pounder on the center line. For ResCap we used the center line drop tanks and in the day time we'd have Zuni Pods (4 shot, 5" rockets) on the MK 51 racks and alternate LAU-19 and LAU-7 rocket launchers across the 12 wing stations. At night we'd lose the LAU-7s and replace them with either MK 24 or MK 45 Parachute Flares. Also when flying back to the ship from NAS Cubi Point, RP the 4 invoard gun ammo cans, with good insulation to prevent breakage, could each carry 4 imperial quarts of booze. Back in thye states hang 2 drop tanks on the MK 51s and a blivet on the center line. A blivet was an old drop tank with doors cut in the sides and totally cleaned out of all fuel residues and used as a "luggage" carrier. We'd send two birds from NAS Alameda, CA to NAS Brunswick, ME on a cross country navigation training flight. On the way back the blivets would be filled with seaweed and live lobsters.
Hello James, thanks for the comment. It's great to hear from someone that actualy saw these planes while they were "on the job". I'll pin it to the top so anyone else building this kit may find some useful information. I guess I was just following Tamiya's directions for the loadout and I was more concerned with getting the decals to conform and with airbrushing the smokestains. I probably took some liberties with the fuel tanks. I'll have to dig for the instruction sheet to make sure. As far as the pilot's name, I guess it's CDR Billy's plane now. Don't remember any other inscription being provided on the decal sheet.
PS: NAS Cubi Point looks like a beautiful part of the world.
I really love the soundtracks to this ❤️
Lovely Spad, I like the exhaust weathering!
Thanks! 👍
This was an incredible build. I think it would do you well to do some voiceover and explain some steps in greater detail. Please don’t take this as a criticism, this has been one of the best builds I’ve seen on RUclips ever. I think if you take some of your experience and convey it verbally it will work wonders for you channel. Looking forward to more. 👍👍
Thanks for the lovely and encouraging comment. I have thought about adding narration to the videos. It is a good suggestion and I'll take it under consideration. 😁
A lot cheaper than therapy, and prolly more satisfying.
@@SpruesToScale watching you getting down & dirty on the undercarriage needs no explanation. Nice work.
Looks like fun
Nice! I have done 2 Skyraiders Navy and Air Force, but I have not gotten panel lining down, still need some help
I grew up with a naval air station very near by. With these, the A4's and the early F4's flying all around me training before deployment to Vietnam.
Wow! That must have been quite a feast for the senses.
I built this kit earlier this year, and Trumpeter's 1/32 A1J Skyraider (which can either be painted in Army camo or Navy light gray). The Skyraider is one of my favorite prop planes.
you gotta love Sandy :-)
This brings back memories of my childhood days back in the 70s. I didn't have clamps, but used up a lot of scotch tape and always stole my moms finger nail files to refine the edges or parts that didn't fit that well together. She always got onto me for that.
Wonderful memories. Thanks for the comment. 👍
7:52 The Ammo One Shot primer is water based, so you can use either distilled water, or a couple of drops of inexpensive vodka to thin it out. The One Shot is very similar to the Vallejo acrylics, in that you can't use isopropyl alcohol based thinners like X-20A or Mr. Color levelling thinner because it will gum up the paint, and clog your nozzle. The vodka is ethyl alcohol which won't gum up the paint and clog your nozzle, which is why it works well. If you're looking for a foolproof primer, then Mr. Primer Surfacer 1500 can't be beat. Thin it 1:1 with Mr. Color levelling thinner or X-20A and you're off to the races. It's my go-to primer and it works well in my $35 Amazon airbrush with either a 0.3 or 0.5 nozzle at pressures as low at 12-15 psi (I pre-shade at 12 psi with a 0.3 needle).
This was a great build and the model is one that's on my list. I've been 'off' off prop birds for awhile now and working on some 1/35 scale armour, but this is definitely the one I'm going to do when I get back into aircraft. Thanks for the video!
Hey! Thanks for the very informative comment. I allready have Mr. Surfacer 1500 Black on order and have used the 1000 gray variant on previous builds. It's the most stress free way other than just skipping primer altogether. I've tried thinning One Shot with plain water, but it's either immediate clog or a runny mess. I will try the vodka approach just for fun. 😁 I bought it simply because at the time I couldn't find Mr. Surfacer black in the stores I usually shop at and I wanted to try black basing. Thanks again for watching and for the info.
For airbrushing if you are using Ammo One Shot primer (water-soluble) try Vallejo thinner and flow improver. Great build by the way!
It seems to want acrylic thinner. I have some Revell Aqua thinner that has retarder in it. I'll try it and come back with the results. Thanks for the advice.
Great model of the pinnacle in piston-driven prop planes, along with the F8F Bearcat.
Didn't a branch nickname the bird Spad?????
Fabulous Spad.......👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Awesome build! I'm working on the same kit and its my first attempt at preshading. I hit the panel lines with black and worked out from there, never thought about doing a full coat of black and then the lighter colors of white and grey. I'll have to try that on my next kit. I'll also try and dirty up the underside like yours. Keep the videos coming!
I did "black basing" on this one because I used black primer. You just have to be carefull not to cover the marbling entirely with the final color. Honestly, I'm not sure it's worth the EXTRA work. You can be more "careless" with preshading and just do some highlights or postshadind on the base color. I've also seen people use the "salt weathering" technique. I mihgt give it a try in the future. Thanks for watching! ✌
a tip in the videos also indicates the color you use is useful for everyone, great job
I show the bottles at points in the video.
Once again stunning work my friend! A beautiful A-1H... love your modeling channel! Cheers from Argentina...
Thank you so much 😀
That is an AWESOME plane!!!! Very detailed 💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥
Thank you! 👍
Finally someone who builds a kit with the full payload included... and I enjoyed the music too. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.
For airbrushing, I always use Lacquer Thinner retarder type from Tamiya, never have any problem regarding clogging when using this thinner, cheers.
Thanks for the tip.
@@SpruesToScale No problem 😉
@@taxiway_alpha2309 Laquer thinner will not work with ammo primer. Acryl vs Laquer will make a mess.
@@tonydeschryver4682 True, forgot to add that I use Lacquer thinner from tamiya with tamiya acrylic paint, no problem so far tho, modeler like night shift also uses lacquer thinner for tamiya paint.
Update: I did an "experiment" with the thinners i have. It definitely does not work with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner-turns to goop. It does dissolve in acrylic thinner(Tamiya x20a and Revell Aqua Color Mix). I will try to airbrush with the Revell and get back to you with the results. Probably it's just be a case of cleaning the airbrush more often or using a bigger nozzle or both. I only have 0.3 and 0.2. Thank you all for the input.
Regarding the extensive preshade work, I’d just prime in gray then do the panel lines in a dark color (black, brown, dark gray…etc) and then post shade like you did here. Less time and I’d estimate roughly same effect.
What caught my eye was the exhaust painting, end result looks great. And in the nitpicking department, I’d opt for a lighter panel liner on top that is t as stark. Overall, really nice build and video!
I think preshading the panel lines is the way to go. I tend to paint too much over the marbling for some reason and the clear coat blends the colors even more, but he variation is still faintly visible. Thanks. 👍
Good selection. Maybe some metal extra part would be cool. Looking up actual war plane footage that showed more detail might help.
Good job.
Holy shit.
Very nice paint job!!
Great vid! For the cleaning the panel lines nit, are you just going over the rescribed panel lines with tamiya super thin? What does that do?
Extra Thin melts the plastic residue resulted from the scriber and you end up with a clean line. Thanks. 😀
@@SpruesToScale Awesome! Thanks so much!!
brilliant
It's the music!!! .... What a beautiful marriage of video and music.
I get bored easily, I would paint the brake calipers bright red like Brembos.
Absolutely amazing modeling...really enjoyed it!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks
Excellent Build! Great work on the video swell.
Amazing constri tion ans attention to detail
Glad you think so!
Nice!
Thanks!
One of my favorite planes, awsome model!!
1 or 2 bomb-racks, on those bad-boys.
They have always been impressive models (I recall drooling over a Paris-Dakar Porsche, @1977, that I couldn’t afford).
Art is smoke and mirrors?, this is an artful use of the paints.
Thanks.
17:46/19:59 : Get Hold Of The After-Market Tires With The Slightly Flattened Bottoms So They Would Look Like They're Lugging A Plane With Real WEIGHT!
I was looking at it a few days ago and realized i could have sanded the wheels on the bottom a bit. I guess with three full tanks and all the pylons full of ammo, they would feel he weight. 😁
I just started building some gundam figures (master grade) and after about 5 I quickly realized it’s not challenging enough for me. No real technique goes behind it other then cutting and sanding.
I don’t know why but I decided to look up aircraft kit building and stumbled across this video. I’m not going to lie this video is insane! I love the building part but those airbrush techniques are awesome!!! I just subscribed and looking forward to more videos. 💪🏻
Ps: do you have any “how to” whether it be airbrushing, painting, blending, thinning etc… thanks 💙💪🏻
Awesome to read this. I don't have any actual tutorials but there are plenty of guys on YT that do. @MMScaleModels comes to mind. Thanks for watching! 👍
Well I finished mine and I am semi happy with it, I struggled with the weathering like usual. So I gave it a new paint job and left it at that. Someday I may come close to the detail and beauty of your models.
Thanks for sharing! Just take small steps and don't try to finish all the weathering in one go, i guess. :)
Salut! Nicely done. 👍
This aircraft is a beast!...
I've tried the white mottling technique once but found it to be tiresome... Moreover it forces you to paint very carefully afterwards with very thin layers of paint. I would rather use post shading and other post painting techniques.
Mulțumesc pentru coment. That's probably the way to go from now on. 🤔
I've found that AK High Compatibility Thinner works well with Acrylics.
Thanks for the advice but I think I'll be taking the Mr. Surfacer route come primer time. One Shot seems to be too much of a chore.
I think he did a great job. It looks great.
Loved the music too.....
Excelent video, great work of black basing and marble coat, great job, !
Thank you!
Amazing. The pre shading is master. How long did it take you total to make the entire model?
Usually a month, maybe two for one model, but I build whenever I have free time so it's not actually 30-60 days of uninterrupted grind.
Looks great!! Well done!!
ya ever done the matchbox 1/48 AD-5W or knw anyone who has 😉😉😉
Nope. :)
@@SpruesToScale do you make custom builds for buyers @ all???
@@tylersargent969 Nope, don't have the time.
Well done.
Beautiful work! I wanna do the Spad that had the toilet on the starboard side wing!!!
Sounds like a challenge finding a toilet to scale. 😁 Good luck!!
This kit looks some what easy do you think I should get one as a beginner modeler
Yes, but probably take care with the flaps. If I remember right, they are a bit fiddly.
Yes, but probably take care with the flaps. They are a bit fiddly to assemble to the wing.
Yeah thank you for letting me know I saw one of these at my hobby store and I wanted to pick it up since it was cheap and I always loved the way they look.
Also for the oil streaks near the nose, do you think it would have the same effect if I used Tamiya black weathering instead of an airbrush?
I don't know. Maybe try it out on some other piece of plastic.
Fantastic job!
Love the music asmr feel. Relaxing.
Glad you like it. 👍
Nice job 👍
Magnifique
Excellent build 👍
Thanks 👍
Very nice. 👍👍very good work
Thank you! Cheers!
Great build (particularly the exhaust streaks) and a truly iconic aircraft, probably the best strike aircraft ever produced for CAS, and survived well into the jet age just by being the toughest, most-useful CAS airplane with insane loiter times, huge payload and ability to trim the trees by flying very, very low endeared it to troops on the ground in Vietnam. If you ever get a chance to be near one of these beasts at an air show when they fire up that huge radial you know you are in the presence of total bad-assery!
The largest radial engined plane I heard starting is the AN-2. Not sure if/when i'll get to hear an A-1 😀 Thanks!
Nice work!
Thanks!
Expertly done.
also thin 30-50 to 50-50 and do multiple thin coats until desired coverage.