Color cabin elements for the early form of the A-4M Skyhawk attack machine from the Magic Factory kit in 1:48 scale.
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When Ed Heinemann finished the design of the Skyhawk in the middle of the 1950s, the machine came out so small that he could leave out folding wings, otherwise indispensable on carrier aircraft. The empty weight ended up at roughly half of what the specification allowed, and the nicknames Scooter and Heinemann's Hot Rod suggested themselves.
The A-4M form of 1970 was the last new series built for the US Marine Corps. It received a stronger J52 engine, a taller and more angular canopy with a better view, a brake parachute and an enlarged supply of ammunition for its pair of 20 mm cannon. The small aircraft thus held on in the front line even at a time when its contemporaries were disappearing into the stores.
This set captures the state before the fitting of the targeting system with the extended nose, that is the form in which the squadrons took the aircraft over. The instrument panel, the side consoles and the belts are worked out as layered color elements with relief, which are laid directly onto the plastic and call for no decal solution.
The cabin tends to be clearly visible on a 1:48 Skyhawk, because the canopy can be opened. It therefore pays to spray the base in advance and let it harden, and only then reach for tweezers. The kit is not part of the delivery.
The smaller Skyhawks proved themselves outside American service too and flew under the flags of several other states, where they saw combat service even in the 1980s. The design turned out to be remarkably adaptable.
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