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Big bench day for the A-1A Skyraider. First I removed both the cheesy plastic 50 caliber machine gun barrels and replaced them with brass tubing barrels! Second I updated the equally chessy cockpit using leftover kit parts installing a seat cushion, seatbelts and instrument panel decals. Next I drybrushed the interior with Tamiya XF-16 Flat Aluninum, weathered with Vallejo Brown Oil Wash and finally dull coated with Revell Dull Coat to seal my efforts. And then through the magic of Tamiya Extra Thin this happened and no it's not a jet as suggested on the FB group, lol!! As you can see lots of seam work ahaed of me :-(

Funny that you mentioned that Ben as I was just thinking today that an updated kit with all these movable surfaces would be very atractive in todays market! So far it's been a fun build. Just starting to upgrade the cockpit with a few leftover items from other builds. Going to make Tamiya tape seatbelts and enhance the instrument panel. I may even try detailing the pilot! The stock engine is nice but screems for some love, lol!! Glad you enjoyed the chopper builds on the FB group. They were great fun and I look forward to building the remaining three kits!

LOL Dave you won't run out of room with that rack. I designed mine to add a few shelves if needed. Also considering building one for the basement where I do must of my painting. This shelf helps with a much needed organization of my upstais building bench. Also have plans to build a few display shelves.

Spent the last few days rearranging "The Basement Air Force" so my bench time suffered however I did get the tail section and speed brakes built.

After seeing a rather nice paint shelf on eBay the other day I thought I can build one of those so I did, lol!!! Beginning layout and glue up. Completed right side. Completed left side. I think I did a pretty nice job :-) Comfortable work space!

Fabulous effort Arno. Looking forward to recieving my Vallejo shipment via eBay so I can produce the same effects!

Well our Atlanta Ga weather was just to perfect today so spent the day outside enjoying the low humidity and sunny weather! I did however get a few moments to dry fit the fuselage and wing sections together this evening and I must say for a nearly 100 year old kit, lol, the fit isn't all that bad. There are a few places that will need some attention but all and all I drew a sigh of releif!!

Dennis from what I've read this kit is realitivily unknown or remembers but by just a few that may have built it as a child!!! I'm pleased to breath life into it but boy is it a sloppy kit. So far the fit is good but every part no matter how big or small has to be cleaned of slag and pin marks!!! It would be wonderful to see Revell retool and rerelease this diamond in the rough!!

Received my masks from Paul Paul Grivas at Kronos Model Aircraft Vinyl Paint Masks today for my upcoming Revell 1/32 Hawker Hunter build. If you're interested in some super vinyl paint masks for your next or current build contact Paul at pgrivas@cox.net. Paul creates these fantastic masks for 1/48, 1/32 and 1/24. Highly recommended!!

Received my masks from Paul Paul Grivas at Kronos Model Aircraft Vinyl Paint Masks today for my upcoming Revell 1/32 Hawker Hunter build. If you're interested in some super vinyl paint masks for your next or current build contact Paul at pgrivas@cox.net. Paul creates these fantastic masks for 1/48, 1/32 and 1/24. Highly recommended!!

The engine plumbing looks super Arno!

Just posted several pictures and had no problem!

Final construction of the wings continued yesterday on the A-1A with the sealing of the landing gear section and addition of moveable wing tip sections. Due to the apparent age of this kit and the fagile nature of the main gear mechanism I decided to freeze the landing gear in the down and locked position however left the wing tips operable. Thought it would look cool displayed with its wing tips folded! On to the fuselage!

I've heard that Matt. I researched it a bit this evening after reading this post and evidently the kits are actually 1/40! Revell originally released the kit in its "S" series around 1959!! Even more weird there is no scale size or any other dementions listed on the box panels. The kit was advertised on eBay as 1/32 and it sure looks like a 1/32 scale! I guess I have a old gem on my hands, lol!!

Looking sweet! Don't forget to remove the spark plugs!

Yea Cees it's an oldie, lol!! It's been out of production for years however I remember building this when I was younger. A person from my FB Group is building one that his Dad bought in 1976 I believe he said. Maybe Revell Germany will develop a new 1/32 A-1A Skyraider kit in the future.

After a brief enjoyable vacation building four 1/48 Revell Helicopters I'm back to breath life into a vintage 1982 1/32 Revell A-1A Skyraider kit. On close inspection of the opened kit I realized just how old the mold was even in 1982! There are actually "slag islands" and injector pin marks everywhere! As you know I enjoy the challenges of these vintage kits so I look forward to sharing this build with you. The kit has an impressive asortment of retarctable and moveable surfaces! There was injector pin marks all over the landing gear parts! Slag Island, lol!! Retractable landing gear installation. Since this kit came without instruction after an exhausting search a kind member from another forum emailed me a set however I found that they don't quit match this kit, The instructions called for a belly fuel tank and I found I had a belly bomb! The instruction also showed the incorrect placement of the flap hinges!! The post hinges on the port side are correct however not so for the starboard side, as seen above. Sadly I didn't notice this until the Tamiya Extra Thin had dried overnight so had to freeze the flaps in the up position and trim off the exposed starboard pins! The bomb!! The stupid instructions, lol!! Where we are at this evening. So far dry fitting is good and luckily this kit doesn't actually have a nose! Nice to be back :-)

Arno this is so cool. Look forward to following your updates!

My new HP laptop has the Microsoft 8.1 operating system. It replaces my outdated Acer XP driven box. So far even with the 62 years of age learning curve I'm enjoying the new laptop and 8.1. My old Acer laptop was a 10" notebook size I purchased with Holiday Inn Priority Club points years ago. While I never had a complaint with it Microsoft decided to end supporting Windows XP which marked the death nail to my beloved laptop.

1/24 Typhoon would be my vote and maybe a 1/32 Ju88, lol!!

As I posted on the FB group, I don't believe I've ever seen such care given to detail in any scale model let alone a Revell 1/32 kit! Absolutly stunning craftsmanship! Glad I could be a part of your build :-)

Very cool Danny. Thanks so much for posting those. Very imformative!

I get FB feeds from them and read about this earlier today. The fuselage has been restored and on display for years now. It will be wonderful to stand in front of the completed aircraft!

That is just crazy good. Absolute craftsmanship to the 10th degree. Brovo to you!!

I'm sorry but way to big for me although I understand it's a nice kit!