Australian or New Zealand decals in 1/32

[npb748r]

Hi all,

I hope you are all well and not struggling with lockdown.

I have an old A4 Skyhawk kit in the stash that I thought I would do next and fancied something other than US markings. I settled on an Australian or New Zealand aircraft but don't seem to be able to find any aftermarket decals, not just for the skyhawk but any aircraft.  Am I missing something obvious or is there simply nothing available ??  Whilst I was at it I looked for any non-US aftermarket decals for the A4 and came up blank there as well. I guess, looking at what I could find, that the decal market follows the kit market with spits, 109's, P51's, Brits, US and German, etc which was a bit of a surprise.  I've never really bought aftermarket decals and assumed there would be almost anything available but it seems I was wrong ??

Enjoy the rest of the weekend wherever you are and whatever you are doing.

neil

[Wumm]

Novascale have such a release...

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/RAN-RNZAF-A-4G-Skyhawk-Decals-1-32-Scale-N32059/303479057670?hash=item46a8c2ed06:g:H30AAOSwo4pYeruO

S

[npb748r]

that's perfect - I was hoping to buy in the UK top avoid internal post and taxes, etc. Might have to go down this route, thanks for letting me know - quick edit, I just hit the order button - thanks !!!

[Artful69]

Yep those are ones I bought!!

Theres at least one more thing required to turn the A-4E into a G though ... you'll have to bend up the fuel refilling probe.

I've been reading a couple of Eric G's build threads on LSP ... looks like we might be building the same bird!

Rog

[npb748r]

thanks Rog, luckily enough the kit I had (which went into my stash in around 1996 from what I can work out) has both a straight and bent probe. I've ordered an aftermarket seat as well, I'm just waiting for that to turn up before closing everything down for a final paint. Spent ages trying to work out the best paint colours, in the end I used a rattle can of Tamiya royal light grey (TS81) and a rattle can of halfords (UK car parts company) Grey undercoat that I had lying around.  I think they match pretty good, the blue tint in light grey colour seems to change in every picture I look at online from a subtle to intense blue.  The decals aren't due to turn up until end of April, looking forward as always to the postman turning up !