1/48 AMT/ERTL Skyraider AEW4 |
Gallery Article by Darius Aibara
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Nov 4 2003
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Royal Navy Skyraider AEW4
Some years ago AMT/ERTL brought out a series of 1:48 scale ex-Esci kits of various subjects including the Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar equipped Douglas Skyraider. The kit came with decals for a US Marine Corps AD4-W aircraft and a Royal Navy AEW-4 as used by 849 Squadron FAA aboard HMS Eagle during Operation Musketeer in 1956
(aka Suez).
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The kit was built up
as per the instructions, however I decided to fold the wings using steel wire
for rigidity and plastic card for the details. Conveniently (for me) the
Skyraider wing fold has a cover, which I replicated using paper painted black
and marked with a pencil. After auto spray priming I painted the yellow
Operation Musketeer wing and fuselage bands and then brush applied overall sea
blue using Humbrol Enamels. The black stripes were added using thin black
decal strips for the edges, filling in the gaps with brushed on black enamel
paint. A coat of clear acrylic varnish and you cannot see the join!