What's on The Workbench (1 Viewer)

Like that Geo :)

The coaster has an old print of Blue Penguins, one of 3 types we have in NZ, and the world's smallest.
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What is the first penguin doing the the second one. AAAAWWWWW, that's dirty. Oh yeah, not in nature.


Get your mind out of the gutter so I can get by please 😁
 
Pulled this out of the pile !

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Tis big and you are moving along quickly
 
Looks great so far Karl :thumbright:
 
In progress...

Spitty (Airfix, new tool) filled and sanded. Once radiators are painted, they can be attached, and external painting can begin.
The second TA-4 has wings attached now too. Both still need filling and sanding yet (both 1:72 Hasegawa TA-4Js).
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Note, the second TA-4 has replacement wing slats, as I bought it second-hand and they had been removed and discarded. I cut a set off from an Italeri A-4E I was given, with deformed wings and lots of excess glue. That is now a parts donor, but I still wanted to make an Israeli A-4E from it, so I grafted the head onto an Italeri A-4M, which will be suitably modified.(Join to be filled and sanded yet)
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Spent all day assembling and fitting major components.

Wing leading edges are 2 parts glued together then fitted, seemed a bit unnecessary as they cant be posed drooped anyway.
Fins just resting in place for now, as i will paint them separately then fit them after to make life easier when painting the engine bays.

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A-4E and TA-4J filled. Will try to sand during the week if poss, otherwise next weekend.
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And did I mention? GOD I LOVE SKYHAWKS!
 

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