Tamiya Douglas A-1H Skyraider U.S. Navy 1/48 Scale Model Plane 

Very nice, but flawed. I was in Attack Squadron 52 from Dec 1963 to Jul 1966 as an Aviation Ordnanceman Third Class. I don't know how may rocket pods and bombs, including napalm, I loaded on those Spads. What I do know, however is that ordnance and fuel load never occurred. We either carried 2 drop tanks on the MK 51 racks or 1 Drop tank on the Aero 2 Ejector Rack. Never both. We did, at times, alternate LAU-19 rocket pods and 250# GP bombs, however, those 6 triangle things are USAF only. I never saw one other than in photographs during the 21 years I spent as a Naval Aviation Ordnanceman. We darn sure never had them in our squadron. The pilot's name, on the canopy rails of 300 should be "CDR Fred Fellowes, CAG". Our routine loads were 1000 lb bombs on the MK 51 and alternate 500 # and 250# on the wings, center line drop tank, or two drop tanks we'd put a 1000 or 2000 pounder on the center line. For ResCap we used the center line drop tanks and in the day time we'd have Zuni Pods (4 shot, 5" rockets) on the MK 51 racks and alternate LAU-19 and LAU-7 rocket launchers across the 12 wing stations. At night we'd lose the LAU-7s and replace them with either MK 24 or MK 45 Parachute Flares. Also when flying back to the ship from NAS Cubi Point, RP the 4 invoard gun ammo cans, with good insulation to prevent breakage, could each carry 4 imperial quarts of booze. Back in thye states hang 2 drop tanks on the MK 51s and a blivet on the center line. A blivet was an old drop tank with doors cut in the sides and totally cleaned out of all fuel residues and used as a "luggage" carrier. We'd send two birds from NAS Alameda, CA to NAS Brunswick, ME on a cross country navigation training flight. On the way back the blivets would be filled with seaweed and live lobsters.

This brings back memories of my childhood days back in the 70s. I didn't have clamps, but used up a lot of scotch tape and always stole my moms finger nail files to refine the edges or parts that didn't fit that well together. She always got onto me for that.

I grew up with a naval air station very near by. With these, the A4's and the early F4's flying all around me training before deployment to Vietnam.

It's the music!!! .... What a beautiful marriage of video and music.

I built this kit earlier this year, and Trumpeter's 1/32 A1J Skyraider (which can either be painted in Army camo or Navy light gray). The Skyraider is one of my favorite prop planes.

Finally someone who builds a kit with the full payload included... and I enjoyed the music too. Thank you

7:52 The Ammo One Shot primer is water based, so you can use either distilled water, or a couple of drops of inexpensive vodka to thin it out. The One Shot is very similar to the Vallejo acrylics, in that you can't use isopropyl alcohol based thinners like X-20A or Mr. Color levelling thinner because it will gum up the paint, and clog your nozzle. The vodka is ethyl alcohol which won't gum up the paint and clog your nozzle, which is why it works well. If you're looking for a foolproof primer, then Mr. Primer Surfacer 1500 can't be beat. Thin it 1:1 with Mr. Color levelling thinner or X-20A and you're off to the races. It's my go-to primer and it works well in my $35 Amazon airbrush with either a 0.3 or 0.5 nozzle at pressures as low at 12-15 psi (I pre-shade at 12 psi with a 0.3 needle). This was a great build and the model is one that's on my list. I've been 'off' off prop birds for awhile now and working on some 1/35 scale armour, but this is definitely the one I'm going to do when I get back into aircraft. Thanks for the video!

Good selection. Maybe some metal extra part would be cool. Looking up actual war plane footage that showed more detail might help. Good job.

Once again stunning work my friend! A beautiful A-1H... love your modeling channel! Cheers from Argentina...

Absolutely amazing modeling...really enjoyed it!

Very nice paint job!!

One of my favorite planes, awsome model!!

Looks great!! Well done!!

Fantastic job!

That is an AWESOME plane!!!! Very detailed 💪🏾💪🏾🔥🔥

Fabulous Spad.......👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

Excellent Build! Great work on the video swell.

a tip in the videos also indicates the color you use is useful for everyone, great job

Loved the music too.....

Lovely Spad, I like the exhaust weathering!

Awesome build! I'm working on the same kit and its my first attempt at preshading. I hit the panel lines with black and worked out from there, never thought about doing a full coat of black and then the lighter colors of white and grey. I'll have to try that on my next kit. I'll also try and dirty up the underside like yours. Keep the videos coming!

Excelent video, great work of black basing and marble coat, great job, !

For airbrushing if you are using Ammo One Shot primer (water-soluble) try Vallejo thinner and flow improver. Great build by the way!

Well done.

Nice job 👍

Excellent build 👍

I think he did a great job. It looks great.

Love the music asmr feel. Relaxing.

Nice work!

Amazing constri tion ans attention to detail

Great build (particularly the exhaust streaks) and a truly iconic aircraft, probably the best strike aircraft ever produced for CAS, and survived well into the jet age just by being the toughest, most-useful CAS airplane with insane loiter times, huge payload and ability to trim the trees by flying very, very low endeared it to troops on the ground in Vietnam. If you ever get a chance to be near one of these beasts at an air show when they fire up that huge radial you know you are in the presence of total bad-assery!

Regarding the extensive preshade work, I’d just prime in gray then do the panel lines in a dark color (black, brown, dark gray…etc) and then post shade like you did here. Less time and I’d estimate roughly same effect. What caught my eye was the exhaust painting, end result looks great. And in the nitpicking department, I’d opt for a lighter panel liner on top that is t as stark. Overall, really nice build and video!

Looks like fun

Well I finished mine and I am semi happy with it, I struggled with the weathering like usual. So I gave it a new paint job and left it at that. Someday I may come close to the detail and beauty of your models.

Very nice. 👍👍very good work

This was an incredible build. I think it would do you well to do some voiceover and explain some steps in greater detail. Please don’t take this as a criticism, this has been one of the best builds I’ve seen on RU-vid ever. I think if you take some of your experience and convey it verbally it will work wonders for you channel. Looking forward to more. 👍👍

Beautiful work! I wanna do the Spad that had the toilet on the starboard side wing!!!

brilliant

Expertly done.

Nice! I have done 2 Skyraiders Navy and Air Force, but I have not gotten panel lining down, still need some help

1 or 2 bomb-racks, on those bad-boys. They have always been impressive models (I recall drooling over a Paris-Dakar Porsche, @1977, that I couldn’t afford). Art is smoke and mirrors?, this is an artful use of the paints.

Magnifique

Nice!

Amazing. The pre shading is master. How long did it take you total to make the entire model?

Great vid! For the cleaning the panel lines nit, are you just going over the rescribed panel lines with tamiya super thin? What does that do?

I just started building some gundam figures (master grade) and after about 5 I quickly realized it’s not challenging enough for me. No real technique goes behind it other then cutting and sanding. I don’t know why but I decided to look up aircraft kit building and stumbled across this video. I’m not going to lie this video is insane! I love the building part but those airbrush techniques are awesome!!! I just subscribed and looking forward to more videos. 💪🏻 Ps: do you have any “how to” whether it be airbrushing, painting, blending, thinning etc… thanks 💙💪🏻

I've found that AK High Compatibility Thinner works well with Acrylics.

Salut! Nicely done. 👍 This aircraft is a beast!... I've tried the white mottling technique once but found it to be tiresome... Moreover it forces you to paint very carefully afterwards with very thin layers of paint. I would rather use post shading and other post painting techniques.

Holy shit.

For airbrushing, I always use Lacquer Thinner retarder type from Tamiya, never have any problem regarding clogging when using this thinner, cheers.

This kit looks some what easy do you think I should get one as a beginner modeler

Didn't a branch nickname the bird Spad?????

17:46/19:59 : Get Hold Of The After-Market Tires With The Slightly Flattened Bottoms So They Would Look Like They're Lugging A Plane With Real WEIGHT!

I get bored easily, I would paint the brake calipers bright red like Brembos.

ya ever done the matchbox 1/48 AD-5W or knw anyone who has 😉😉😉

also thin 30-50 to 50-50 and do multiple thin coats until desired coverage.