Fujimi a4-e 1/50 kit with no decals

[Roger Ramjet]

hating to see an old kit go to waste just because I picked it up for $1.00 years ago with no decals.
Somewhere along the line i aquired a set of Esci 1/48 decals but they are for the humped back a4-m.
can anybody confirm that Vma-311 or vma214 ,had any earlier a4-e machines done in the same markings as those shown on the Esci a4-m decal sheet.
Thanks in advance
Roger Ramjet

 

[Sharkmouth]

@Roger Ramjet , it would help to see the ESCI sheet.

This is one of those rare A-4 without the humpback and WL codes.

... and WE codes:

I hope it helps (until you post an image of the ESCI sheet).

Regards,

 

[Roger Ramjet]

Hi Sharkmouth
Thanks for the pics, definately showed vma-214 had an earlier scooter, vma-311 decals broke up so varnished the ones left for vma-214 and went to town on the $1.00 special. The best part of the kit was the boxtop art, the box had some additional sprues possibly from an Esci 1/48 skyhawk with better bombs and two triple ejector racks and a better nosewheel. It was a bitter fight all the way. Used SMS paints mainly, mixing dark gull grey and white for light dull grey.The 1/48 Esci decals had trouble fitting the 1/50 scale fin but otherwise ok.
Result is an a-4 a/b/c/d/? but not an M.
Cheers Roger

 

[jeaton01]

Gotta love a Scooter. Not bad for a buck!

 

[helios]

Looks the part. Nice work.

 

[Barney]

Looks great. Unless you are a Scooter expert you would never notice if there are any faults.

 

[Rhino]

Ed Heinemann would be proud!
Is the vintage Fujimi 1/50 Skyhawk a little shy on cockpit details, like so many other Fujimi kits used to be? Scalemates says this same Skyhawk kit was first tooled in 1968.

 

[Roger Ramjet]

Hi Rhino
Cockpit was very bare. Used the seat from the Esci parts instead of the Fujimi one supplied , probably had a decal for instrument panel and I used the decal from the available Esci sheet.l.Kit did supply a joystick. Good enough for its time I suppose,
cheers Roger

 

[Roger Ramjet]

While still on the subject of Skyhawks found this pic while cleaning up an old 2tb drive.
Think it is an esci kit and decals I picked up at an IPMS swap meet possibly 30 years ago which would explain why I had a spare Esci decal sheet for the above build
Cheers to all who replied
Roger Ramjet.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Surprisingly, I have no more A-4 Skyhawks as one was built as a Kuwaiti A-4K for a collector and the other, an A-4M, went to Poland. That doesn't mean I shouldn't have a few in my collection:

Regards,