Subject: Re: My First Submission
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Vince Pedulla" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:00:05 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Vince Pedulla 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 1:11 PM
  Subject: My First Submission

  "A-1H Skyraider

  VA-52, USS Ticonderoga 1968" 

  by "Vince Pedulla" 

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  THE AD SKYRAIDER-A MODELING JOURNEY IN 1/48TH SCALE

  IN SEVEN PARTS

  The legendary A-1 Skyraider has always been one of my favorite planes.  With its rugged looks, long history and huge variety of versions, it has a certain appeal.  The Skyraider, also nicknamed Spad, Sandy, Able Dog and many others, had a long distinguished history spanning from the end of WWII to the Vietnam War.  Its purpose.make large holes in the ground, a job it did so well that it inspired the design of the much later A-10 Warthog.  It was not a pretty airplane, no sexy fighter here!  It belched exhaust, leaked oil in prodigious quantities, and could take some serious punishment.  It's also the perfect model for weathering and painting, with a seemingly endless number of versions.

  At the 2012 IPMS National in I picked up two of the 1/32nd scale Zoukei-Mura A-1H Skyraider kits.  I decided at that time to build a couple of the smaller 1/48th scale Tamiya A-1 kits, basically to test painting techniques.   It was then that I seriously began studying the plane, and my interest rapidly became fascination.  Thus began a journey through a collection of Skyraiders in a variety of models and versions.  I also discovered numerous detail and conversion sets out there, some of them (notably Cutting Edge) out of production.

  All my Skyraider models share a few common traits.  All of them (except the AD-6 & AD-5W, which had no guns) have gun barrels & pitot tubes made from hypodermic needles.  All were painted with Testor's Model Master or Tamiya acrylics and weathered with oils.  I also used AK Interactive washes to replicate the always present oil and fuel stains on this dirty bird.   Aerials were created with EZ Line strands.  Beyond that I used a variety of aftermarket parts & decals as described in each model's individual article.

  A word about the Tamiya kit.wonderful!  Goes together without any drama and is very nicely detailed straight out of the box.  But like any kit.there's room for improvement!  

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  This model was the start of the journey and was built pretty much out of the box, except for the weapons.  The cockpit is stock with lead foil/photo etch seatbelts.   The model was primed with Tamiya Fine white primer, and pre shaded with black.  The model was painted with Testor's Model Master acrylics and post shaded with a very thin mix of Tamiya Smoke in several layers.  The gun barrels & pitot tubes were made from hypodermic needles.   I also used AK Interactive washes to replicate the always present oil and fuel stains on this dirty bird.   

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  Aerials were created with EZ Line strands.  The kit's stock decals were used without any problems.  I weathered the bird with a sepia oil paint wash.  I found that the Light Gull Grey of these aircraft is a wonderful shading and weathering base!  Chipping was accomplished with Berol Prismacolor pencils.  Exhaust staining is airbrushed thinned Smoke & MM Aircraft Black.  I replaced the kit weapons with Verlinden's 500 lb bombs, mixing normal and extended fuses.   I also hollowed out the pilot's head to get the tiny helmet to place on the cockpit's edge.  All in all, an excellent portrait of a Vietnam era Navy warbird.

  More to come!!

  "Vince Pedulla

  ModelerV Studios"

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  Photos and text © by "Vince Pedulla"