Douglas A-4M Skyhawk 1/48 (MagicFactory) Everything open out of the box Build and final reveal

This is Douglas A-4M Skyhawk from Magic Factory in 1/48 scale. It represents A-4M Skyhawk BuNo 160024, QG-00, NAS Willow Grove, inflight circa 1994, VMA-131 Diamondbacks Manufacturer Magic Factory Model Number 5002 Date of release New tool 2024 Price paid ~70€ Decals in the box 2 Marines schemes Extras Some soldering wire Airbrush used Fengda FE-183K, Badger 360, Badger Extreme Patriot 150 High points A lot of options to open. very good surface details, goes together nicely, lot to build Low points Electronic hump was in two halves and those didn’t go together without filler. Snakeyes were pain to build. Perhaps some slide molds could be used in these parts too Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:34 Unboxing 2:58 Build 5:54 Cockpit done 6:18 Build continues 11:09 Masking 12:16 Painting 14:43 Decalling 15:51 Weathering 16:50 Landing gear & details 19:10 Armaments 20:28 Final assembly 23:29 Final reveal rotating 24:40 Final reveal photos 25:40 Photos with other aircraft 26:04 Conclusions Kit went together nicely, tail parts were a bit warped, but when pushed together no problems were left though. Bombs and electronic hump would have benefited from slid molding, as they weren’t the best time with the kit, otherwise it was very pleasant. The selling point for this kit is all the openable features, like the nose and the engine bay. The rivets can divide options, but I thinks they were ok, at least it helped the weathering. The moving tail and arrestor hook are a bit gimmicky but I like those still. The decals options were not the best for me as I would have liked to make low viz plane or something that I could have weather a lot. I choose this classic paint scheme and weathered it anyway. For some reason the decals and the markings in guide weren’t the same size, so the most of the good of big instructions were gone. I also wondered why there were no decals for tail stripes. Optimistic and motivate by Mixaund | promoted by