A-1H Skyraider - Toilet Bomber by Leslie Choy | |
Brand: | Tamiya |
Scale: | 1/48 |
Modeler: | Leslie Choy |
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This is a Tamiya A-1H Skyraider build OOB with Cutting Edge resin cockpit added. The static discharge wicks are electrical copper wires, as these discharge wicks are rather flexible and curved downwards due to gravity, I bend it according to picture references. Decals are from Aeromasters, it even came with decals for the toilet bowl! Which drove me to scratch build it. The toilet bowl is styrene sheets glued together and shaped using a motor tool. A sketched drawing of the toilet bowl was done first before I start anything as I have to remind myself that this is not just another toilet bowl, it must be an American version, so a bit of research has to be done. The metal structure securing the toilet bowl and the dummy bomb fuse propeller is also scratch build from styrene. A Mk 82 bomb from my spare box, with the tail saw off and attached to complete the "Toilet Bomb". As the kit do not come with sufficient number of M117 bombs, I use the bombs from Hasegawa weapons set. I have to saw off the tail fin of the drop tank to get the configuration right. Enjoy References:
Photos and text © 2010 by Leslie Choy September 13, 2010 |