A-6E Intruder | 'Jackal 410' In Progress

Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.

Sergej I
I love the Intruder, following 👍

Daniel
That's a lot of switches😅 Awesome job so far 👍

Len M
The Quinta 3D decals made all the switches easy.

Maciej Bellos
Niiiiice!

Paul Moore
Len,
Did you scratchbuild the rack for the flak curtains? If so, will you be putting the flak curtains on? That would be very authentic and VERY unique! .

Paul Moore
Len,
That's a serious mottle coat! Is that all with airbrush? Any lessons learned you could pass on about the paining and weathering? It looks fantastic!

Thomas Bischoff
fantastic result 👍

Len M
I did scratch build the flak curtains. I used aluminum foil folded over a brass rod and then cut to shape and painted. I think it came out ok but a little paint came off in one spot while installing it inside the glass so the shiny foil is slightly visible. I just uploaded a couple more pics that show the curtains. For the mottle coat I just used an airbrush stencil to randomly spray pattens of white/very light gray over a coat of black One-Shot Primer. I then painted the two ghost grays with AK acrylics but used the mottle stencil again with Ammo by Mig acrylics because of their slightly different hue. I also picked out a few panels and panel lines to simulate touch-ups. The nonskid walkway markings were part guesswork, part artistic license because most photos I could find had different patterns amongst different jets. I went with something appeared to be what the Silver Foxes had. I made it by masking the areas and then stippling some Mr. Surfacer on with a brush before painting for the texture. After the base coat painting I came back and airbrushed a darker gray and did some dry brushing of another gray. The paint job is far from perfect and would never win any contests but I hope it represents the tired look after time at sea. Now I just need to finish the carrier deck base I have planned.

Nathan Dempsey
Great subject for an A-6. The load out looks great too.

Rui S
Weel done 👍

Villiers de Vos
The result on your model is fantastic. I cannot wait to see the base incorporated.

Guy Rump
Great result, congrats! 👍

Len M
Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Paul Moore
Len,
What did you coat the windshield with? It's looking pretty legit!

Len M
I sprayed a thinned coat of clear green on the inside after masking the other panels. If I recall correctly it was about two parts Mr. Color Leveling Thinner to one part AK Real Color Clear Green. I should have done it before painting the inside framing black but didn't decide to do the green tinting until after I'd already done the framing.