Monogram 1/48th A-6E TRAM Intruder, VA-165 "Boomers"

Joe, Boots, Guy, thanks so much. I am diving into the camo scheme on the A-6. Started off with the base coat of Lifecolor FS30279 Desert Sand and did some slight post shading with a lightened shade of that pigment. There won't be alot of weathering on this as it was a temporary scheme and was only carried from '89-'90. However, VA-165 carried the camo for Red Flag exercises at Nellis AFB so I am doing some minor fading from the sun. I then applied the second camo color, FS30219 SEA Tan from Mission Models. It appeared the original camo was a very tight soft edge so I shot it with a #1 tip from the Paasche Airbrush. Although Afterburner Decals provides a one piece decal for the false canopy underneath, I think I am going to paint that on since the kit features gear bay doors in the open position and it will be tough to cut up the decal to get it where it needs to go on the underside of the plane. Stay tuned........