Ejection Seats

Here are the ejection seats I had all ready for the TA-4H posed in front of my OA-4M kit.  New information shows the seats to be a color almost like dark ghost gray.  So the second seat of seats will be built up for the TA-4H while these two seats go into reserve for the Hasegawa TA-4J.

I apologize for the quality of the picture, still learning how to shoot small items with digital camera.

TA-4H spine

To fill in the gap caused by cutting out the avionics hump, started with some 0.1 sheet styrene.  Then I marked where the panel lines would be.  Snagged the extra vent from the Hasegawa TA-4J.  Cut out and trimmed a hole for the vent.  Then glued the vent in.  The small hole I drilled is to mark where the anti-collision light will go.  Once the fuselage is all together will finish up trimming and gluing the new spine.  Add the light.  Then will get to add the MissingLink resin canopy fairing.

Adding Chaff/Flare Dispensers

Used a pin vise fitted with a drill bit to rough out where I would be opening the plastic.  Then I used an X-Acto knife and file to square up the holes.  Followed by test fitting and more sanding.  Eventually both excess chaff/flare dispensers from the Hasegawa TA-4J fit snugly and I glued them in place.

Cockpit Mystery Solved

All right, I do have an answer to the question if the TA-4s received the RADA upgrade.  I emailed Ra'anan Weiss at IsraDecal Studios my question.

The answer is - No.  It looks like the general cockpit layout is standard TA-4F with a few twists.  Front cockpit had something else in place of the radar scope.  Rear cockpit had the video monitor where the radar scope should be and offset to the right leaving a blank space between it and the eight-ball - look on pg 38 of Steve Ginter's book on two-seat Skyhawks for what this monitor looks like.

Once I finish up the cockpits I will post pictures of them.  Stay tuned.