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Revell Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:24 pm
by BlackSheep214
I didn't want to hijack Lyle's thread on his old Albatros kit thread. Anyway... here it is: a 1956 Revell kit of the Douglas AD3 Skywarrior kit I bought at an Anyique show about 10 years ago.

Box art:

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Sides:

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The stand it came with. Decal was already applied when I bought the kit.

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Instruction guide (all 4 steps on one page) and decals.

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Re: Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:33 pm
by BlackSheep214
The kit is complete with no parts missing.

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This was the part I assembled before I decided not to go any further - top and bottom views of assembled wing part

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The rest of the parts and pieces:

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While I was finding this old kit, I found this freebie book I had gotten from work a few years ago:

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Looks like I beat Lyle by a couple years with the age of this kit. :lashed:

Re: Revell Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 6:39 pm
by Floki
Revell sure did know how to make awesome box art back in the day.

Re: Revell Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 7:25 pm
by Stikpusher
:hmm: Very cool oldie! You’re gonna have fun with this...

Re: Revell Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 10:28 pm
by keavdog
Cool. I really like the box art as well.

Re: Revell Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2020 3:08 pm
by Duke Maddog
This is awesome! I'll enjoy following this!

Re: Revell Douglas AD3 Skywarrior

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 6:38 am
by midnightprowler
Got my oldest kit beat by 9 years. 'm working on a 1965 issue of the Johan Chrysler Turbine Car.