A-6B "IRON HAND" INTRUDER 001
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11 9 July 2019, 21:39
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Got some work accomplished with some Cockpit parts. Wings are back together after I FUBAR'D them due to my short-sidedness.
15 August 2019, 14:30
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Finally got around to posting some new pictures of the build. It has been a slow build going, lots of fit issues. Definitely not a build for Beginners. I have a 1/48 Revell EA-6A and EA-6B build in progress as well. What I have learned from this build will be applied to the others for sure. However those builds also have Aftermarket items for wingfolds and fuselage corrections as well.
Thanks for any comments or tips
JB
29 October 2021, 06:59
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Ok that looks how should I say….
Incredible!!
Looking forward to your next steps John!
29 October 2021, 11:23
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Thanks for all the kind comments.
This has been a on again/off again build. To answer your questions.
Ordnance Loadout will be two SHRIKES, two STARMS on wings, either a fuel tank or MER with six SNAKEYES. Not sure if this is 100% due to weight considerations for A/C to land back on CV with this full loadout. The markings are a toss up between a Black nose or a Tan nose. Decisions decisions.
Was Grady Jackson with VA-75?
I playing around with the ordnance now along with some Spitfires that have been in the "Dungeon of Dispair" longer than the A-6.
Keep your Sprues Empty!
JB
30 October 2021, 12:00
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I would have said that was an unlikely load out …but there's the picture! I thought I knew everything the Intruder carried, but I'd never heard of a "STARM". Will be a cool model.
30 October 2021, 19:26
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STARM stands for Standard ARM. It was a USN SAM modified to be carried on aircraft around the mid-60's. It was able to stay locked on to the radar sites even if they turned them off. That tactic would defeat the Shrikes.
30 October 2021, 22:27
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I knew him when he was the admiral in charge of all the EA-6B's and A-6's at Whidbey Island, WA. in 1991. He was part of the OCF (Officers Christian Fellowship) group in base housing.
31 October 2021, 03:02
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1/48 REVELL