Grumman A-6E Intruder Attack Aircraft Third VA-95 USS Coral Sea CV43 w/Carrier Deck Catapult. In Stock Ready To Go. Award Winner built and painted A-6E USS Coral Sea CV-43 Intruder with realistic weathering finish. US NAVY Third VA-95 Grey with accurate unit markings. Top building quality with incredible detail over all and super accurate scale on each part. Finely conform perfectly recessed panel lines and rivets. Choice of folding wing. Large rounded nose section which housed a radar system inside. Beautifully 2-man cockpit details. The ejection seats are built up nicely. Instrument panel and more. Intricately detailed wheel wells and landing gear. The canopy and ladder can also be assembled in either open or closed positions. Add drop tank, missile and and more add on details. Modern US Navy catapult display diorama base with details. Carrier deck with the end of the catapult on one end of the display. Navy Flight Deck Tractor with detailed driver. 5x Flight Deck figures with great pose and gear. Great deck details and marks details. Deflector with great details. Jet blast deflectors with details. Deflector wells with great details. A positionable access hatch with a recess panel details. Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Wash to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, rivets, and more. Brushing to emphasis and highlighting texture with edge for good wear, tear and fading. Filter out the contrast and blend color effects with air flow marks. Real life nozzle burned multicolor representing. Great detail paint job on grease with staining appearing and more on real life weathering. Final protective layer for long term collection. 1 Dream Works Hobby. 2 Dream Works Hobby. 3 Dream Works Hobby. 4 Dream Works Hobby. 5 Dream Works Hobby. 6 Dream Works Hobby. 7 Dream Works Hobby. 8 Dream Works Hobby. 9 Dream Works Hobby. 10 Dream Works Hobby. 11 Dream Works Hobby. 12 Dream Works Hobby. 13 Dream Works Hobby. 14 Dream Works Hobby. 15 Dream Works Hobby. 16 Dream Works Hobby. 17 Dream Works Hobby. 18 Dream Works Hobby. 19 Dream Works Hobby. 20 Dream Works Hobby. 21 Dream Works Hobby. 22 Dream Works Hobby. 23 Dream Works Hobby. 24 Dream Works Hobby. 25 Dream Works Hobby. 26 Dream Works Hobby. 27 Dream Works Hobby. 28 Dream Works Hobby. A-6E INTRUDER A new era in Naval Aviation began with the introduction of the A-6 Intruder to the fleet in February 1963. The world`s first all-weather attack aircraft, the Intruder provided the capability to launch low-level strikes against targets at extended ranges without regard to darkness or weather conditions. Serving throughout the Vietnam War, the A-6 continued as the Navy`s front line medium-attack aircraft through Operation Desert Storm, during which Navy and Marine Corps A-6s logged more than 4,700 combat sorties. They were not retired until 1997. From the beginning Intruders featured Digital Integrated Attack Navigation Equipment (DIANE), which provided an electronic display of targets and geographical features even in low visibility conditions. Introduced on the A-6E version of the aircraft, the Target Recognition Attack Multisensors (TRAM) system combined Forward Looking Infrared Radar (FLIR) and laser sensors with an onboard computer. Located in a ball turret beneath the nose of the aircraft, TRAM enabled a higher degree of bombing accuracy by locating targets and ascertaining their ranges, allowing the A-6 crew to detect ground undulations as small as a plowed field. Despite initial difficulties in Vietnam, the A-6 proved itself in the murky weather conditions over Southeast Asia, oftentimes carrying out single-plane or two-plane nocturnal raids with devastating accuracy that produced disproportionate results. This was dramatically illustrated when two A-6s made a night strike dropping twenty-six 500 lb. Bombs against a North Vietnamese power plant. The damage was such that the enemy high command was convinced that B-52 heavy bombers had been at work. The Intruder served as the aircraft carrier`s “big stick” in combat over Lebanon, Libya and Iraq. During Operation Desert Storm, Navy and Marine Corps A-6s logged more than 4,700 combat sorties, providing close air support, destroying enemy air defenses, attacking Iraqi naval units and hitting strategic targets. All told, 687 A-6s were delivered to the Navy, the last being retired from front line service in 1997. The A-6E Intruder on display (Bureau Number 155610) was delivered in 1968 and spent ten years of its service in Attack Squadron (VA) 196, in whose markings it is painted. Among the carriers in which it deployed were Enterprise (CVN-65) and Ranger (CVA-61). The item “Award Winner Built Diorama 1/72 Grumman A-6E Intruder VA-95+Carrier Deck+Crew” is in sale since Monday, December 24, 2018. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Military\Aircraft\Airplanes”. The seller is “dreamworkshobby” and is located in Scarborough, Ontario. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, all countries in Europe, all countries in continental Asia, Australia.
- Scale: 1/72
- MPN: Does not apply
- Brand: Tamihya / Italeri