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HB A-6E 1/48 - Flight of the Intruder
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Project: A-6E - Flight of the Intruder
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100 6 March, 17:24
Rich K.Awesome work! Learning a lot from your posts and looking forward to the final result!
20 March, 14:02
CaptGPF AuthorThank you everyone!
@Thomas! Looking forward so seeing your Douglas build!
@Sergej- your F-35 is looking good! I heard that was a bad kit, but didn't realize it till your post!
@Lorraine - Your builds are always amazing! Using a laser cutter to create your latest Spitfire is brilliant!
@Rich - looking forward to seeing another dual build with you and your wife!
2 23 March, 17:18
CaptGPF AuthorThank you Dietmar! I plan to have the maintenance hatches open on this puppy, but not as impressive as your cut-out Millenium Falcon!
24 March, 18:08
CaptGPF AuthorSloooooooow progress, the main painting is done, now onto the munitions!
1 April, 18:26
Sergej IIn photo 24, are you following a reference with the yellow de-icing surface? I thought they were only yellow on slats...
15 April, 08:14
CaptGPF AuthorThank you Paul for the notes on the A-6!
@Rui - watching you Mariupol build with interest!
@Villers - love your cars, and watching your Maharaja edition with great interest!
Hi Sergei - I referenced it from the paint schemes in the instructions and checked the photos on the internet - and most of them have the yellow de-icing on the leading edge of the wing roots. After taking a closer look, seems like I missed the tail! 😀. Will work on that as I start the weathering. 😀
15 April, 19:00
Paul MooreCaptGPF,
The build is looking great. As a former A-6 pilot, the only time you'd have both sets of flaparons up and speed brakes out would be on landing roll out. Just so you know. And at times I adjust my builds just because I want to show some various capabilities that interest me. So I get it. But I thought you might be interested in that just in case you had something else in mind.
Paul
1 16 April, 00:12
CaptGPF Author@Adam - I love your Aston Martin - can't wait to see the final result!
@Desert Marlin - I loved t-your SUFA, Can't wait to see the Ra'am!
@Dave - would love to see your Falkland builds before I start working on my small armor kits
@Neil - don't know how you pulled off that Revell Tomcat, but you did it!
@Paul - I had originally planned to make this n in-flight Intruder, but the Hasegawa pilots wouldn't fit at all, so I opted to have everything flared out and open as if it was undergoing maintenance. Would these be realistic?
2 17 April, 20:27
Paul MooreCaptGPF,
You bring up a good question. During maintenance, there's no telling what configuration you could find! Then of course there would definitely be various panels open. In this case, probably a lot. And of course there wouldn't be any ordnance on the aircraft during heavy maintenance. It's funny for me, sometimes if I'm doing a historical aircraft on a particular mission, it's really important for me to have all the details (down to the BUNO - Bureau Number), and other times I sort of want to show the capabilities of the aircraft. For example, I'm currently doing another aircraft I flew (S-3B Viking). I'm doing it with a buddy refueling store on the left wing (we almost always flew with that) and a Harpoon on the starboard wing. I personally NEVER saw a Harpoon on a "Hoover", but it was an important capability the Hoover had. If it was going to carry a Harpoon in a conflict, it most likely would carry two Harpoons. So is my configuration "realistic"? Probably not. But I'm doing it for a reason. And of course It's my model! At the very least, it's nice to be able to tell a detractor, " yea, it's not "realistic", but I wanted to show off the capability of the aircraft and I think it looks cool". Just my opinion. And the build looks great.
3 18 April, 09:59
Desert Marlin@Paul Moore, I roomed with a couple of Hoover crew on the USS Independence in 1990 (Desert Shield) on their way to the IO. I provided some training as a "contractor". I really like the "War Hoover" and the guys were great to be around! As a Crew Chief on KC-135's, I gotta say your descriptions are spot on! There is always that pull to show more detail but then that means the capabilities are shunted. Tough choices for sure!
2 18 April, 23:51
CaptGPF Author@ Paul - I guess I'll have to take some liberties with this one - by loading up some ordinance during maintenance - probably not the safest thing to do since the USS Forestall fire…. But seeing any aircraft without a full complement of armaments just rubs me the wrong way!
My goal is to make this an emergency repair / troubleshooting before it has to take off to fight the Japanese fleet in 1941 (Final Countdown movie). Sadly, the USS Nimitz is due to be retired this year, so I guess I should finish this build before that sad day…. 😭
2 22 April, 16:01
Paul MooreAnd of course it's a sin not to put ordnance, LOTS OF ORDNANCE, on a Intruder! And the good news is, there's probably not a lot of folks that would know, or care, that the flaparons are up and the ramifications of it. So continue on the build of a really nice looking and war weary Intruder!
2 22 April, 16:19
CaptGPF Author@Guy - love your WW2 builds!
@Edouard - following your huge D-Day dio with interest!
I'm trying to figure out the weathering part right now - since this jet has likely seen a lot of action over the years, so having to learn more about the handling of oils. 😀
1 24 April, 17:17
Paul MooreI recommend Phil Flory from England. I learn so much from him! His S-3 video build is a great tutorial. It's about $45/year but it's well worth it. Covers all aspects of the hobby.
1 24 April, 19:14
CaptGPF AuthorI'm looking forward to that upcoming 1/48 S-3! I don't know why the Navy decided to retire that platform - sure the Sh-60 could do most of the work, but it doesn't have the range or loiter time the Viking has.
2 25 April, 15:14
Paul MooreI think most of it was the break up of the former Soviet Union. When the Soviets went bankrupt, they got rid of their noisy nuclear submarines. They kept their Alphas and Akulas (good nuclear subs). The S-3 had several important attributes, but acoustic prosecution was not one of them. It was a great aircraft in reconnaissance of surface vessels with its ISAR radar and with Harpoons, it really did live up to its name of "Sea Control Squadron".
2 25 April, 19:16
Mark SherwoodNot my bag (WW2 and Postwar Jets of interest) but I do admire modellers skills, such as yourself for turning out excellent representations of their chosen kit/model. Spot on. Re: Phil Flory some of his tutorial videos are free to watch including his oil work on his Spitfire build. I'm sure he recently uploaded to You Tube, but if you go to his site just click on the relevant button, all the classic builds are free to watch too.
3 May, 04:54
CaptGPF AuthorThank you for the kind compliments, Mark! Like you, I am constantly in awe of how different builders specialize their skills to bring out the best of their chosen genre - be it Armour, WW2, Ships, Etc - I can certainly say I have learned a lot watching from other modellers !
2 17 May, 15:43
Rui SCompletly agree, not only diferent builders and genre, but also very important diferent scales 😉 If we want we all can learn here 🙂
3 17 May, 15:47
CaptGPF AuthorI'm working on the carrier base for this puppy, but this build is effectively done. My goal was to build the A-6E depicted in the movie "The Final Countdown" - showing off what kind of loadouts and munitions they would have used if they had a chance to rewrite history.
The kit had its fair share of issues - mostly the poor fit on the wings - but the details are simply superb and it builds up very nicely. You will need to print out extra decals for the munitions, but nothing that is a deal breaker.
Lastly, my thanks to Paul who helped me with the details on this wonderful bird - I took some liberties with this build (like the TRAM that wasn't in the film), but his guidance helped a ton to getting this as close to the real thing.
2 3 June, 18:24
Stefan FraundorferWhat a masterpiece. An absolutely convincing model in every aspect.
1 12 July, 07:14
Thomas Bischoffbit late for the rollout … great result and nice weathering, gives it a convincing used look 👍
12 July, 09:39
Paul MooreCongratulations on this awesome build! It's obvious you put a lot of thought and work in this. The photos and comments are especially helpful. I need to learn how to add photo albums to Scalemates. 🤔
12 July, 10:01
Chilly BillyYour Intruder looks great. Matt Yelland and Richard Tideman would approve, especially the ordnance graffiti. 😁
2 13 July, 15:39
CaptGPF AuthorThank you everyone for the kind comments everyone! There are a lot of great A-6E builds on this forum ('especially Paul's) and I hope I did justice to the jet.
@Chilly Billy - I'm glad the ordinance graffiti made your day! That's one thing I miss with today's jets - the nose arts which were prevalent in WW2 - really gave the aircraft's of that age that added character!
4 17 July, 20:47
Stephan FässlerSuperb execution pal! Love the intruder and I got a Kinetic prowler to do as well. Looking forward to this beauty, your pre shading is top 👍
20 July, 06:08
CaptGPF AuthorThank you Stephan! Love the versatility of your subject builds, from space destroyer, to jets, and even the quattro!
2 21 July, 04:43