1/32 A-6A/E 3D printed goodies from Wula Models - 14 sets!

[Zola25]

Hey

 

I came across these 14 (yes, fourteen) sets of 1/32 A-6 goodies from a new company called Wula Models?? - They look super nice on CAD at least. I especially love the wingfold mechanism 

 

All sets sold under this eBay listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/197625929535

 

/Niels

 

Edited October 27 by Zola25

[geedubelyer]

Those look tremendous. 

The image of the full aircraft is mega!

 

Great find for A-6 fans. Thanks for sharing Niels. 

[Zola25]

3 minutes ago, geedubelyer said:

Those look tremendous. 

The image of the full aircraft is mega!

 

Great find for A-6 fans. Thanks for sharing Niels. 

Pretty  mindblowing for sure... this is the full model where these parts were all used.. . Buying all 14 sets is certainly not cheap but knowing they exist now, how can I possibly build my A-6A kit without them 😁

 

 

[geedubelyer]

That's the shot Niels. 

Wow! How good does that look? 

 

For anyone desiring the ultimate then perhaps the cost is worth it. 

 

I'm in the camp that would choose to enhance their favourite aircraft type to the hilt with aftermarket sets if it gave me what I wanted. 

[Dave Roof]

For the purists out there, those MER's are BRU-41's, and weren't used by the A-6A. In addition, they entered service right about the time the A-6E was being retired. The sway brace pads are also unique to the F/A-18. While there are a couple photos of BRU-41's with these pads on Intruders, they were designed for use on the Hornet. The sway brace pads used on MER's for the Intruder were round. 

[allthumbs]

Those Martin Baker GRU-7 seats look good 👍 

[jwest21]

I believe the A-6A used the GRU-5 seat, however.  At least during Vietnam,

[Zola25]

But are the seats offered here GRU-5´s or GRU-7´s - Its hard for me to tell the difference other than the seat cushions..

 

When I built my A-6E I remember spending quite some time figuring it out, but I have since forgotten all of it 🙂

Edited October 27 by Zola25

[allthumbs]

6 hours ago, Zola25 said:

But are the seats offered here GRU-5´s or GRU-7´s

 

Most definitely the latter, and a later variation at that, judging by the headrest configuration. The first GRU-7 seats featured a soft skinned headrest and the same spade shaped overhead pull handle of its predecessor, the GRU-5.

 

Beginning in the early to mid 1980s, an extended, more contoured plastic head rest was introduced, along with the U shaped overhead pull handle. And this appears to be the configuration Wula Models has patterned.

 

@jwest21 is correct in that these seats are more suitable to the A-6E and thus the A-6A labeling is misleading (although some rare exceptions are possible).

 

Edited October 28 by allthumbs

[Zola25]

11 minutes ago, allthumbs said:

 

Most definitely the latter, and a later variation at that, judging by the headrest configuration. The first GRU-7 seats featured a “flat” soft skinned headrest and the same spade shaped overhead pull handle of its predecessor, the GRU-5.

 

Beginning in the early to mid 1980s, the contoured plastic head rest was introduced, along with the U shaped overhead pull handle.

 

@jwest21 is correct in that these seats are more suitable to the A-6E and thus the A-6A labeling is misleading (although some rare exceptions are possible).

 

Thanks.. pretty sure I have the GRU-5 seats from AMS Resin somewhere in the stash

[allthumbs]

1 hour ago, Dave Roof said:

For the purists out there, those MER's are BRU-41's, and weren't used by the A-6A. In addition, they entered service right about the time the A-6E was being retired. The sway brace pads are also unique to the F/A-18. While there are a couple photos of BRU-41's with these pads on Intruders, they were designed for use on the Hornet. The sway brace pads used on MER's for the Intruder were round. 

In addition, the MER’s, and most other ordnance mounted to Intruder wing pylons were tilted nose down. A purpose built adapter with asymmetrical pads was fitted between the pylon and store. This does not appear to be provided in the Wula set.

 

Edit: disregard, the adapter and apparent “tilt” mentioned above were not relevant to MER installation. Instead it was more a feature on AERO-1D fuel tanks. My apologies!

 

Edited October 27 by allthumbs

[Zola25]

1 hour ago, Dave Roof said:

For the purists out there, those MER's are BRU-41's, and weren't used by the A-6A. In addition, they entered service right about the time the A-6E was being retired. The sway brace pads are also unique to the F/A-18. While there are a couple photos of BRU-41's with these pads on Intruders, they were designed for use on the Hornet. The sway brace pads used on MER's for the Intruder were round. 

Very informative. Which MER's were used on the A-6A during the Vietnam War? 

 

Thanks 

[jwest21]

4 hours ago, Zola25 said:

But are the seats offered here GRU-5´s or GRU-7´s - Its hard for me to tell the difference other than the seat cushions..

 

When I built my A-6E I remember spending quite some time figuring it out, but I have since forgotten all of it 🙂

They are GRU-7s

[Royboy]

What I'm waiting for is someone to do an EA-6A conversion kit for this model! Even better perhaps Trumpeter will find the time to do an EA-6B!!  

[crobinsonh]

Wow - Just ordered 10 sets.