miketippingmodels Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Grumman A-6 Intruder The Grumman A-6 Intruder was an American, twin jet-engine, mid-wing all-weather attack aircraft built by Grumman Aerospace. In service with the United States Navy and Marine Corps between 1963 and 1997, the Intruder was designed as an all-weather medium attack aircraft to replace the piston-engined Douglas A-1 Skyraider. As the A-6E was slated for retirement, its precision strike mission was taken over by the Grumman F-14 Tomcat equipped with a LANTIRN pod. From the A-6, a specialized electronic warfare derivative, the EA-6, was developed. Following the good showing of the propeller-driven Skyraider in the Korean War, the United States Navy issued preliminary requirements in 1955 for an all-weather carrier-based attack aircraft. The U.S. Navy published an operational requirement document for it in October 1956. It released a request for proposals (RFP) in February 1957.Proposals were submitted by Bell, Boeing, Douglas, Grumman, Lockheed, Martin, North American, and Vought.Following evaluation of the bids, the U.S. Navy announced the selection of Grumman on 2 January 1958. The company was awarded a contract for the development of the A2F-1 in February 1958.The A-6's design team was led by Lawrence Mead, Jr. He later played a lead role in the design of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat and the Lunar Excursion Module. The first prototype YA2F-1, lacking radar and the navigational and attack avionics, made the Intruder's first flight on 19 April 1960, with the second prototype flying on 28 July 1960. In general, development flying went well,[with the major problem encountered being handling problems associated with the aircraft's air brakes mounted on the rear fuselage. In an attempt to solve this, the third prototype had its horizontal tailplane moved rearwards by 16 inches (41 cm), but this did not completely solve the handling problems, which were resolved by fitting split-hinged speed-brakes on the aircraft's wing-tips. Early production aircraft were fitted with both the fuselage and wingtip air brakes, although the fuselage-mounted items were soon bolted shut, and were removed from later aircraft. This is the trumpeter 1/32 sauce kit, and apart from a few issues a dream to build, the cockpit had the Eduard PE added, with a few other bits of Eduard to enhance the other bland items. All the figures are from Reedoak ( amazing figures) and the base is scratch built, using flight path tie downs. all painted using a combination of Mr Hobby, Tamiyia, and Vallejo air RandyB, florin13, Paramedic and 27 others 30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Beautiful work Mike!! I love the attention to detail!! Thanks for sharing! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Fantastic everything. Model making, painting, photography, presentation. Super. Just super. Great show. Thank you. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexM Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Most impressive, especially the figures Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That is really nice. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusAlp Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Really well done, looks aesome Gotta love that trumpeter A6 intruder kitt, like you say, a dream to build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 superb build Mike and great display! jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That is freaking awesome! Truly outstanding work. Tim W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantom Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) Outstanding! Who makes the fire vehicle? Mike Edited August 14, 2018 by phantom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Driver Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Lovely plane! You did a great job with this kit! Kudos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That is some mighty exceptional modeling Mike! Barry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 That is badass! Those sailors on deck look so real you better have mid month paychecks ready for them! Cheers...Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 this is fantastic.I really dig the dio. I am also making a US Navy dio but with a Seahawk helicopter. I did use reedoak figures too. Great job on this one. Oliver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Wow, that is stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketippingmodels Posted August 15, 2018 Author Share Posted August 15, 2018 8 hours ago, phantom said: Outstanding! Who makes the fire vehicle? Mike Hi Phantom, they are verlinden deck trucks, but very hard to come by Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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