Revell A6-E TRAM Intruder "Libya Raider"
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Gary BrantleyThanks very much, I appreciate your generous comments!
Gary Brantley
Holger Kranich" Even with two 115 gr 9mm bullets epoxied into the nose cone, she'll rock back on her heels like a cheap whore at the slightest provocation."
You made my day! Thats the Quote of the week for me!😄😄😄
Nice to see that i´m not the only one who use 9mm or .38 Spcl or .357 as nose weight! In my 32 Revell Uhu i have at least 10 of the glued to prevent a tailsitter.
Now to your Intruder, i like it very much. You made a nice reprasentation of the (in)famous A-6! Congrats!
Cheers
Holger
Scott HastingsHad to look twice to see if was a scale model or 1:1 research photos. Great model and EXCELLENT photography. Really like the forced perspective background shots. Nice stuff!!!
Gary BrantleyOh what nice comments!! You guys are making my day!! Thanks everyone. 🙂
Michael PhillipsFantastic job on that Intruder! Those photos really make it look real.
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This is my first finished build of the new year 🙂; completed on Sunday, Jan.1, it was started in mid-July 2013! At some point, it was relegated to a safe spot and more or less abandoned. I would dust her off from time to time, always thinking I’d get back to work on the kit but again, time would soon find her back on the shelf. Not long before the holiday season just past, I started yet again and with a new resolve to finish her and move on to other builds.
The model represents aircraft number 501(build number 161685) of Navy squadron VM-85. It took part in the Navy’s attacks on Libyan patrol boats in the Gulf of Sidra, March 1986. The aircraft carries two AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles and three drop-tanks. I am not sure that that is the exact load-out for 501 on any actions there but it’s close enough for me.
The paint is Model Master enamel; dark ghost gray on top, light ghost gray underneath. The decals are from “The Intruder’s Sandbox” set by AOA decals. I had a couple fairly good reference photos