Trumpeter 1/72 A-6E Intruder: A look inside the box

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@DarksouIjah 6 ай бұрын

Nice kit. This was one of 5 aircrafts that my father was the Chief Inspector for. This one, F-14, Prowler, Greyhound and the EC-2 Hawkeye.

@RWHobbies 6 ай бұрын

I am jealous he worked on those Grumman aircraft. How cool.

@DarksouIjah 6 ай бұрын

@@RWHobbies Yeah.. 35 yrs at Grumman. Talk about a man who loved their work. It was definitely him.

@willwoods6466 6 ай бұрын

Great looking kit!

@BrodieD 6 ай бұрын

Nice looking aircraft. Im yet to have one in my stash. Will get one eventually unfortunately most my spare funds are going to my house atm

@1337flite 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Rich.

@stevensantana8049 6 ай бұрын

Wow Good kit

@danwilliams1686 6 ай бұрын

I have built this kit and while it is indeed an excellent kit there are a couple of issues. For instance, the outer wing support rods are too small and weak, i had to replace mine with brass rod. Secondly the belly scoops , vents etc are way tiny and are very fiddily to install i think i lost half them to springy tweezers, consumed by the carpet monster.

@RWHobbies 6 ай бұрын

Good to know.

@richardwl5773 6 ай бұрын

Being Trumpeter I already noticed a few errors on the box of the other A-6A. And some on the A-6E also. On the A model boxart, there is the extra top intake scoop on the back, just left of the vertical stab. It should not be there on the A, only on the E. The side boxart on the E model shows the pylons with the ECM extenders (rods). Those should not be there on the E. The included ordnance in the E is also basically the same as on the A model. But it's still valid on both. Apart from the GBU-8 which was not used by the Navy, only the Airforce. An AGM-78 Walleye would be the period accurate equivalent. But the entire range of A-6's in 72nd, 48th and 32nd is welcome indeed. Awesome kits. But, awesome jet too. Imagine what Magic Factory could do with this if you look at their new Skyhawk.

@RWHobbies 6 ай бұрын

It wouldn't be Trumpeter without the errors :-)

@Chilly_Billy 6 ай бұрын

Also, for accuracy sake, the speed brakes should be closed. They were permanently shut shortly after the A-6 entered service. It was found the wingtip spoilers were enough for landing.

@RWHobbies 6 ай бұрын

@@Chilly_Billy good info

@michaelbenjmitchell1 4 ай бұрын

And in the E kit you have the parts for the TRAM version that will be eventually released. But also with the ECM extenders you mentioned you may see a release of the EA6A and EA6B Prowler.

@michaelbenjmitchell1 4 ай бұрын

Also Trumpeter really needs to work on getting aftermarket support for aftermarket details for the cockpit.

@viper29ca 6 ай бұрын

Nice looking kit. Only issue, which is common among kit manufacturers, no pilots. Don't understand why kit makers can't include pilots

@RWHobbies 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, Tamiya seems to be the only one who consistently does it unfortunately.

@michaeljenner9906 6 ай бұрын

The reason is that there is a lot of time and money involved with producing good looking pilot figures. With companies knowing that only 25% of the market base uses them, they don't provide them. It's all about profit in today's market.

@viper29ca 6 ай бұрын

@@michaeljenner9906 I don't buy that. The number of 60's and newer US jets that Trumpeter puts out, it would cost them pennies to do a generic US pilot figure, and just put them in the kits. Especially at 1/72.