The Hasegawa model
of the 1/72 EA-6B was released some years ago. This kit has special decals for
for VAQ-136 of CVW-5 on the US aircraft carrier 'Independence'. The mark on the
nose is the Chinese word that sounds like 'Kon' and means 'attack'. It's a
nice kit for basically building. But it's not nice enough for me. I added
some easy to make details to make this plane look more great!! First is
'the two-part wingtip speed breaks' and the second are the ejection seats.
The original seats are so poor in detail so the two of them were
replaced with Hasegawa F-14A's seats (pilot and ECOM-1)and I added
details for another(ECOM-2/3).
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The ejection seats
of EA-6B type 'GRUEA-7' are similar to the F-14's 'GRU-7'. It's
easy to convert GRU-7 to GRUEA-7. I converted the face curtain
Orange-Yellow handle and cut the bottom and slide side for Hasegawa
smaller EA-6B cockpit. The Hasegawa's cockpit is not correct. I
suggest people make the handle from copper line from '10/100 network line', the
network line can get everywhere!!
The decals are for a VAQ-136 CAG
plane in July 1994. The paint used was Gunze No's 307 and 308. I'm sorry
the decals were not good to work with. I have no idea why the decals are so hard
to work with. Anyway, the kit required me to spend a lot of time to
complete. I hope you enjoy the photos!!
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This
article is from 'Taiwan R.O.C.'. Enjoy!!
Cruise
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