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still hesitating between NL-503/506/504. but as I still miss détails for the 503/506 I am going closer to the NL-504 (for which I don't have to search for any pic detail as you already provided what I need in the AOA decal sheet). the idea now is to build a second A-6 the NL-500 on the same diorama (i really love the Vulture on its tail :-) ). I will simply explain some 1971/72 missions of the VMA(AW)-224 in first part of the article.

Hi Ziggyfoos, I am in contact with Ben Moody who sent me some very nice pictures and a scan of his mission logbook where the BuNo and NL numbers are recorded for each A-6 he used. the name of the pilot of each mission is also recorded. your expectation about the BuNo of the NL-507 is the right one: 155656, we miss only the name of the pilot written on it now. see you, Manu.

Hi Guys, I found those nice pictures on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=225633354305698&set=g.45309874754&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1156191731060658&set=g.45309874754&type=1&theater https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1401395190109832&set=g.45309874754&type=1&theater cu, Manu

Hi Dave, would it be possible to share these pics? do you see the names on th NL-503? Thanks. cu, Manu.

Hi Dave, I just sent you a message. there is a photo of the NL-507 and NL-504 on the Flying Leathernecks Facebook page here (you might already know them) https://www.facebook.com/Flying-Leathernecks-Decals-137660979588449/ cu, Manu.

Hi Ziggyfoos, Thanks again for your great support. Do you know if Cdr Roger Sheets used the A-6A 155708 to mine the Haiphong harbor? (one of the 3 A-6A of the vma(aw)-224 used) I mean this aircraft with the nice CAG scheme of the AOA decal sheet. If yes would you have more picture of this aircraft? I can’t find any on the net. Is it stupid to imagine that this aircraft (with this deco) could have also used some cluster bombs during 1971/72 cruise? Thanks. Cu, Manu.

thank you for these nice pics. From which book are they extracted? could I buy one somewhere? do you know the names of the pilot and the BN who used the NL-503 when the nose was fully tan? maybe schulyer/Ferracane also? I am thinking about going for this bird and explain how it died in the article, and update the canopy with the right names seen at that time. many thanks again for your help. cu, Manu.

Hi Dave, many thanks for your help. I am also looking for pictures of the 5/54 caliber MK16 gun present on the two sides (only two were still present at that time) if you have any. I found few ones on the net but maybe you have more detailed ones. cu, Manu.

Hi Ziggyfoos, thanks for the picture. I think I have an issue here, I thought the nose was similar to the NL-504 (light tan). I don't like this camo-ed nose at all. so 3 solutions now: -I keep the NL-503 but with the old-style nose. the issue here is that it does not correspond to the nose of the bird in may 1972 when it has been damaged. -I adopt the camo-ed nose (not my preferred solution). -I switch to the NL-504, but I will need to find some details on its history. I need more investigations... by the way do you know if the NL-503/504 had already wor

Hi Ziggyfoos, Originally I wanted to represent the picture of the AOA decal sheet, but as the NL-507 was not included in the decal sheet and its BuNo is not clear, I switched to the NL-504 with the same weapon load. As, yesterday, I found many details about the NL-503 (and not so much on NL-504) which has exactly the same decal scheme (except for the 503 + BuNo 155650 + the names of the pilot/BN), and knowing that it was carrying those MK-20 when it has been bombarded, it makes sense to switch now to this version. I need some materials for my article (that I found for the NL-503), i

I found this nice picture : https://www.pownetwork.org/bios/a/a075.htm

Thank you both for those very useful infos. I confirm the maximum amount of bombs on the A-6 on coral Sea, and this is also explained on the AOA decal instructions. The different loadouts are also listed for the VMA(AW)-224 with the location of the bombs under the wings. Very good job from, AOA. Here is the NL-503 of Lou Ferracane BuNo 155650 : http://www.usscoralsea.net/images/cva431972103DH.jpg I could also choose this aircraft (instead of the NL-507 or NL-504), with 14 MK-20, as we have more details on her history till the 29th of May 1972: https://aviation-saf

Hi Ziggyfoos, thanks a lot for your inputs, I think I will take the no NL-504 of the decal sheet with the same config (14 Rockeyes) instead of the NL-507 as I miss too many details. I build it for the French Cocardes magazine and it will be on a piece of Coral Sea deck (at 1/32). I already published one article on my previous build (A-6E VMA(AW)-224 also but from 1974-76 and at 1/48 scale), you can find some pics here: http://www.cocardes.com/2016/10/a-6e-intruder.html

Hi USN addicts, I am looking for the BuNo (starting with 155… I guess) of the A-6A NL-507 of the VMA(AW)-224 on this picture of the AOA decal sheet 32-009: https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/images/1688/1688-1.jpg The BN seems to be Capt Louis Ferracane. this pic is from the 1972 on the Coral Sea. I already asked AOA team but they don’t have more detail on this picture and no additional photo. If you have also some details of the mission this aircraft was assigned to (with such amount of cluster bombs), it would be great. Thanks for your support.

thanks a lot Spejic, PM sent.

Hi Jari, thanks for the pictures, as far as I can see the rivet lines are not existing at all (I am not talking about the few ones on the leading edges of the wings but really the large amount scribed at the middle of the wings/stabs of the kit). they also scribed several lines of rivets on the two air intakes while only a little plate with rivets is visible on the real aircraft. I think I gonna remove them. What is strange is that there is the same error on a set of resin seamless intake I saw on the net (19$ for a part that seems to be the same this is a non sense for me...) Thanks again

Hi Intruder addicts, Could someone provide me with a close-up picture of the A-6 Intruder wings and horizontal stabilizer? On all the walkarounds I found there are no rivet lines on those parts and only few on the fuselage. It seems Hobby Boss scribed them everywhere and even forgot to finish some scribed lines on the wings. Before removing those millions of rivets I would like to be sure that they are not existing in reality (even if I am almost sure of your answer...). It seems that Revell and Kinetic are more acurate concerning the rivet lines, even if I definetly prefer the Hobby Boss

Thanks a lot Jari. I found a big bug in my 48730 Eduard set. it seems that they used the negative of their photos as masks, the shape of the cage is inverted. if you look at those pitcures : http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/A-6-electronic-equipment-1-48.html and check with the Primeportal ones you will see that the right side should be at the left side and vice-versa! unfortunately if you invert them all the external details are printed inside the cage and nothing outside! Here are in RED what should be the right shape: except re-doing the photo-etch I don't see any solution. Maybe

Hi Intruder fellows, I am looking for pictures of the rear Intruder avionic bay that is often open when the aircraft is parked on the Tamac. I noticed that two different sets from eduard are existing and seem not to be fully identical. I am talking about the ref 48172 and ref 48730. I have buit the 48730 (which is an empty version, without electronic box) and I am wondering if there were two kinds of set depending on the date of the aircraft. I am building a High vis Intruder from 1976 (VMA(AW)-224). I also miss some details of the internal part of the fuselage visible when the bay is o

just one more remark, the dishmodel picture is showing the 155616 A-6E in 1976 that had the tan radome if we follow what is shown on this decal sheet: http://www.hyperscale.com/2007/reviews/decals/impact48001reviewrk_1.htm that is why I am so confused... you will see on this pictures that the radome tan is very light and depending on the quality of the photo that color could be closed to the white: http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/a6pics/155616.jpg http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/a6pics/152912.jpg

Hi Gonzalo, sorry if I have hurt someone, this was not my intention. I already contacted Furball to have some pictures of the 152908 A-6E and they had only the black and white picture linked in my previous post (a picture of 1974). that is why I am quite suspicious (this is my fear and of course not a statement). I just wanted to have a confirmation of some Intruder "Guru" before re-contacting Furball. if I can find a picture in color where the radome is white then I will of course stop my investigations. the problem here is that I did not find any up to now. your point related to the

Hi all, I am looking for some pics of A-6E of the VMA(AW)-224 in 1976 with a white radome. I am quite suspicious when I look at the Furball paint scheme included with the following decal sheet: http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/decals/fad/decal_fad_48037.shtml Indeed, according to Furball, the radome is supposed to be white (on the 152908 A-6E) but I never found any clear picture when I could really differentiate a Tan or white radome. even on this 1974 black and white photo (the same than the one Furball sent me by email), the radome color is different from the white color on the bottom

Hi 1to1scaler, no it is well an A-6E in 1976 (converted from an old A-6A) see what I found on this site: http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/A-6.html A-6A Intruder 152908 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *1967: Delivered to the US Navy. *1967-68: VA-115 as “NE-510”. *Upgraded to A-6E. *1972: VMA(AW)-224 as “WK-13”. *1974: VMA(AW)-224 as “WK-00”. *1978-79: VMA(AW)-224 as “WK-00” and “WK-350”. *1982: VMAT(AW)-202 as “KC-xx”. *2/12/1982: Crashed into the Okefenokee swamp, FL. in the Hobby Boss box we have all the parts to build

up nobody has a picture of the cockpit of this bird? can I take the one of the Hobby Boss A-6E for this 1976 version? cu, Manu.