This month’s Model Graphix is a Trumpeter special, and one of the kits shown being developed is a great big 1/32 A-6E Intruder! The pix show the wooden prototype model being sculpted (carved?) by the Trumpeter artisans, and some tests shots of the plastic fuselage halves.
Has this kit been announced? I can’t recall. No release date info was given in the article, but the picture was classified as a “scoop!”
Just thought ya’ll would like to know!
Here’s a coupla pix:
The article shows some pix of a 1/35 CH-47 Chinook, too (go to the helo forum for those pix!).
you better not be trying to play a trick on us Brian because its another 3 months till April Fools day. Maybe they are going to spring this on us next month because People will definitely want a big intruder to go along with a F-14 and a F-4 in a 1/32 carrier Diorama.
Mike
Pretty cool news, that’s for sure. I’m looking forward more to the Chinook, 1/32 is just too big for my limited space. It’ll be cool to see someone build it, though.
I’d really just LOVE to know. How many people have contemplated scratchbuilding a 1/32nd scale carrier? One would need a 2 1/2 car garage just for the Island! Brian, I think you just started a real free-for-all!! - Calvin
Oh dear, where’s it going to go!
With a bit of luck - an F8 after that.
As far as the chinook goes, I think a 48th scale kit would have served them better, 35th is just too impractical.
Well, there’s a 1/10 Yamato being built in Kure! I’m going to see it at the end of April.
It’s at the Yamato Museum (they have the cash and the space!).
I added some pix of the 1/32 A-6E for ya’ll up in the original post.
Enjoy!
Wow! Now if they would just do a 1/32 E2-C Hawkeye. Even though the navy models in 1/32 are huge they all have folding wings so the will fit better on a shelf like the Avenger and Corsair they just did. I cant wait for the 1/32 F-100 and the Me-262 they just announsed. Any one herd on thier releases?
Weeeeellllll. Continuing in the Navy tradition, we could have a 1/32 A-3 Whale, aka Skywarrior, or 1/32 Vigi. Golden Dragon has or is putting out a 1/32 B-58. I guess the 1/32 B-52 and/or B-36 would go well with the Hustler. All I have to do is go out to my local air base and rent one of their hangars. I work in the trucking industry, so I could probably find someone with a flat bed 18 wheeler semi to transport these things. The only thing I have to do first is win the lottery tonight to pay for it all. ($13 million in Illinois tonight) [alien]
I do seem to recall a mention of this before, but I seem to be the only one. Either way, the A-6 is a very sweet plane, and I’m happy about the release of this kit. Now c’mon J-Hulk, there must have been something in that special about some armor [:)]
