I have spent the better part of the night looking for a 1/48 A-6E Intruder kit only to find out no one makes them anymore. AHHHHHHHHHH!!![banghead]. I am also looking for a 1/48 F-8E Crusader (NO Hasegawa kits!), prefer either an AMT, Linberg or Revell-Monogram kit.
If anyone knows where I can find one or the other…or maybe willing to part with one or the other “within limits” , please let me know by PM’ing me.
Thanks,
Air Master
Hampton Roads Hobby has an Intruder on Ebay. HTH
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If you find any Rand, let me know. I’ve been searching myself
Can you please post a link, I cant find that on ebay.
Thanks.
If you wait long enough the kits will be reissued, except maybe the Airfix kit.
Airmaster,
Try this link
Brian [C):-)]
I’m not so sure I’d trust the seller. He has no picture of the kit, no description of kits contents and his start bid price is way to high when other like kits are lower. I think I will pass this on that A-6 kit, I just dont trust it. Thanks for the heads up anyway. I’ll keep looking.
Air Master
Man it took me a year and a 1/2 to pick up a A-6E on E-bay, I got it for $45. THAT WAS CHEAP!!! Most go for over $80++++++ one sold for $150. So good luck!! As for the F-8 just go with the Hasegawa, if you look you can get one for about $30, its a good kit I’ve got two of em.
Sarge, It’s not that easy when you model on a budget. I’m certainly not rich and I just do not have $30 or $40.00 to slap down on a model when the urge hits me. Good for you that you can, but I cant.
I’ll just bide my time and wait and hope I get lucky.
Air Master
I’m in the same boat with ya’bro, a SSgt in the Marine Corps gets paid POOP!! But some times I just treat my self to some thing nice. I buy a six pac and not a 12, stop dipping for a week, pack a lunch for a week, just to pay for my kits.
SSgtD6152:
Is that a Matchbox FJ-4 next to your F-8? lookin’ good. I’ve got one that was 8 years from start to finish.
Best to wait until Monogram reissues the A-6, they seem to do it every 6 or 8 years.
I bought mine when the movie came out. The one with Danny Glover. I think it was called Night of the Intruder. I have it in my stash. Sorry tho I can’t part with it, one of my favorites. 1/48 Revell. I also have the the 1/48 Revell F-8E Crusader, can’t part with that either. If you do find these let me know how much you paid. I’m just curious. Just curious, like I said these are some of my favorites that I could never part with.
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AirMaster;
Well Revell-O-Gram Had released the A-6E, EA-6A, and EA-6B and the F-8E (I think Revell Germany is going to re-release this in a few months) but sorry they haven’t been in production for a couple of years now and more than likely when your not intrested in those kits then they’ll re-release them (That’s how it seams to go for me) the ESCI (AMT, Italeri) kits are few and far inbetween and really have no interior details like the Revell-o-Grams or Hasegawa’s but you might find on on EVILBAY, like the others, and Fujimi (And Testors) released an A-6A & EA-6A a few years back but they too could be found on EVILBAY, so your best bet is E-Bay on getting those old Monogram (now Revell) kits
No, its the Pheonix kit. That thing is a pain in the 6 kit, a lot of hacking and sanding.
There was a fair amount of that on the Matchbox kit also, I guess if you want an FJ-4 that’s just the way it is. Yours looks nice on your shelf, so I think you did very well with the problems.
On Topic, a few messages up there is mention of the Fujimi and some other kits of the A-6, other than Airfix (a poor kit) and Revell Monogram which are the only 1/48 Intruder/Prowler kits, these other kits are 1/72. The Fujimi and Italeri kits are pretty good, the Hasegawa kits are best to run from, pretty minimal cockpit and the canopy is off shape, and hard to deal with because it is 2 part.
It really BITES that model makers discontinue popular kits like the A-6 and F-8. They are classic warbirds now. Seems to me they are using same marketing strategy Walt Disney did, re-release every 8 years to cater to a whole new audience. Ironicly most are adults who built the kits as kids anyway. Funny aint it.
I admit I am disappointed but I will keep looking.
Air Master
Revell/Monogram done this before with the Intruder kits and it’s frustrating as all blazes! I was able to buy an EA-6B before they dissapeared the last time they were released, just wish I had bought the A-6E and EA-6A version at that time. One can save up their pennies for the upcoming release of the 1/32nd A-6 from Trumpeter.
Scott
this is cheaper
I beg to differ I have the Italieri A6A and EA6A in 1/72nd scale and the detail for both are way and above that of the Hasegawa 1/72nd scale A6 series The hasegawa series include a little plank and blobs for the pilot and B/N. The Italieri A6’s have foldable wings and excellent interior detail.
