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REVIEWS Kinetic

Bericht door RonBollen » 13-09-2010 23:13

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Background

The EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine, mid-wing electronic warfare aircraft manufactured by Grumman (now Northrop Grumman) as a modification of the basic A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6B has been in service with the U.S. Armed Forces from 1971 through the present. The EA-6B has carried out numerous missions for jamming enemy radar systems, and in gathering radio intelligence on those and other enemy air defense systems. In addition, the EA-6B is capable of carrying and firing anti-radiation missiles (ARM), such as the Shrike missile and the HARM missile. The aircrew of the EA-6B consists of one pilot and three Electronic Countermeasures Officers.

Since the retirement of all of the U.S. Air Force EF-111 Raven electronic warfare planes, the EA-6B has been the only dedicated electronic warfare plane available for missions by the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force.

First look

The kit arrives in the usual brown box containing the kit. When opening you find a neatly packed kit with 207 parts in grey plastic and 12 parts in clear; markings for one aircraft.
When opening the sealed bag be aware that there might be some loose pieces. Some of the attachmentpoints on the sprues are abit fragile. Keep a little container at hand to store them.

Looking at the sprues you will find that the kit has fine recessed panellines.

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When we look at the kit in detail we will find a cockpit with nice detail. Instrumentpanels are molded with sufficiant detail. Seats are basic with no straps, so you may want to add some belts. Side consols are basic.

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Building the Prowler in itselfs doesn't seem to give any problems, fit is good. Just need to remove the flash and the usual clean-up of moldlines (landinggear).
Wings can be posed folded or extended. Pay attention to wich parts you use because different parts are needed.

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Landinggear and wheels are of good quality. Some cleaning but this kept to a minimum. Every wheel is in three pieces, two halves for the tires, one piece for the hub. This should be easy to paint.

Decals

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Markings are for a EA-6B of VAQ-140 Patriots.
Decals are printed by Cartograf. Everything is in register and the colours look spot on.

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Usefull references

Signal Walk Around 5535 Walk Around EA 6B Prowler
http://vaq140.ahf.nmci.navy.mil/

Conclusion

Kinetic's new 1/48 scale EA-6B Prowler is an impressive model of an important subject. I think that every modeller who is into wings (modern) likes this kit.
The folded wings option is a nice and it saves you some shelfspace. Construction is straightforward if you follow the numbers.

Price 49.99$ or 43.39 Euro at LuckyModel

My sincere thanks to LuckyModel for the review sample
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