A-4F Skyhawk Attack Aircraft 1/32 Trumpeter

Description The A-4 Skyhawk was designed in response to a U.S. Navy call for a jet-powered attack aircraft to replace the older A-1 Skyraider. Douglas opted for a design that would minimize its size, weight, and complexity. The result was an aircraft that weighed only half of the Navy’s weight specification. It had a wing so compact that it did not need to be folded for carrier stowage. The A-4F refinement of A-4E featured extra avionics housed in a hump on the fuselage spine (this feature later retrofitted to A-4Es and some A-4Cs) and a more powerful J52-P-8A engine with 9,300 lbf (41 kN) of thrust. In total, 147 were built, and some of them served with the Blue Angels acrobatic team from 1973 to 1986. Please see the paint guide below for Trumpeter’s suggested colors. ________________________________ Product Details: Scale: 1/32Parts: 530 Length: 16.2”Wingspan: 10.3”– Painting and assembly required– Photo-etched parts– 19 sprues and tires– Clear parts– Decals– Includes instructions – Accurate engine– Finely detailed gear cabin and cockpit– Newly tooled wings – Optional position flaps– Plenty of external loads– Optional plastic or metal undercarriage ________________________________ Paint Guides: 1. A-4F, NF.400 No. 152031, VA-94, USS Bon Homme RichardMetal BlackInsignia WhiteInterior GreenClear RedInsignia RedSilverTire Black Orange YellowDark Gull GreyFlat BlackBurnt IronLight GullSteelClear Blue 2. A-4F Skyhawk, 155003 ‘1’, Cdr. Danny Wisely, 1984Metal BlackInsignia WhiteInterior GreenClear RedInsignia RedSilverTire Black Orange YellowDark Gull GreyFlat BlackBurnt IronLight GullSteelClear Blue YellowBlueOlive Drab__________________________