International Scale Modeller

VA-212 conducted the 1st Walleye flight over Vietnam. On March 11, 1967:
The Rampant Raider's commanding officer, Commander Homer L. Smith, conducted the first Walleye combat attack, striking the Sam Son Army Barracks, in a A-4E Skyhawk from deck of the USS Bon Homme Richard with a pair of Walleye.


VA-212's 1967 Vietnam deployment started on January 26, 1967, ended on August 25, 1967

This is A4D-5 (A-4E) Skyhawk 151113. This aircraft was shot down on 31 May 1967 near Kep near Bac Giang, NV.

this kit is the 1/32 Trumpeter A-4E


Actual aircraft picture from the 1967 Vietnam deployment

Nice work! Looks like a hard working little hot rod. Those navy boys didn't go in much for low visibility markings back then, did they?

Just seen this on Facebook. Great finish mate, looks fantastic! Great build all round

chief5437 wrote:Just seen this on Facebook. Great finish mate, looks fantastic! Great build all round

thanks !!! did you ever receive those decals I sent you for the Crusader?

Had the same issues with these decals, as you did with your Crusader,

DBMiller wrote:Nice work! Looks like a hard working little hot rod. Those navy boys didn't go in much for low visibility markings back then, did they?

Thanks !

rwsmith14 wrote:

chief5437 wrote:Just seen this on Facebook. Great finish mate, looks fantastic! Great build all round

thanks !!! did you ever receive those decals I sent you for the Crusader?

Had the same issues with these decals, as you did with your Crusader,

Not yet, but the postie has been on his hols!

Very nicely done

Love the weathering and that cockpit is

thanks for the comments guys !!

thanks for the comments guys !! it was a fun build, great kit everything went together well. the only issue i had was with the decals. Also, if I wanted to make a closed canopy, the canopy was a bad fit when seated on the cockpit side walls.

Very nice finish . It's a good looking aircraft, I'm hoping to build one later in the year.

AWESOME!!! Really-really coool!!!

Russ72 wrote:Very nice finish . It's a good looking aircraft, I'm hoping to build one later in the year.

thanks !!

felisbarcinonensis wrote: AWESOME!!! Really-really coool!!!

Thank you !