Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler，164402, VAQ-136, NF/500, USS George Washington, CAG

Award winner built and painted Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler BuNo 164402 with realistic weathering finish. Beautiful VAQ-136; NF/500; USS George Washington; CAG color scheme with accurate decals and markings. Top building quality with incredible detail overall and super accurate scale on each part. Add on 2x PE photo-etched and metal sets. Finely conform perfectly recessed panel lines and rivets. Beautifully cockpit details. Many positionable detailed parts. Landing gear struts and tires and wheel well details. Plenty of external loads and more add on details.

* Top building quality with superb detail overall.
* Best 48 scale A-6 model kit on market.
* Add on Eduard brass photo-etched seatbelt detail set.
* Add on Eduard brass photo-etched cockpit detail set.
* The fuselage surface details is crisp with great panel line and rivest.
* Detailed and positionable clear canopy with rivets finish.
* Nicely detailed cockpit with lots extra bits.
* 4 nice GRU-7 ejection seats with sharp details.
* Wings featuring recessed panel line detail.
* Wings can be positioned folded or extended.
* Two nice J52 engines intake and exhaust ducts.
* Exhaust nozzles with details.
* Landing gear and wheel bay reproduced with sharp detail.
* Tires with hub detail.
* Add on drop tanks; ECM pods and more.

* Many positionable detailed parts icludes:
– Positionable boarding ladders
– Positionable canopies
– Positionable wings (extended or folded)
– Positionable leading edge slats
– Positionable training edge flaps
– Positionable stabilators
– Positionable wingtip speed boards
– Positionable tailhook
– Positionable landing gear

Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Wash to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels; doors; rivets; and more. Brushing to emphasize and highlighting texture with edge for good wear; tear and fading. Filter out the contrast and blend color effects with airflow marks. Real-life nozzle burned multicolor representing. The great detail paint job on grease with staining appearing and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection.

EA-6B Prowler
The Northrop Grumman (formerly Grumman) EA-6B Prowler is a twin-engine; four-seat; mid-wing electronic-warfare aircraft derived from the A-6 Intruder airframe. The EA-6A was the initial electronic warfare version of the A-6 used by the United States Marine Corps and United States Navy. Development on the more advanced EA-6B began in 1966. An EA-6B aircrew consisted of one pilot and three Electronic Countermeasures Officers; though it was not uncommon for only two ECMOs to be used on missions. It was capable of carrying and firing anti-radiation missiles (ARMs); such as the AGM-88 HARM.

The Prowler was in service with the U.S. Armed Forces from 1971 until 2019. It has carried out numerous missions for jamming enemy radar systems; and in gathering radio intelligence on those and other enemy air defense systems. From the 1998 retirement of the United States Air Force EF-111 Raven electronic warfare aircraft; the EA-6B was the only dedicated electronic warfare plane available for missions by the U.S. Navy; the U.S. Marine Corps; and the U.S. Air Force until the fielding of the Navy`s EA-18G Growler in 2009. Following its last deployment in late 2014; the EA-6B was withdrawn from U.S. Navy service in June 2015; followed by the USMC in March 2019.

VAQ-136
Electronic Attack Squadron 136 (VAQ-136) also known as “The Gauntlets” is a United States Navy electronic attack squadron flying the EA-18G Growler and is currently attached to Carrier Air Wing Two; a composite unit made up of a wide array of aircraft performing a variety of combat and support missions including F2T2EA. The squadron is currently stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.