History

The light-weight Douglas A-4 was one of the most important ship-borne attack aeroplanes of the second half of the 20th Century. Twenty served with the Royal Australian Navy, flying from the HMAS Melbourne.

The Douglas A-4 was designed specifically for aircraft carrier operations, fitting the greatest possible lifting power and performance into the smallest possible airframe.

The prototype flew for the first time in June 1954. A-4s went on to serve with many air forces and some are still in service.

Australia ordered twenty A-4s for its Fleet Air Arm in October 1965.

They served with two squadrons, one land-based and the other, 805 Squadron, flying from the HMAS Melbourne.

They continued in service until June 1983 and the ten remaining A-4s were sold to New Zealand in 1984

This model represents an A-4G of 805 Squadron, RAN, during the 1970s.
Esci 1:72 kit with Modecals decals. Completed in November 1998.

Data

MODEL: Douglas A-4G

ROLE: Attack fighter

TIME PERIOD: 1967 -

ENGINES: one Pratt & Whitney J52-P-8A turbojet of 41kN thrust

WING SPAN: 8.38m

LENGTH: 12.27m

MAXIMUM TAKE OFF WEIGHT: 11,113kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 1086km/h

RANGE: 644km

CREW: 1

ARMAMENT: two 20mm Colt Mk12 cannons and 3692 kg payload

SCALE: 1/72

KIT:

GALLERIES: , ,

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