A-4C/A-4E/A-4EM/A-4H /A-4M/A-4N /A-4PTM/A-4SU/A-4AR
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Those scooters are awesome!!
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Great Work, Radium !
can’t imagine what falcon will have in the future
Thank You
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On Radium’s behalf … here is a small update of his progress:
“We had to face major bugs, but in the end, here we go with A-4E! Hope you enjoy!”
Cheers guys!
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yes sir
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Well done guy’s…Looks awesome! Can’t wait to see a kiwi skin on it
A lucky time for skyhawk fans… Seen one getting built for DCS aswell… Will be flying both -
Both version are perfect and i love the color palette on the skins, looks just right
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Thank you for your kind words on A-4E!
Here is what I did the last days :
I will come back there with an unexpected surprise…
Regards,
Radium
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Very nice. ¡¡ Fantastic job !!
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Viper : 1, Maverick : 0 :mrgreen:
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Hello,
Here we go with a war-ready A-4E livery!
Regards,
Radium
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Yes…!!! F… Yes…!!! Beautiful work Rad… I can’t wait for the realease
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Great work there Radium and the rest friends.
Easy question: Are you going to create a nice tactical skin (from a real squadron of the past) for the U.S. Navy version of A-4E? The specific on the photos isn’t a tactical one.
Thanks and keep your nice work!
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Great work there Radium and the rest friends.
Easy question: Are you going to create a nice tactical skin (from a real squadron of the past) for the U.S. Navy version of A-4E? The specific on the photos isn’t a tactical one.
Thanks and keep your nice work!
Nikos.Hello,
I will not make a cold war livery. We focus on the period 1985-today. I spent hours to identify one livery that could be used on A-4E for tactical missions, aside Aggressor role. So, I chose a livery that was the closest of combat standards. Nothing was invented. I have pictures of this aircraft with this two greys livery flying over USA. Simply, matching operational life and BMS timeline was impossible for A-4E. So, I compromised between a real livery and war standards for a combat aircraft’s paint scheme. (afterall, this two greys livery is very close from F-16…)
Regards,
Radium
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I like this livery, but never seen it before, can we know the story behind it?
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Hello,
Thank you for your interest on the topic Stratos. I have a very little information about this livery, but here is what I know.
In the 80s, camouflage fashion was clearly decreasing. Many countries, including USA, decided to use less flashy liveries. In the USN, a good example can be taken with A-6E, with legacy livery style, and late livery.
While A-4E was not a frontline fighter anymore, but a reserve fighter (like in VC-5 Fighter squadron), or Aggressor aircraft (at NASWC), It was decided to make some trials with a two greys livery. Here is two examples.
My version of A-4E was the legacy one (no bulb on tail). So, I decided to pickup the hereby livery.
Best regards,
Radium
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I think VC-1 at Barbers Point retired their A-4Es as late as 1992. I think that left VC-8 at Roosevelt Roads as the only non-Aggressor Skyhawk operator, aside from the TA-4J equipped training squadrons. However I’m not sure if VC-8 also had Es or only TA-4Js.
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Nice story, and great find on that photo Radium!
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I think VC-1 at Barbers Point retired their A-4Es as late as 1992. I think that left VC-8 at Roosevelt Roads as the only non-Aggressor Skyhawk operator, aside from the TA-4J equipped training squadrons. However I’m not sure if VC-8 also had Es or only TA-4Js.
I couldn’t have made VC-1 Skyhawk. Because they were “humped”. I didn’t wanted for now to make a Skyhawk with her hump, as I will later probably do A-4M. I prefer to stress specificities between variants as we have a limited place in stock DB.
Regards,
Radium
Nice story, and great find on that photo Radium!
Thank you Stratos!
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Check this link
http://a4skyhawk.us/content/151046-vc-1-photo-joe-cupido-2896VC-1 A-4E taken in July 1992 without hump.
By 1990 I can’t recall seeing any humped Navy Skyhawks any longer.
The USMC kept flying humped (O)A-4Ms until the last unit retired them in 1994 at Willow Grove.I think the Navy A-4E’s must have been de-humped at some point but I haven’t found any reference to a specific program or depot maintenance order yet.
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Check this link
http://a4skyhawk.us/content/151046-vc-1-photo-joe-cupido-2896VC-1 A-4E taken in July 1992 without hump.
By 1990 I can’t recall seeing any humped Navy Skyhawks any longer.
The USMC kept flying humped (O)A-4Ms until the last unit retired them in 1994 at Willow Grove.I think the Navy A-4E’s must have been de-humped at some point but I haven’t found any reference to a specific program or depot maintenance order yet.
Hello,
Very interesting. I know VC-5 had un-humped A-4E in 1989 :
Another kind of two greys livery…
Thank you for the picture! I think I would have done it if I saw it before!
Regards,
Radium