The A3D Channel at iModeler (5 articles)

The A3D Channel at iModeler

Douglas A3D (A-3) Skywarrior

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Trumpeter A3D-2 Sky Warrior

by Marvin Reyes on June 4, 2018
in Aviation — 29 Comments

I picked this kit up when it first came out a few years ago...and I finally got around to building it. I was between kits and I thought this Trumpeter kit would be a fast and easy build... I was so wrong! First of all, this is a large aircraft,[...]

Third time’s the charm . . . yet another A3D Skywarrior

by Michael Wayne Knowles on October 6, 2013
in Aviation — 5 Comments

Here again is another Hasegawa Skywarrior, this time in the early attack scheme. This is in the out of box markings for USS Independence in the early 60's. I am still working on a scratch built bomb bay with the two nuclear shapes she was desi[...]

I’m in the mood for love . . . the KA3D Skywarrior by Hasegawa

by Michael Wayne Knowles on October 6, 2013
in Aviation — 10 Comments

It seems everyone likes the Whale, so I present another of my Skywarrior models, this time the KA3D. Not much to say, except that this is the carrier borne refueling tanker version out of the box by Hasegawa. The diagonal stripes are a visual [...]

A3D-2 Skywarrior of VAH-10 aboard USS. Constellation (VVA-64) 1962

by Frank Cronin on October 4, 2013
in Aviation — 15 Comments

This model is of an aircraft assigned to VAH-10 "Vikings". Commissioned a NAS Whidbey Island, Washington on May 1,1961. VAH-10 was the last HATRON to be activated. It received its first A3D-2's six weeks after being organized. As part of CVG-8, [...]

1/72 Hasegawa A3D Skywarrior

by Michael Wayne Knowles on October 3, 2013
in Aviation — 11 Comments

The A3D was the Navy's answer to the challenge to deliver nuclear weapons by jet bombers from our new Forrestal class Attack Carriers. For many years, it was the largest aircraft to serve aboard our CVAs, and certainly proved itself an aircraft[...]