Tamiya made 1/48 Douglas A-1J Skyraider USAF Metallic Version (61073-400) Propeller Aircrafts Military Series assembly kit
All plastic sprues are molded with a metallic finish
Towards Douglas A-1J Skyraider U.S. Air Force Additionally going by the names Dauntless II, advertising, A-1 Able Dog, and Spad, the Douglas Skyraider saw nearly three decades of solution. The Skyraider's development started in June 1944. Perhaps not finished eventually for WWII, its very first combat came with the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950. Initial manufacturing variation to move out from the Douglas factory had been designated the AD-1. Twelve years and seven variations later, over 3200 Skyraiders was in fact produced.
Among those, the AD-6 variation, also known as "Able puppy Six", was produced in the best numbers. The following and final form of the Skyraider, the AD-7, ended up being exceedingly identical to the AD-6, nonetheless it had reinforced wing spars and wing fixtures, plus the strongest landing gear of all of the variations. The AD-7 housed the newest wright R-3350-26WB engine, which enabled a high rate of 285 knots. Because of a directive to standardize the designation of Navy and Air Force aircraft, AD-6 and AD-7 became referred to as A-1H and A-1J correspondingly.
In 1965, when U.S. atmosphere operations in Vietnam became more aggressive, literally countless Skyraiders, like the A-1J, had been deployed to your 14th and 56th Special Operations Wings (SOW). Armed with Mk.82 and Mk.117 bombs, 20mm wing-mounted cannons, and rocket launchers, the Skyraiders were used in a wide variety of combat missions.
