1/48 AMT Ertel S-3B Viking

Gallery Article by Shawn "phantom" Weiler on Jan 28 2021

 

      

This Viking was a parts kit. Contained one fuselage and wings, then a couple doubles of minor parts, and missing some others. Lets pretend its all there.  I won't say what's missing if you can't tell. 

 

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The Fightertown decals represent the great CVW-8 Nose art competition of 1990. This was the last model from that sheet I had to build. The model also uses Steel Beach intake covers as one of the engines has no fans.

By the time you read this it will be 30 years since this plane was the first S-3 to drop bombs in anger during Desert Storm. 30 years.....wow... I remember I was on 24 hours notice, back then, to ship out to replace troops in Germany if Canadians needed the help in the sandbox. Never did get to Germany.

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Photos and text © by Shawn "phantom" Weiler