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Friday, January 10, 2014 - 08:24 PM UTC
Italeri have released a picture of the box artwork for their incoming 1/48 scale model kit dedicated to the ES-3A.
About the aircraft
The ES- 3A Shadow has been derived directly from the famous twin-engines anti-submarine Lockheed S-3 Viking. It was designed as a carrier-based, subsonic, all-weather, long-range, electronic reconnaissance aircraft with the specific purpose to replace the aging EA-3B Skywarrior starting from the beginning of ‘90s. Basically the ES-3A was developed on modified S-3A where an extensive set of electronic and modern sensors and communication tools replaced the submarine detection and maritime surveillance equipment. The new operating configuration has not changed the flight performance of Lockheed “airframe”. The ES-3A has in fact a good flight range and it is very reliable. Such features are very appreciate for its new mission profile to support the U.S. Navy fleet in the tactical communications of the various units of the battle group.

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Comments

Any bets as to whether this is the Esci kit warmed over again?
JAN 10, 2014 - 08:27 PM
It's actually an AMT kit reissue; of course for about 5 times the original price. The original mold was ESCI S-3A/S-3A COD. ESCI never made the ES-3A Shadow version; AMT did. I wonder if they will tone down the tint on the canopy, since the AMT ES-3 Shadow's canopy was nearly "Black". Mike V
JAN 10, 2014 - 11:06 PM
Well since AMT was the company which had custody of the Esci moulds at the time, I think it's safe to say that the base moulds are Esci. It'll be nice to see the kit issued again regardless where it came from.
JAN 11, 2014 - 03:47 AM
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