Ready to assemble plastic model kit. Colors & tools not included.

1/32 scale

What is needed is a new carrier-based attack aircraft, history will be made at night!

Previously, the US Navy had distinguished between bombers (SB/Scout Bomber) and torpedo bombers (TB/Torpedo Bomber), and assigned separate aircraft to each of them. However, with the idea of having pilots carry out all missions, in 1943 they presented each manufacturer with a specification request for a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft (BT/Bomber Torpedo). In response to this request, Ed Heineman of Douglas was convinced that the new aircraft would be able to fulfill the missions required by the Navy. He asked permission to stop the progress of the aircraft that was under development at the time and allocate the unused budget to the new bomber.
Finally, Heineman and two of his subordinates drew up a conceptual design overnight, received approval from Congress, and successfully completed the first flight of the first aircraft on schedule.
This kit is a special package that includes the AD-6 painted in sea blue and comes with markings for VA-104 and VA-155, as well as VA-165 and VA-176 painted in gull gray/ White.

This is a carrier-based aircraft! Enjoy the wide range of armaments suitable for any operational mission with the special “US Military Aircraft Weapons” set.

Due to its nature as a carrier-based attack aircraft, the Skyraider’s wings did not require laminar flow wings, and furthermore, a folding type was adopted to take into account the dimensional restrictions on narrow decks.
In addition, since it was intended to be a single-seater carrier attack aircraft capable of both bombing and torpedo attacks, a wider variety of armaments were mounted externally. For this reason, it had 15 pylons (one under the fuselage and seven under each wing), giving it the largest payload of any single-engine reciprocating attack aircraft.
SWS kit, which aims to “reproduce a real airplane in a model using the magical Material plastic,” faithfully reproduces the wing cross-section and the smoothly movable folding mechanism just like the real thing. You can enjoy the power of “This is a carrier-based aircraft!”

Take a look at the internal structure which embodies the “Mr. Weight Control” philosophy!

The rounded top of the fuselage connecting to the nose and the angular cross-sectional shape that tapers slightly as it goes below the wings rearward, make for an amazing internal structure that can be understood even while assembling it.
The body lines of US Navy aircraft, which tend to look rough at first glance, have been recreated as the beautiful silhouette of an airplane by fully utilizing the sculptor’s sensibilities. The expression of the bulkheads inside the fuselage and the ribs on the inner walls of the exterior panels is unique to SWS.
In addition, the Skyraider stored all of its onboard fuel (365 gal (1,382 L)) in a single fuel tank behind the cockpit, reducing the aircraft’s weight, and also reducing the chance of being hit by anti-aircraft fire from the ground, improving the pilot’s chances of survival.
SWS kit faithfully reproduces the internal structure of the actual aircraft, which shows Heinemann’s design philosophy of thoroughly reducing the aircraft’s weight, and of course includes the radio and other auxiliary equipment.

One of the distinctive features of the Skyraider, the movement of the dive brake, has also been beautifully reproduced! (Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!)

The three dive brakes (air brakes) located on both sides and under the fuselage just behind the main wings, which are primarily used to slow the aircraft during dive bombing, are of course movable.
Normally, in propeller aircraft, brakes are attached to the underside of the wing, but at the speed of the Skyraider, the wing brakes did not have enough stopping power, and there were concerns about buffeting (vibrations that occur in the aircraft during flight) and deterioration of controllability, so one brake was added to the underside of the fuselage in addition to the side of the fuselage. Changes in trim and controllability caused by this were kept to a minimum.
Combined with the small size and light weight of the aircraft, this high maneuverability meant that even in the heyday of jet aviation, it was able to achieve a remarkable record of shooting down a MiG-17 jet fighter, despite being a piston-engine attack aircraft, and it continued to be favored for a long time by many pilots and mechanics as the last and most sophisticated piston-engine attack aircraft.