the a-4 skyhawk was designed by douglas in response to a u. S. Navy call for a jet-powered attack aircraft to replace the older a-1 skyraider. Douglas opted for a design that would minimize its size, weight, and complexity. The result was an aircraft that weighed only half of the navy's weight specification. It had a wing so compact that it did not need to be folded for carrier stowage.

a-4e, including new pratt & whitney j52-p-6a engine with 8,400 lbf (37 kn)) of thrust, strengthened airframe with two more weapon pylons (for a total of five), improved avionics, with tacan, doppler navigation radar, radar altimeter, toss-bombing computer, and ajb-3a low-altitude bombing system. Many later upgraded with j52-p-8 engine with 9,300 lbf (41 kn) thrust;499 built.

item no 87254
item name a-4e sky hawk
bar code 6939319272546
scale 1:72
item type plastic model aircraft kit
model dimension length: 182. 6mm wingspan: 116. 2mm
total plastic parts 160+
total sprues 6 sprues
chromeplate parts n/a
resin parts n/a
metal parts n/a
photo etched parts n/a
film accessory n/a
released date 2019-02
more features the kit consists of over 160 parts , includes 3 clear parts