Hello all,
I am starting construction of Hobby Boss' A-6a in 1/48th scale. I would like to pose the aircraft with a nearly full weapon load. The kit comes with a bunch of munitions some of which I know were not carried by the "a" model Intruder, like the big Harpoon missile. Also the kit only comes with 2 MER racks. My question is what suggestions do you have on where to look for aftermarket munitions without breaking the bank account. In a perfect world i would load up all 5 pylons with a MER rack and 6 snake eyes on each but that would cost me more than the whole kit for the external stores.
If I use only the weapons provided in the kit I would load out as many as 12 mk81 bombs or 6 mk82 bombs on the two MERs and then load the other three pylons with fuel tanks. Not ideal but it might be what I have to do if i can't find aftermarket parts that are affordable in quantity.