This was going to be a build for FSM, but we decided it was a bit too specific, so I'm going to go ahead and post the progress here. I started with the Trumpeter TA-3B kit, as their EA-3B kit isn't really an EA-3B at all. I used the Steel Beach early EA-3B set as well as scratchbuilding and casting some of the antennas. This particular EA-3B spent most of its time flying out of Shemya AFB, Alaska, collecting telemetry data from Russian missile test launches.
This is the subject at hand.
Port side windows filled in.
The SB dove tail put in place.
The kit arrestor hook isn't the greatest, so I substituted it with the SB hook.
I cut a NACA cooling vent to the underside of the nose.
The four antennas on top of the fuselage were cast in resin so I only had to scratchbuild one.
The round antenna on the bottom is from a 1/350 scale E-2.
This is the SB avionics canoe in place.
The cheek antennas were made from Apoxie Sculpt.
The side antennas were cast in resin after making one master.
Here's where it's at now. I need to start the other wing.
