The Hasegawa model of the EA-6B was released some years ago. Basically this is a very good kit and one of the first efforts of Hasegawa with recessed panel lines. Although the kit has been re-released a number of times with newer decals, the plastic itself remains quite unaltered. The constant flaw is the cockpit area which leaves a lot to be desired and with the Prowler big canopies it really shows. Second point is the fact that if the Prowler airframe still is the same after years of operation, the array of antennas changed a lot over the years. You then have to be careful about which aircraft you want to depict.

2002 seems to have been a year of interest for the Prowler in the decal community. Cutting Edge and CAM released very interesting sheets of decals. They depict relatively recent machines so I needed to check references to know aircraft subversions. I needed to determine the correct array of antennas.
Construction was quite straightforward as one can expect from a Hasegawa model.
Cockpit was detailed using Eduard photoetched details, Neomaga GRU7 ejection seats and thin plasticard. Other details, as antennas were added or replaced using plasticard.. Rest of the kit was built as per instructions, except :
- access ladder which was built from the Eduard set
- landing gears which were detailed with Eduard parts and copper wires as brake lines
- engine exhausts which were deepened with Evergreen tubes.