S-4B Dauntless II

[anthonyp]

The S-4 project was begun in the mid 70's to give smaller USN carriers and allied navies a cheaper alternative to replacing their S-2's (the S-3 Viking being too expensive, and still a little too high-tech for most navies).

The S-4A was the original model and had the same capabilities as the S-3, though was not as fast and did not require the large catapults of the supercarriers to operate from.  The S-4B was the export version, and had capabilities somewhere between the S-2 and the S-3.

The example below serves with Belgium's navy, flying out of an airbase outside of Oostende.  It's armed with two Sea Fury ASM's (based on Brimstone, just a lot bigger).

Here's a 1/144 Revell E-2C (from the first batch of models I bought a year ago when I got back into this hobby) that was leftover when I used the rotodome for my EH-53E.  The missiles are two of the mutant Hellfires that came with a 1/72 Airfix WAH-64D.

I figure the S-4 completes the E-2/C-2 family of airframes, serving as the ASW version of the basic airplane, similar to the E-1/C-1/S-2 family of planes.

[anthonyp]

Rear view

[anthonyp]

Bottom view

[Ollie]

Very nice, but why didn't you call it S-2?

 

[Ollie]

Oh yeah, S-2 Tracker, d'oh!

:dum:  

[mwf4nut]

I used the rotodome for my EH-53E.

Oh Oh!! Pictures??

[anthonyp]

Here ya be!  The EH-53E...  It looked better in my head...

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/forum//index...?showtopic=5447

[John Howling Mouse]

Nice, very nice.

But, more importantly, I don't recall that EH-53 which is also spectacular.

How did I forget that one?

Aging sucks.

[Spey_Phantom]

I Just luv this aircraft   , especially cause i live in Oostende.
although its a civil airfield here, it was a military airfield up to 1940.

i would luv to see an S-4B over my house anyday, excellent work  B)

i see u used the decals from an italeri F-16A/B, got the same kit, still got those tiger decals though.  ^_^