The creation of the 4th Attack Squadron was finalized in December 1981 and it received the A-540 in January 1982, its mechanic in charge being René Mateo Vaizaga.
For the beginning of the hostilities men and planes of the EA4 were promptly seized to carry out all the missions that are required by the superiority. On May 24, returning from a coastguard patrol mission, he crashed 200 meters off the coast of Calera Olivia, managing to eject his young pilot, the Alf. Mario "Jaque" Valko, who failed to survive the impact against the surface of the sea.
Thanks Javier Ruberto for the valuable information and reference pictures, really appreciated it.
This is a pre-Falklands camo scheme, this specific aircraft didn't fly to the islands, but it was in service during the war and definitely was part of the war effort to take control of the "Malvinas", I chose to represent this aircraft because of the unusual and catchy camo, definitely not the average Falklands Pucará.
Overall the kit it's amazing, the only filler I used was on the horizontal stabilizers which left a small gap on the upper join with the tail, other than that, this kit out of the box is the best rendition of a Pucará in this scale, really enjoyed building this model.
For this weird scheme, I used 5 different colors, 3 greens and 2 slightly different shades of gray, the colors used are listed below:
Top colors from light to dark
Medium Sea Gray 2 RAF (Tamiya XF-83)
Dark Green 2 RAF (Tamiya XF-81)
Nato Green (Tamiya XF-67)
Japan Navy Green (Tamiya XF-11)
Belly color
Sky Grey (Tamiya XF-19)
