A Perfectly built Model of the A-4 Skyhawk of Mariano Valasco who sunk the HMS Coventry in the Falklands War.

 

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This is the Adam Coleman Model Aircraft Home Page     1/48 Scale Model Reproduction of Mariano Valasco's    A-4 Skyhawk C-215 by Adam Coleman.     Adam actually visited the crash site of this airplane and   took paint chip samples to ensure that the model that   he built was painted exactly like the real airplane.    He even looked at the scratch marks that were made   prior to the crash and added them to the model for realism.    This is the impact crater created by Mariano's aircraft.  The nose cone of the A-4 Skyhawk is visible in the center of the crater.  Photo by Adam Coleman.    Landing Gear of Mariano's A-4 Jet Fighter Aircraft after the plane crash.  Photo by Adam Coleman about 2004.      This is the Vertical Stabilizer of Mariano Valasco's aircraft.  Notice on the left bottom of the picture that there is a light blue, shiny aluminum square just left of the yellow patch.  This is where the Argentinean Flag was located which someone removed after the crash.       Mariano's Crashed A-4 Skyhawk today, 2009 Located in a museum in Port Howard, Falklands.       See a few very excellent airplane model pictures made by Inaki  from Spain    To make this model airplane, Adam Coleman flew to the Falkland Islands and actually found Mariano Valasco's airplane that was crashed and took paint samples and detailed photos to be sure that his model matched Mariano's airplane exactly.  He did an absolutely fantastic job on building this model airplane and restoring a part of history.   A-4 Skyhawk Books    A-4 Skyhawk Videos    A-4 Skyhawk Models     Write to Webmaster Would you like to take a trip to the North Pole? Sponsored Links  Sponsored Links   Another model built by Adam Coleman. This vehicle is an “LVTP-7” of the Argentine Marines, 1982.

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Neil Wilkinson, the 1982 Falkland Islands War. This is a very unique exhibit with exclusive pictures and stories from Neil Wilkinson the man who shot down the Argentinean Pilot who sunk the HMS Coventry.  This exhibit actually has a photo of  the 40mm Cannon Shell Cartridge that shot down the A-4 Skyhawk that  Lt. Mariano Velasco from Argentina.  Put your name in the guestbook and tell us your story.   Major Updates 4-1-2009 This exhibit has expanded into a real expedition to the Falklands and now has many people from four countries working on this exhibit and expedition.

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