My family and I were living in Valencia Venezuela during the Malvinas (Falklands) War. It provided a different perspective altogether. The expatriate community in Valencia consisted of families from many countries including Argentina and England. In fact, a couple who were among our best friends consisted of the wife from England and the husband from Argentina. 
Everyone recognized that the invasion of the Malvinas by the Argentine Military Government was simply a means of improving the popularity of a government that was proving inept and losing popular support. Every Argentine child had been taught that the Malvinas, which lie 300 miles off the coast on the continental shelf of South America, should belong to Argentina. Also, the U.K. had seemingly forgotten the Malvinas. Most modern conveniences including TV etc. were provided from Argentina. All during the British build up to retake the Malvinas, most people were hoping that some third party (U.S.? UN?) would say "Stop this silly sh*t". That didn't happen and Argentina found that they were not prepared to fight a well armed, modern army. The Argentine military fought well and nobly but were vanquished by a better-equipped, better-trained and better-coordinated force. One of the few high points of the Argentine Air Operations was the effectiveness of their Super Etendards using Exocet missiles. The British destroyer H.M.S. Sheffield and the container ship Atlantic Conveyer were 
both sunk. While effective, these did not have any effect on the war's outcome and Argentina was defeated and the military government eventually was replaced.
I had the excellent Heller kit of the Super Etendard in my stash and wanted to depict one of the Argentine Super Etendards that made the Exocet missile a household word. When MicroScale brought out a set of decals depicting several of the Argentine aircraft including three of the Super Etendards that participated in the attacks, I was ready to go..

The Heller Super Etendard kit is an easy kit to build. The one-piece wing is sandwiched between the fuselage top and bottom. The single piece horizontal stabilizer slides into a notch in the rudder and the assembly is glued to the fuselage top. The cockpit is basic and consists of an instrument panel assembly with a decal for the instruments, a control column, a gunsight and a generic ejection seat. The canopy is two piece and can be displayed open or closed. Since I didn't have any good information on the cockpit of the Super Etendard, I chose to simply add some seat belt decals and close the canopy. I don't know if a PE set is available for the Super Etendard but one would improve the cockpit interior. A separate closed tailpipe and long intake inside plates prevent any "see through". Flaps are separate and could be glued down if the large actuating bump were to be modified. I chose to mount them in the up position. Separate air brakes are given and these were mounted down. Armament consists of a drop tank for the left wing and an Exocet missile for the right side.
For references, I used the Osprey book "Battle for the Falklands - Air Forces", the decal instructions (always a potential problem) and a magazine article (which I can not find now) that featured photos of the actual aircraft. I painted the aircraft in the French colors of dark blue gray upper and white lower. I next started to apply the decals. The MicroScale decals were based on the Osprey Book, which was published very soon after the war. They are basically correct except that the lower surface "Aviacion Naval Argentina" anchor insignia and the lower surface airplane numbers are not included. Also, the insignia of 2nd Escuadrilla de Caza Y Attaque is way oversize. I found some black numbers of the proper size in the spares box and I made a template and painted the ANA insignia on the undersurfaces. 
For the squadron insignia, I cut a small circle from white decal paper, added a red outline with a drafting compass and hand painted the bird. The Heller directions for the Exocet were to paint it all white. It looks kind of drab but that was all the information given. Time is ripe for one of the aftermarket decal manufacturers to reproduce these markings. 
The Heller Super Etendard is a simple kit to build and makes a good edition to any jet aircraft collection. It may have been a measure of luck that allowed the Argentine Naval Air Force to sink the two ships but nothing can take away the courage of the men that flew them.
Clare