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Black Box
48030 A-7E Corsair
1/48 Hasegawa A-7E Corsair
Photos and scans by Steve Bamford (ARC Staff)
This is the new 1/48 resin cockpit for the Hasegawa A-7E. The masters for this set were done by Master Modeller Mike Kirchoff. The set consists of 19 pieces of the typical cream coloured resin common to all Black Box sets. The part that really stands out in this set is the cockpit tub. The level if detail on htis cockpit tub is simply amazing. I would have to say this is one of the nicest cockpit tubs from Black Box. Just the number of buttons on the side console is numbing to look at. The seat is well done and very accurate looking with very crisp yet delicte detail. This set is designed for the A-7E but if you wanted to doa later A-7 you'd have to track down the different ejection seat used in the later version A-7's. The ejection seat fit perfectly inot the cockpit tub. The instrument panel is well done and includes tiny needles for the guages and looks quite decent. Although I'm not a big fan of the A-7....the quality of this set makes me think this could be a nice project.
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| Cockpit tub....loaded with detail |
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| Two views of the resin seat |
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| instrument panel | Cockpit hood rear bulkhead | Misc pieces | Instrument panel hood |
