Here’s
my latest production: a LTV A-7E Corsair II built up from Revell box with the
addition of aftermarket decals and resin cockpit.
It
represents a plane from the VF-113 “Stingers” on board the USS Ranger in the
early 80s.
It
has been alot work for me, but I enjoyed all the time. I used the Black Box
cockpit (#48055) and a Superscale decal sheet (#480944).
The
fit is very nice on the entire model and the details are good. Fine engraved
lines and good fit are the things I preferred on this kit.
First
of all I started with inserting the resin cockpit in the fuselage halves: it is
a very good cockpit made by BB. Only the pins on the air duct must be removed to
place the cockpit tub. The details of the resin parts is very good: it comprises
of the cockpit tub, sidewalls, ejection seat, canopy internal frames, front hub,
stick.
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The
Revell kit (ex Hasegawa) is good because it is possible to represent some
details of the fuselage (like the oxygen bay), or the slat/flap down or the wing
folded (with the details of the wing folding system included).
I
preferred to close 3 of 4 panels on the fuselage, scratchbuilding the 4th.
It is the oxygen bay. I used various materials like sprue, plastic sheet
(various measures) and an iron ball (to represent the oxygen “bottle”) to
represent the components of the bay. The flap down and wing folded gave the
model more realism.
The
work is proceeded with the painting and decaling. I used Gunze Sangyo acryclic
colors: white for the undersides and grey 16630 for the upper sides. A coat of
Gunze Sangyo Clear before decals and after that I brushed a coat of Aircraft
Colors Matt. This is the first time I use this Matt and I can say that these are
the best result I’ve ever had.
A
couple of tanks and Sidewinders completed the job.
The
result gave me a lot of satisfaction, considering the length of time to build it
(almost six months…) but now I’m happy to share it with all you guys.
That’s
all about it from Italy: I hope you’ll enjoy my Corsair II. I must go now,
there’s always other planes waiting on the workbench.
Cheers,
Simone
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