Hey FSM,
Here's an A-7A I built for the Vietnam War Aircraft GB. I was originally going to build a Corsair as it would have looked when deployed, but decided to do a test squadron SLUFF with this loadout. I liked the way the green sash looked on the VX-5's tail, so I used a little artistic license on my build.
I've read a few reviews that bashed this boxing saying HB screwed up and made the Corsair look a little too much like the Crusader. Well, I can see that, but I'm more from the if-it-looks-like-a-(insert aircraft here)-then-it's-a-(insert aircraft here) school. So, I can tell it's a Corsair, thus, it's a Corsair! The kit itself was built OOB except for a small corrections made to the rudder, the ordnance, tail and squadron markings. The squadron markings are from my decal pile and the tail markings are painted on with homemade masks. The gaskets on the windscreen are painted decal strips after the masks pulled up the underlying paint. The kit went together very nicely and I only used two small pieces of styrene as filler around the intake.
The kit is painted with Testors little square bottle and MM paints. Weathered with pastels and Flory washes.
Let's get on to the pictures!
Feel free to share your comments, criticisms, or questions.
Thanks for looking! Happy modeling!
Cheers,
-O