Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Corsair

Keyda81;

       Well, It seems you pulled a silk purse out of a sows ear. Nice job. I like the colors. Are these the C.A.G. Birds?

Thanks Eaglecash!  I have heard their kits are kind of hit or miss.  Hoping the other two I have in the stash are a little better.  My biggest gripe I think is the instructions.  They are very lacking.  One part of the landing gear door arm was three pieces, they just showed it already assembled.  There was no small section with a sub assembly of how those 3 pieces went together.  I figured it out, but still. 

Thanks Shipwreck!  I tend not to pay too much attention as to where the kit was made, lol.  The box art drew me in!  It's certainly not the worst kit I've done, it was far less aggravating than several kits I've done in the past, but being the first kit of theirs that I've done, I wasn't impressed.

Despite the issues, you pulled off another great build Keyda.  The problems you noticed seem to be pervasive in the kits from Chinese manufacturers.  There are parts that are excellent (I used the fantastic weapons bay from a HobbyBoss EF-111A to modify the Minicraft FB-111A I'm still working on getting back to and finishing), and a lot of parts that are either completely devoid of detail (Trumpeter 1/32 A-10A cockpit), or with blocky, exagerrated detail (Hobby Boss 1/48 EF-111A cockpit, Kittyhawk 1/48 AH-1Z cockpit).  They seem to have different teams working the various aspects of a kit, and some seem to be much more skilled than others.  As long as there are other resources to draw from though, they do provide a pretty good base that can be massaged into a great-looking model...as we can see from your pics.