SPA Modeler

Spent most of the summer on these, and finally got one done!
Started out with an Italeri A-7E and a Testors/Fujimi A-7D...ended up throwing a Hobby Boss A-7E in the mix as well.

I bought a resin pit...it said it was for the H/B kit...but in the instruction drawing, it was clearly designed for the Testors/Fujimi kit, so that's where it went. I used that as ref to scratch up a pit for the Italeri kit...



Added a True details seat...



Along with the resin pit (resin has the IP coaming)





Without further ado....The Italeri A-7E















Hoping to have the others finished today!

Love the finish on this one ! Great detail as always

Whoa......
I'm loving it!

Very beautiful build of the Corsair!

The cockpit detailing outstanding! as practically everything else! :-)

- Kari

Thanks dudes!

#2...Hobby Boss A-7E (Decals from Italeri kit, seat from True Details)













Other than the seat and decals, I modified the intake a bit...opening it up and rounding it out more...not quite where it should be, but is a lot closer than what the kit gives you! Also, "blunted" the nose a bit...as is, it's too long and spinny.

Left one is as it is OOB.

wow, outstanding work on the details and paintwork

#3...Testors/Fujimi A-7D
















Each kit has it's good and bad points.

-The Italeri kit seems to capture the shape very well...but lacks in some details. There's no intake trunk, just a "wall" about a 1/4" behind the lip. A FOD cover is provided, but it looks stupid, so I smash molded a new one.

-The Testors/Fujimi kit is about on par with the Italeri as far as overall shape and look, but less detail in the gear bays...no nose gear bay at all (this would benefit from some scratch work...but I didn't feel like it....just gonna sit on my shelf anyway!)

-The Hobby Boss kit is best in the details department...although, the pit is just as basic as the other two kits. Gear bays are good, as well as the avionics bays (if you choose to have them open). The big drawback to this kit is in the shape...it's a bit too long, and too thin/short (from top to bottom), canopy is too wide and short(in height), nose is too long and pointy, and the intake is too flat. Basically, it looks like the bastard love child of an A-7 and F-8....kinda!

Wow, these MOFOs are awesome and the mini-reviews are cool to read.

Are the the Navy and SEA camouflaged ones from the Vietnam War era?

whoo! love those

Wow!! Awesome builds Fermis!!

Now I wanna take my finished one down and throw it away.