zaxos345
Senior Airman
Good morning guys, i have been coping with this project for over a year now...
You all know the kit, it is the trumpeter's A-7E, there are some things that have to be changed in order to become a -H model but also a lot of things that have to be corrected as the model has a lot of mistakes.
I have all the zacto goodies (you cannot build an accurate A-7 without these), eduard and Aires ones as well as some other stuff, that you will see during the build.
I think that it is now the time to thank Harold (aka AMS resin) for his help with the A-7 wheels he produced as well as Barry who helped Harold with his scratch work and of course John Wolstenholme (who, IMHO, has built the best A-7 in 1/32 scale) for his help and advice as well as a fellow Greek modeler and a good friend of mine, Vaggelis who has provided me with a lot of pics and measurements of specific parts of the real plane.
Here you can see the things i have to correct, sand down, rescribe, scratchbuild etc.
I started by trying to correct some bad molding issues and trying to sand down the refueling prob detail, as the -H ones had this item removed
I closed the gap and scratch built the cover that was put there
I opened the air condition inlet and modified it
I sanded down the antennas from the vertical stabilizer and corrected them in terms of shape and position
...
You all know the kit, it is the trumpeter's A-7E, there are some things that have to be changed in order to become a -H model but also a lot of things that have to be corrected as the model has a lot of mistakes.
I have all the zacto goodies (you cannot build an accurate A-7 without these), eduard and Aires ones as well as some other stuff, that you will see during the build.
I think that it is now the time to thank Harold (aka AMS resin) for his help with the A-7 wheels he produced as well as Barry who helped Harold with his scratch work and of course John Wolstenholme (who, IMHO, has built the best A-7 in 1/32 scale) for his help and advice as well as a fellow Greek modeler and a good friend of mine, Vaggelis who has provided me with a lot of pics and measurements of specific parts of the real plane.
Here you can see the things i have to correct, sand down, rescribe, scratchbuild etc.
I started by trying to correct some bad molding issues and trying to sand down the refueling prob detail, as the -H ones had this item removed
I closed the gap and scratch built the cover that was put there
I opened the air condition inlet and modified it
I sanded down the antennas from the vertical stabilizer and corrected them in terms of shape and position
...