ghodges Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Just finished this 1/48 Hasagawa A-7E kit, built as an "Iron Hand" SAM suppression A-7C with a load of Rockeye bombs and Shrike missiles. The A-7C was externally the same as the later A-7E, but still had the Pratt-Whitney A-7B engine. The paints used were Model Master and I did the panel lines in pencil. The markings came from the "Going Downtown" Wild Weasel IPMS Nats convention decal sheet. There was an Aires resin cockpit and a Seamless Suckers intake in the box, so I used them in the build. Both fit with only minor modifications needed. I especially liked the film backing for the instrument panel, seen here sitting behind the PE main panel. Other than these additions, I closed up all the open avionics panels and built the model OOTB. The folded wings are a kit option. And on to the finished pics! This my 3rd build for this year, and I only jumped on it because I was waiting for some instructions for my O-47 to come in the mail. That's what will be up next! Questions, critiques, and comments welcome, as always! Gil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted January 29 Report Share Posted January 29 Way to go! You're three ahead of me for count, and miles ahead of me in quality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted January 30 Author Report Share Posted January 30 (edited) I may be ahead of you for the moment... but give you one good week and you'll triple my finished model count! As for quality.... i know the angles to take pics from to hide the horrors! 😉 GIL Edited January 31 by ghodges 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartMont Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 The fact that you guys can put together these models so quickly and they still look so wonderful is amazing. Put them in the right setting and these things look real. And, by the way, Mark, your models are very high-quality as well. I just hope one day I’ll get close to being able to put together a finished model that comes close to what modelers who post on these forums produce each time out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Thank you Gil! I'm quiet some distance from finishing anything right now; I just hope I can get something finished in February s9ince January is already gone. Thank you Stuart! I'm sure you'll have no problem attaining a good level of quality, keep at it my friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmarc Posted February 2 Report Share Posted February 2 LLLLLLLLLLLLLooking great and well done also , way to go SIR and thank you for sharing it with us, it's quite appreciated ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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