A-7D US Ohio ANG Italeri 1/72

[Borisz]

Hello!

I'd like to show you an other little jewellery of mine.

The construction started almost 7 years ago, more or less as a mile stone of my art, with a lot of shratch. And also a lot of struggle.

It had terrible fit.

 

I added a Pavla bang seat:

 

Also a lot of home made gadgets were needed:

 

Doors:

 

The undercarriage had to get more:

And then the first layers:



Some masking:

 

The intake cover:

And finally, the paint job:

Do you like this wood base?

 

 

Conclusions:
For a long time this kit was the best A-7 in the scale, and I am not sure if the Hobby Boss is better yet. Lets say unfortunatly.
This is a tipycal Italeri (ESCI?) kit with rough details and poor fitting. Ok, not an A-model, but sill needs a lot of extra work to cerrect the manufecturers negligance.
To tell something positive... is the nice selection of the paintings. I used a home-copy of the Part's echted detail sheet, which I highly recommend. I mean the original one. I still have it for a future A-7H.

Edited July 24, 2017 by Borisz
PB 3rd party thing

[Mountain goat]

Wow, thank you for showing the in-progress pics - interesting how you made the gear doors. Beautiful ejection seat too.

Jay

[jean]

Hi Borisz,

the beginning didn't look overly promising, and from the look of it, a bad fit is a gross understatement!

But the end result is a smashing model carrying a superb paint job and decals! Congratulations for overcoming all the sweat and tears!!!

JR

[Booty003]

Outstanding scratch building - I don't think my eyes could cope with stuff that small....!!!

[Viking]

Wow, many a lesser modeller would have given up with that fit. Great result and well worth your perseverance!

Cheers

John