Pappy Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) G'day people,Here are some progress shots of my 1/48 Revell (Hasegawa) A-7H (Greek Air force) Corsair.I am definately not in the same league as Periklis with respect to scratch building, so I went the after market route.I went with the Aires resin cockpit.Tub fit was quite painless. I had use some judicious sanding at the lower front and rear sections of the cockpit tub to clear the intake trunking.The intake seams were taken care of by applying two milliput 'sausages along them. These were then smoothed down with a wet finger (pinky) until a smooth contour was achieved. Once cured, I used some fine wet and dry wrapped around a sponge covered pop stick to smooth out the intake seams further. Finally, I poured a whole jar of ceiling white paint down the intake. The was another jar at the other end of the intake. I repeated the process 3-4 times until a glass smooth intake resulted.The cockpit tub was then fitted as per instructions.Finally, I turned my attention to the exhaust pipe. This is the kit itemcheers,Pappy Edited March 28, 2015 by Pappy 4
bexwh773 Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 G'day people,Here are some progress shots of my 1/48 Revell (Hasegawa) A-7H (Greek Air force) Corsair. I am definately not in the same league as Periklis with respect to scratch building, so I went the after market route. cheers, Pappy Hey Pappy, I know the feeling about scratch building, Id do the same as you. Anyways this is one might fine A7 Bex
Pappy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Posted January 7, 2008 G'day fellas, As I said, I am no scratcher, so I'll just piggyback on the hard work of others. Thanks for the kind words though, cheers, Pappy
Phil @ Flory Models Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Super stuff!! Now I have a A-7 in my .............No must not do it ..........Have to work on other things .........AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Guess I'll have to watch
Mentalguru Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 OH MY GIDDY AUNT YOU GUYS_ STOPPIT NOW_ OR I'M REPORTING PHOTO COPYRIGHT ABUSE TO ARIES!!!!!
Stéphane Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Pappy, a nice cockpit you have there .... Like Phil, I MUST refrain to get that A-7 box out fo the stash ... Need to finisht hat Phantom first. Nah, seems we're going to have a Greek AF impronptu GB, like ... Cheers Stef (#6)
Takamota Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Great work so far. that is one nice looking pit!
Alan P Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) Quote The intake seams were taken care of by applying two milliput 'sausages along them. These were then smoothed down with a wet finger (pinky) until a smooth contour was achieved. Once cured, I used some fine wet and dry wrapped around a sponge covered pop stick to smooth out the intake seams further. Finally, I poured a whole jar of ceiling white paint down the intake. The was another jar at the other end of the intake. I repeated the process 3-4 times until a glass smooth intake resulted. That's clever! The cockpit looks amazing, what a result! Al Edited June 4, 2019 by Alan P
hatchet Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Coming along nicely Pappy! -and don't worry, I don't think many of us can rival Periklis, I know I certainly can't!
Gary West Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Those cable ducts look pretty good - nice work
AndyL Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 Great work - the paintjob you've done on that cockpit is superb. I'm looking forward to seeing more.
Pappy Posted January 7, 2008 Author Posted January 7, 2008 (edited) G'day all, Thanks for the encouragement. I may actually have to finish this one now! I am using the Eduard interior/exterior PE sets. The interior set includes a PE overlay for the rear bulkhead visible through the exhaust apeture. I also meant to post these pics of the preparation required to install the Aires cockpit Basically, scrape down the cockpit sill and remove the front portion of the instrument shroud shelf, remembering the old adage, measure twice cut once! Since my intake was all nice and smooth, and people wold be likely to look down it, they will need to see something at the end. To this end, I used an inlet turbine stolen from an Academy F-111 kit. I cut the turbine inlet out from the bulkhead and after removing the excess plastic, the outline was matched to the intake cross section. It was then painted and attched to the end of the inlet HAF A-7H's did not have th re-fueling probe fitted (unlike their A-7E's which do!) instead a crude fairing is installed over the same position. Using walkaround pictures as a reference, the fairing was knocked up using plastic stock. I also noticed that A-7H have the fuselage waveguides (radar transmission trunking) fitted. Luckily, these parts are included in the Revell A-7E boxing, so they were fitted after opening the appropriate holes in the fuselage. Apparently, in the original Hasegawa release, there was a PE fret that included PE bases to the waveguides. I didn't know this at the time, because if I did I would have traced around the waveguides and used some .005" plastic sheet to simulate it, :shithappens: cheers, Pappy Edited January 7, 2008 by Pappy
INFINITY Posted January 7, 2008 Posted January 7, 2008 WOW! That cockpit looks awesome. Really something special! Andy
mmaker Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Great work on your Sluff,mate! Keep in mind that Greek A-7's had painted intake! The outer area is FS 34102 and inner Zinc Chromate Yellow(or a faded mix with Interior Green)
periklis_sale Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Great work so far my friend!!!! How will you paint the intake? Any tips cause i will have to do the same!!!!!! Finally how did you paint the exhaust? Looks so realisticaly metal and weathered!!!!! Keep the photos coming mate!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pappy Posted January 8, 2008 Author Posted January 8, 2008 Great work so far my friend!!!! How will you paint the intake? Any tips cause i will have to do the same!!!!!! Yia sou megale! I am not sure how I will paint the intake. As George has pointed out, it is medium green (FS43102) for about half its length, and then transitions to chromate. I guess I will just try to mask and spray it? Finally how did you paint the exhaust? Looks so realisticaly metal and weathered!!!!! I sprayed the exhaust gun metal (basically 50:50 black and aluminium) then when dry, sprayed some Alclad steel, but from a distance of about 2 feet away, so that the exhaust was 'speckled' with atomised paint. When dry, I gently sanded the exhaust with some micromesh cloths and finally sprayed some diluted reddish brown shade in random spots. cheers, Pappy
Pappy Posted January 8, 2008 Author Posted January 8, 2008 Thanks very much George, I knew the intake was green at the front but I didn't know the back portion was chromate. I also wasn't sure where the transition from green to chromate/yellow happened, thanks again. I have a question for you though. Can the A-7H carry the IR pod? There is a long pod with a slanted front that I have seen pictures of the HAF A-7E's loaded with on the inboard right pylon station. I would like to include it on my A-7H, but I am not sure if the jet is wired for it? cheers, Pappy
periklis_sale Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 Kalimera file mou!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the info!!!! Now.....how will we paint the intake!!!!! Any ideas??????? ΚΑΛΗ ΧΡΟΝΙΑ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AndyL Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 I might be a bit off beam here regarding the intake, but why not mix some paint up and dip it end on into it...of course you'll paint inside and out, but you'll get the colour in there... Regards Andy
periklis_sale Posted January 8, 2008 Posted January 8, 2008 mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....that sounds like a good idea mate!!!!!!!
Pappy Posted March 25, 2015 Author Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) I pulled this one out recently and have started working on it again. The fit of the fuselage halves was okay, but the seam needed a little filler in spots due to sink marks mainly. Undoubtedly, the worst fitting part is the main wing. The cross sections between the wing centre section and fuselage don't match, The wing underside is very gappy as well - eeeck! The speed brake assembly has some bad sink marks but I think that was my fault due to the liquid glue melting the plastic. The speed brake assembly is built up from several parts and I may have been a little too liberal with the glue. Even the MER's have sink marks! I don't know if this is due to the age of the kit (this is the Revell re-pop of the Has kit) or it is just how the kit is, but it is a lot of extra prep work, cheers, Pappy Edited March 25, 2015 by Pappy 1
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