Robert Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 (edited) I am finishing the Hobbyboss TA-7C Corsair and the wing tanks that comes in the kit are too skinny and long. A couple of questions as references are very few. Can anyone recommend a replacement ? Can l use the tanks from another aircraft such as the A-4 Skyhawk /A-6 Intruder ? Is there another A-7 that provides the correct shape and size of wing tank ? I have a Fujimi A-7 Corsair in the stash but they look too short. Regards Robert Edited November 21, 2019 by Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I think those are Aero 1D 300-gallon tanks, designed by Douglas. They can be seen with and without fins. Aircraft that carried them included the A-4, A-6, A-7,and S-3, so you could rob tanks from any of those kits. I'm thinking I saw something about USN/USMC aircraft external tanks on @Tailspin Turtle's website. I bet he can help you more than I. IIRC, there was also a 400-gallon version. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 Hi Robert, I'm with you - the tanks provided by Hobbyboss in their A-7 kits (and their new A-4 kit as well!) are dimensionally atrocious. Mike's idea is a good one, and Tommy has indeed addressed the issue very thoroughly on this page of his blog (Tailhook Topics), with a comprehensive list of kit alternatives. There's also this related page of his blog, in which he mentions a couple of aftermarket options - here's a link to the Freightdog listing of their 300 gal tank. cheers, Andrew. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted November 21, 2019 Author Share Posted November 21, 2019 Thanks for the replies @72modeler and @Andrew. I have a few tanks from Freightdog so shall use those. I may have to purchase some more as well. Regards Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I believe Phase Hanger Resin (Two Bob's) has a set as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverkite Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 (edited) Attack Squadron drop tanks got reissued by Brengun? Bregun Just adding something amiss from Tailhook references: Italeri TAV-8B, Esci AV-8B and Esci A-4 all have 300 gal drop tanks they are not perfect but deemed ok especially for the ones contained in Esci A-4 box Matchbox drop tanks contained in the EA-6B kit are also very similar to Hasegawa EA-6B tanks, Hasegawa kit got cloned by Hobbycraft and the other one which name escapes me, I do own the remnants s of a HC EA-6B kit and the drop tank parts can be swapped with Hasegawa ones. Airfix/Heller F/A-18 drop tanks are in the 300 gal territory and far away from Hornet drop tanks As Tailhook says Fujimi A-7 tanks are shorter while A-4 tanks are ok, yet the outline sorta matches A-4 tanks and if you cut the rear part and clone Fujimi bobtail tank section you can make a little bobtail army out of them, which is very useful for A-4s as they didn't had that many fin configuration restrictions required for A-7s and A-6s (A-7 mostly flew with drop tanks equipped with three fins in the inboard stations and only two for outboard, don't take this as a definite answer but most of the pictures I saw do show this kind of config) I did a research using old books, magazines and pictures because either Rex or Reddog and SuperHeat on ArcForums once explained fin configurations for those tanks and I wanted to be sure especially because I saw some differences between noses as some are more pointy and kinda slender than others example https://imgur.com/EUN9mlk but this is another story Luigi Edited November 21, 2019 by Silverkite 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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