Ghostbase Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 (edited) Have been wanting to build the Hobbyboss 1/48th Vought A-7K Corsair (nicknamed the 'Twosair') for some time now, completed this morning. She is marked as A-7K 81-0077 operated by the 124th TFS / 132nd TFW, Iowa ANG out of Des Moines IAP, Iowa, May 1988. A-7K 004 by Ghostbase, on Flickr Model - built OOB. Paints - Vallejo Model Air for main grey colours (airbrushed), Vallejo Model Color for detail colours except Tamiya XF-4 for zinc chromate. White applied by Rust-Oleum surface primer spraycan. Decals - mixture of kit decals and Speed Hunter Graphics 48-008 'USAF SLUFs'. Armament streamers - from leftover Monogram F-15A kit decals. Finish - Humbrol Acrylic Varnish Satin 135. A-7K 003 by Ghostbase, on Flickr The kit went together very well indeed, no problems at all, the wings fitted so well I was able to cement them to the completed fuselage as the final part of the build and there is almost no sign of any join. A-7K 007 by Ghostbase, on Flickr The weapons are also sourced from the kit complete with comprehensive decals, I have to say I was impressed with them. They are an ALQ-119 pod, a GBU-10, a 'LANA' FLIR pod, and three AGM-65 Mavericks. I don't claim that the arrangement of these on the pylons is anything other than my imagination! A-7K 006 by Ghostbase, on Flickr A-7K 001 by Ghostbase, on Flickr A bit more about the paint scheme. I have had a huge amount of problems learning how to apply acrylic paints though an airbrush but this one came through for me, thanks partly to using Vallejo Retarder Medium. I also used Vallejo Liquid Mask to draw the borders between the two greys and it worked really well. The only problem was that it cost me three brushes! My main puzzle is the contrast between the FS26270 and FS26118 greys which is not that great on my A-7K whereas in 'real life' they seem to be more marked; a good example was A-7D 'Scrappy' which was on display at the 1989 Mildenhall Air Fete. A-7K 009 by Ghostbase, on Flickr What would I do differently next time? The cockpit of this model could be so much better! That isn't a criticism of the kit, a year ago I would be happy with this, but now at the very minimum I would purchase a couple of resin ESCAPAC ejection seats, then maybe a cockpit detail set to replace those decals (one disintegrated and I had to improvise!). Am I developing AMS syndrome? 😉 A-7K 002 by Ghostbase, on Flickr Anyway, I am very happy with this build. My problem is that I want to be a perfectionist but my attention span doesn't stretch that far and I have already started my next project. I look at these photos and think "You could have done better on that detail" or whatever but I had got into just-get-it-done itis as I always do. Such is life. Michael A-7K 008 by Ghostbase, on Flickr Edited March 5, 2021 by Ghostbase Vought - not LTV 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Lovley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Very nicely done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Good job, great to see a well made two seater. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostbase Posted March 6, 2021 Author Share Posted March 6, 2021 I just noticed that I forgot to paint the dorsal anti-collision beacon red! 😖 Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Very nice build.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booty003 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Nice build - I do like the shape of the 'Twosair' and I have a '72 version in the stash. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted March 6, 2021 Share Posted March 6, 2021 Very nice job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Nicely done. An A-7K is on my list to do but in 1/72.Regards Regards Robert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Love that, looks really good - I'm just finishing off the 1/72 version 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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