1/48 Hobby Boss A7D Corsiar

[Richard]

So a while ago I started a new build but I couldn't find the time to post it. It is the A7 CorsairD. I going to give it the blue/grey camo. And I want it to be very worn/weathered. Like the A7 of the Greek airforce. I alos bougth a resin cocpit and wheel wells. Becaus the kit parts aren't that detailed. It will be my first time working with resin parts.


Dry tested the hull. It seems I have lots of filling to look forward to


In order to get the resin cocpit to fit I had to cut several pieces of the hull. And still it makes a horrible fit. I ecpected much more from Aires. But the detail is great.


So I started with the cocpit first. Wich had loads of VERY small parts.






Althoug the resin came with PE parts I still needed to bend some steel wire myself.




Looking at reference photo's I missed one lever in the cocpit, wich I scratchbuilt myself.




The cocpit and its components primed






Painted, detailled and weathered


















And completed....




Because of the resin parts the air intake did not fit. I had to cut it in half and raise it to get it to fit.






The end of the intake was close with no details whatsoever. So I cut it away en scratchbuilt somthing that would look like compressorblades.





I know it isn't the best work, but it wil be placed at the end of the air intake so it isn't very visible. So I think it will do just fine.



The modyfied intake from the outside........


And the inside. I sanded the inside with a coarse sander so it looks scratched and worn.


Meanwhile I did some work on the exhaust as well. Th is afte painting and a wash. The spots that are a lighter green are deliberate as to look like they are some kind of paint repair.







That's it for now. Next step will be fitting it all inside the body en close the body. After that it will be a lot of filling and sanding.

[Sturm]

Looks great so far!

[MarkVerploeg]

Looks good so far
nice work on the cockpit too
keep up the good work

[PrivateMansoor]

coming along nicely. good work painting the seat belts.

[Avgas]

Looking good so far, pit looks nice.

[qeialto]

Good stuff, looking forward to the progress, I always loved this airplane!

[Backfire22]

really nice plane. I have the trumpeter 1:32 in my stash. One day I will build it to VA-81 or VA-12. I am interested to see the finish on this one.

[AndreFerro]

WOW !
A major engineering on that cockpit ! And you´ve made it ! Congrats !

Have on my bench an A7 Corsair II to do the "Desert Storm" camo. Something like this :


Will definetly follow this thread !

[keithinflorida]

Amazing Detail. Can't beat a SLUF

[Tango]

Nice! My dad was a crew chief on those back in the day and has two models he built. Will have to try and get some pics.

[Richard]

It has been a whil since I posted. But because of studies I'm doing I did not have any time to post. I finished the build an posted photo's in the galary. Sorry guys.

[wellzy]

Very nice work ,will watch this build l have a 2 seat to
do