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1/32 Trumpeter A-7E converted to Hellenic A-7H


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Antrea thanks for the interest mate!! I have almost finished with the ejection seat, alot of details to add or change. I have to deal with the seat belts now. For the time being i am coping wigh the "office". Ungortunately Aires have made a lot of mistakes even for an -E model! And i have to scratch built a lot of small details for the -H. All these combined with my litle modelling time, summer vacations etc. Take some time!!

I thank you all for the interest,

John

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Good morning guys, after some time...a small update. This time i started with the Aires escapac 1G-2 seat...Mmmm not so...1G-2 thing!!! Aires does not even gives the canopy breakers!! Also the survival kit is wrong...so....

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And i started, using a piece of resin, to scratch built the survival kit...

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Next step the cushion of the survival kit. After 2 unfortunate attempts i finally came with something like that..

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At the same time i tried to correct the parachute with milliput... and i added some major details that Aires did not provide...

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And i though i had come to the end...until i saw the ''office''. A lot off mistakes, even for a -E model! I had to remove and add some things in order to correct it for -H model!

So before...

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And i started to remove and build...

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I added some Archer rivet (one by one with future!)

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Next with the dashboard...

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...and i tried to give a third dimension on the I.P.

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And finally...the oxygen regulator

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So far so good lads, hope you like it :salute:/>/> :salute:/>/>

John

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Thanks for the comments guys!!!

Αντρέα, yes i have the zacto set, you can't build a decent A-7 without it!! I also have to find a way to correct the exhaust section!!

Chuck, thanks for dropping by pal!

Gianni, thanks mate!!

John

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Good evening guys, better late than never so here i am with another update, this time dealing with the back end of the model, turbine and exhaust area.

But before going to this, i made the seat belts from tamiya tape. I did not want to use the photoedge ones as they were wrong. I only used the metallic buckles. I used tamiya tape because i wanted replicate the fabric effect on them. Hope i finally managed it.

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Then i started dealing with the back end and especially with the part of the fuselage surrounding the exhaust pipe. At the beginning i tried to correct the wrong oval shape of the exhaust portion of the fuselage. For that i used a simple jig made out of sprue and hot water. I managed it a bit i could not totally fix it but i tried to maintain the proportions. Next i cut off this piece from both halves in order to glue them and to build all the internal detail. Very time consuming work but i think worth the time. In order to keep the rings at same distance and also parallel to each other i made i made some distance spacers.

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Next i started dealing with the internal structure in front of the turbine. I had to make 3 of those profiles the most inner one where the kits turbine is going to sit and the two others in front of it.

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Next it was the engine. The one that the kit offers is....... i did not like it so i started detailing it, first i cut of the conical shape in front and and shaved all the details leaving only the turbine blades. After that i started building my details....

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