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1/72 Fujimi A-7A VA-93 Blue Blazers


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Here's the start, not much done. I am fixing the ejection seat, not bad but

needs ejection pull ring at the headrest from thin copper wire, and a piece

of card stock to mount it on. I am also going to paint the raised details on

the instrument panel and side consoles.---John

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Decals are from Microscale sheet 72-162 Colorful Corsairs II's, VA-93

on the USS Midway. The weapons load will be Sidewinder on the fuselage

rail, inner wing pylon empty, mid wing pylon MER with 6 Mk 82s and outer

wing pylon empty.---John

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John

Looking good! I'll start my VA-56 bird as soon as I get the VF-151 F-4B completed or near completion. I my have to try and get some VF-161 decals for the F-4B so we can have 4 Squadrons off the USS Midway.

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Gotta love an F-4B! I have the cockpit done and inserted in the fuselage halves.

The Fujimi is an accurate kit but definitely not stellar in fit. I am going to

need a bit of "nutty putty" to fix the seams.---John

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I have 4 pylons added and the lump to the rear tail bottom. I need to

locate 2 more pylons, outer wing with no locator tabs, should be fun.

I am still waiting for the Hasegawa weapons set to come in, then I can

decide what weapons to load, probably Mk82s.---John

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Hi John. I'm building the same kit as you, and I hope you don't mind, but I will be stealing your technique for improving the seat.

Where did you source those decals? I'm having an impossible time finding anything for a Vietnam era A-7A or B. Just a bunch of E stuff out there.

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Not a problem, any thing I can help with let me know. The decals were just luck.

I hit it just right on e bay. I was thinking I should have built an E model, all

kinds of decals for that, A and B are super hard to locate. I have I think an A-7B

from VA-56 I am not using. Champions were on I think Midway 1970? The plane is

Bu154509 an A-7B I believe. What I can't confirm is there is tail code AH, I thought

VA-56 was tail code NH in Vietnam. Let me know if the decals will work. Microscale gives you

no stars or national insignias though, use kits as I am.---John

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Hmm, that is odd. I though AH tail codes were worn by VF-111 around that time. VF-56 was NF as far as I can tell. Maybe I'm wrong.

I actually found a Printscale sheet on Hannants that has an A-7A from USS Ticonderoga from 1968. Their green looks too olive, but I think I'll be able to make it work.

Thanks for the offer though, and good luck with the rest of your build.

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Yep. Something like that. I think there are multicolored pennants on the rudder.

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On second thought, maybe I wont be getting the Printscale sheet. I dont know the full story behind this aircraft, but having taken a closer look at the decal sheet, its got some odd stuff. For example the pilot is listed as CDR. Lyndon B. Johnson

???

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That's odd. LBJ, an LCDR., was sent to southwest Pacific by Forrestal and Roosevelt to

check out conditions on air bases. He simply looked things over and told

Roosevelt and Forrestal that they needed more planes, better planes and

6,800 more men. Was never a Naval aviator and never flew a plane.---John

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Weapons set came in. Lots of bombs, napalm, TERS and MERS. I am thinking

a set of TERs with Mk 82s. The A had an under powered engine and the Navy

was also afraid it might ingest the steam from the catapult and stall

out so they limited the amount it could carry, or so I have read.---John

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I like this loadout with 82's loaded on TERs, perhaps You could exchange them for 83's? :) 12 mk82's on MERs however are my personal favourite ;) and if I may tempt You for something a little different: My link

I really like those Fujimi A-7's, wish I had better acces to them. :cheers:

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