Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I've got the Aires 1/72 A-7E 'pit, but I have never liked adding the PE belts etc. I'd like to find a replacement seat for the given replacement seat, ironically, meaning one with molded belt detail. I was looking at the Quickboost AV-8B seat, am wondering if it might be considered "close enough" in 1/72, and if its size compares to the Aires? The Pavla seats are significantly undersized. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BillS Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Hey Andrew, i think this depends on when your A-7 was in service. The Douglas ESCAPAC was most common up until the later half of the 80s when the SJU -8 (pretty sure) showed up. There are various resin ESCAPAC seats out there, True Details for one; Google around. Same for SJU as well I’ll bet since various jets used those in one version or another. Hope this helps you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) I think the SJU-8 was available in 81 or 83. I can’t remember when exactly. It was retrofitted when the jets went in for maintence. Some place on here there was a thread that explained it all but I don’t have time to search for it. Just a FYI edit: doesn’t Aries own quickboost? If so I wouldn’t think the seats would be that different. Edited April 15, 2018 by achterkirch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 Guess I should have said this is late service when the ESCAPACS were gone, so no question which type I need. So I need a decent replacement. I didn't know Aires and QB were connected....can't find a QB seat dedicated for the late A-7, so would their AV-8B seat be close enough, considering the scale? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
achterkirch Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) http://www.ejectionsite.com/siiisseat.htm its close but there are some differences that might be noticeable in 1/72. Edited April 15, 2018 by achterkirch Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 15, 2018 Author Share Posted April 15, 2018 (edited) Well....I may be out of luck then unless someone pulls a rabbit out of the hat....call me lazy, but I never like doing PE belts/harnesses.... Edited April 15, 2018 by Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eric B. Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Hi Andrew, AV-8B and A-7E Stensel ejection seats headboxes are vastly différent. Neomega (copied by Pavla) did neat 1/72nd scale A-7E Stencel ejection seats and they come with molded belts. Cheers Eric B. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted April 17, 2018 Author Share Posted April 17, 2018 13 hours ago, Eric B. said: Hi Andrew, AV-8B and A-7E Stensel ejection seats headboxes are vastly différent. Neomega (copied by Pavla) did neat 1/72nd scale A-7E Stencel ejection seats and they come with molded belts. Cheers Eric B. Ah, well...and the Pavla are very undersized.... Looks like I'm stuck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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