Bill Staudt Posted December 12, 2019 Share Posted December 12, 2019 (edited) Fujimi 1/72 A-7D Corsair II This is my build of A-7D 69-6222 “Scrappy” from the Springfield OH ANG. I’m using the Fujimi kit, and Repliscale decals. I found some really nice reference pics on Airliners of a weathered “Scrappy” during her service life. I started this kit earlier this fall, so here are some pics to get caught up. A little scratch building and photo etch from the spare box to dress up the kit ejection seat. Some pics of how I do the intake. A little scratch building in the nose gear bay. Almost ready for paint. Edited December 12, 2019 by Bill Staudt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted December 12, 2019 Author Share Posted December 12, 2019 This week I started painting. Canopy treatment. Squiggles. Post squiggles. A little weathering. This is where I'm at right now. More to come. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viking73 Posted December 13, 2019 Share Posted December 13, 2019 Looking good! you gotta love the Fujimi 1/72 A-7 series. I need to do a "D" in this grey camo myself one of these days... -Derek Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Woohoo! I love the Fujimi A-7s. Great to see one being built. And thanks for the pics of the intake assembly. That's one of the sore points of this kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 (edited) Thanks! Added some panel lines and gloss coat. All ready for decals. This is my first time using X-22 for gloss, and I'm really impressed and pleased with the results. I wish I would have made the switch from Future years ago. Edited December 20, 2019 by Bill Staudt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AD-4N Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 6:56 PM, Bill Staudt said: This week I started painting. Canopy treatment. Squiggles. Post squiggles. A little weathering. This is where I'm at right now. More to come. Excellent weathering. Random, organic, realistic. The exact opposite of the "highlight every panel line" school. Well done. Fujimi Corsairs are fantastic. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 (edited) Thanks! Here are a couple pics of today's progress Edited December 21, 2019 by Bill Staudt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Beautiful work! It’s perfect! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Collin Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Sweet little SLUF. Your painting in that scale is excellent. Cheers Collin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Thank you all for the nice words. I hope to wrap this build up and have some pics in the Display Case in a few days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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BuNo02100 Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Looks great, always liked that scheme on the platform and you have done an outstanding job with it. Just noticed the white starboard leading edge. Any idea what that was for? BW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 On 12/25/2019 at 7:39 AM, BuNo02100 said: Looks great, always liked that scheme on the platform and you have done an outstanding job with it. Just noticed the white starboard leading edge. Any idea what that was for? BW Thanks! I found a reference pic of Scrappy with a replaced unpainted gray leading edge flap and decided to try to duplicate it for fun. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted December 30, 2019 Share Posted December 30, 2019 Did you encounter any issues with the RepliScale decals? I know they are quite old and I have several RS sheets in the stash so I’m curious... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Staudt Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 11 minutes ago, habu2 said: Did you encounter any issues with the RepliScale decals? I know they are quite old and I have several RS sheets in the stash so I’m curious... No major problems. They held together, but the adhesive was REALLY milky and I had to rinse some of that off before applying. In the end it dried crystal clear, so no complaints. My setting solution of choice is Solvaset, and they settled down nicely with no other issues. My only real concern is; they look oversized for the kit. Accuracy could be a bigger issue than the quality of the decals. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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