EA-7L Corsair II - External Stores?

[Ghostbase]

I am currently building the HobbyBoss 1/47th TA-7C kit and have painted and marked it as an EA-7L operated by VAQ-34 in the all-over Dark Ghost Gray colour scheme with lo-vis markings, plus red crew names, VAQ-34 in red and a red star on the fin, using Caracal decals. Still have to add some weathering and grime, it looks like the EA-7Ls got pretty worn and grubby in their later years.

I am not sure what to hang on the jet though. It seems that the EA-7L could carry the ALQ-170, AST-4, DLQ-3, ALQ-167, and ALE-43 chaff pods however these are quite exotic items due to the specialist role performed by the EA-7L and don't appear in the Hasegawa weapons sets or in my scrap bin! I might be able to fashion an AST-4 pod but I am an assembler, not a scratch builder. I have looked at builds by other modellers and they suggest that I could add an ALQ-119, an AN/APX-95, fuel tanks (but not the HobbyBoss ones!) and a blue AIM-7D.

I'm just thinking out aloud I guess, the model would look better with external stores of some sort, is there anything else that I can add which is easily sourced?

Thanks. Michael

[Murph]

Wolfpack does a resin AN/ALQ-167 pod, and it is readily available at places like Sprue Brothers, Victory Models, ebay, etc...

 

Regards,

Murph

[habu2]

Have you looked at Ginter’s “Twosair” book?  It lists what the EA-7L could carry and where. 

[Brian P: Fightertown Decals]

167 Pod out of the Tamiya Tomcat. Can’t upload a picture but that’s what I did last year. 

[Finn]

Eduards does a AE-41 chaff pod which looks close enough to a ALE-43:

 

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10732284

 

Jari

[Ghostbase]

Many thanks for the replies and the guidance given, is appreciated 👍 Now I have a few more options to consider.

 

Michael