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Ed Hubbart (P38Eddie)
US

Monogram A-7B Corsair II

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parts on desk 
 

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intake assembled in fuselage half 
 

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right wing assembled 
 

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left wing assembled 
 

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start of cockpit painting 
 

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seat painted OD 
 

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stick and IP added 
 

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cockpit inserted, fuselage buttoned up, and starboard wing added 
 

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both wings on 
 

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headrest painted 
 

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puttying seams 
 

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sanding seams 
 

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outer wing panels and aft bottom of fuselage sprayed white 
 

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seam work on top 
 

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more work on the bottom 
 

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gull gray aft of cockpit 
 

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touch up on gull grey 
 

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under side wing root and radome/intake seams filled 
 

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wing root seams taken care of, sprayed flat white on lower surfaces 
 

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brush painting gull gray on top 
 

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vertical tail painted 
 

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touch up of flaps 
 

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refuelling probe, nose gear and one main strut on 
 

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other main strut on 
 

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wheels painted 
 

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glossed 
 

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decals started. Very slow going 
 

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scan of partial decal sheet 
 

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windscreen on 
 

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canopy added 
 

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nose gear doors and inner pylons on 
 

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working on the drop tanks 
 

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starting more decals with a new sheet 
 

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left side decals almost done 
 

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left side decals done 
 

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under side decal 
 

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right side started 
 

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more right side decals 
 

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only one more decal to go 
 

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last fuselage decal added 
 

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port side Sidewinder installed 
 

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both drop tanks on 
 

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starboard Sidewinder and rail on 
 

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all main gear doors installed 
 

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Finally finished. Front view. 
 

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left side 
 

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right side 
 

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parked next to F-16 
 

Comments

4 August 2013, 22:29
Holger Kranich
Nice start Ed, will you finish it with the markings from the box?
5 August 2013, 11:56
Ed Hubbart
Yes, VA-72 aboard USS John F. Kennedy in gull gray over white.
5 August 2013, 22:57
Holger Kranich
Ah old school marking, i love it!
6 August 2013, 06:16

Project info

54 images
1:48
Completed
1:48 A-7 Corsair II (Monogram 5418)
Vought A-7B Corsair II
US US Navy (1794-now)
VA-72 Blue Hawks AB-413 | 154416
1977 Cold War - USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)
FS16440 FS17875
 

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