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Old 11-01-2015, 05:38 PM
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A7D CORSAIR II 1:48 - build diary

Dear All - I attach here build diary photos from one of my last projects the A7D of GPM in 1:48 scale.

Yair
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Old 11-01-2015, 05:58 PM
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Looks good! Nice work on one of my favorites
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Old 11-01-2015, 07:51 PM
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looking good... thanks for sharing
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Old 11-01-2015, 09:27 PM
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A7d - build diary continued

More photos of the A7D.

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Old 11-01-2015, 09:41 PM
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That's a sharp-looking Corsair II Yair, topped off with a a great cockpit and a flawless canopy. You do great work sir. Thank you for sharing this photo build thread with us.
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Old 11-01-2015, 10:48 PM
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Thanks elliott ! - stories will come soon.

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Old 11-02-2015, 02:58 AM
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A7D - background

The LTV Corsair II was designed to serve the NAVY as a replacemt for the A4 Skyhawk.
The engineers at LTV decided to adopt the F8U Crusader frame with some changes.
The wings were without the up and down mechanism to save weight and the swept
back value was lowered to 35 degress. The engine was without an AB- as this is not
an important requirement for an attack plane.
The plane was designed to carry almost twice the bomb load of the Skyhawk.
Nose section was small and the pilot had a nice compartment in front that helped
carrier landings. also the body length was reduced by 2 meters in compare to the
Crusader and the frame was stiffened in order to fly low level with big bomb load.
New electronics was developed for the A7 and this will be described in the next chapters.

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Old 11-02-2015, 01:15 PM
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Vought F7U - F8U - A7

Vought aviation that later was called LTV - ling temco vought was a company that was known
in her unique jet fighters. The 3 planes here represent a gap of 13 years between the Cutlass and the Corsair II. The f7U-3 flew in 1951 and the A7 in 1964. Of the 3 the most glorious was the F8U Crusader that was known as the "mig master" in Vietnam.
Here are all the 3 in 1:48 scale.

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Old 11-02-2015, 08:29 PM
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A7D- more. photos

More photos of the A7D.

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Old 11-03-2015, 04:52 AM
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Nice job! I like that weathered SEA camo look. If I'm not mistaken, the A-7 had the lowest loss rate of any combat aircraft during the Vietnam War.
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