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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.
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Looks good! Nice work on one of my favorites
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looking good... thanks for sharing
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A7d - build diary continued
More photos of the A7D.
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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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This is a great hobby for the retiree - interesting, time-consuming, rewarding - and about as inexpensive a hobby as you can find. Shamelessly stolen from a post by rockpaperscissor |
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Thanks elliott ! - stories will come soon.
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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. Yair |
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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. Yair |
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A7D- more. photos
More photos of the A7D.
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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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