Greetings from Beautiful Greece.
My name is Peter Athanasopoulos and I’m posting the1/48 Revell A7E Corsair
II.
THE
KIT
The kit consists from 160 pieces. The detail is excellent in correct
dimensions. Fitis excellent as well. The cockpit area includes almost everything, and pilot’s
SJU-8 ejection seat is a masterpiece of detail. The landing
system is very well designed. For the armament, the kit includes a pair of
AIM-9G, Fuel external tanks, FLIR, and MER.
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CONSTRUCTION
This particular aircraft is an
A-7
E
of
HAF.
The construction began with the cockpit. For
the interior colour, I used Humbrol 126 grey. The instrument panel and
side panels are painted with Matt Black. A few scratch built improvements
were added on Stencel ejection seat. The pilots headrest and seat cushion is painted with Olive
Drab. Everything in cockpit area was dry brushed with Light Grey. Zinc
chromate yellow is used for the inside areas of electronics panels. For
the camo I used 118tan
,28grey, 102green and
116dark
green,
sprayed with badger 150. The HAF decals are from a Greek model supplier
shop.
For the exterior armament I chose a pair of AIM-9P (from my spares box),
12 bombs Mk82 and 6 Mk20 Rockeye.
SERVING
HELLENIC AIR FORCE
A-7 E CORSAIR II, were received in 1992 – 1992 from
US navy force recoverable reserves, after their withdrawals of type in 1991.
E- version is the ultimate type of an amazing aircraft.
Its armed with the latest electronics systems included the famous NWDS
(Navigational
and
Weapons
Delivery
System,)
and LANA type of FLIR pod witch allows the aircraft to fly at night with the
accuracy of a day flight.
The A-7 serve the 335 (tiger) and the 336 (olympus) squadrons.
Peter
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