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A great campaign, and I'd love to do it again.

I'm very happy to see all of the great builds here, and the money raised was definitely great! And this was the first group build I participated in. Thanks to all.

Great job! Glad to see your A-7 completed. :thumbsup

Entry # 17 My completed A-7B. I like it for the most part... https://www.modelersalliance.com/forum/call-to-arms/125863-cta-entry-jgrease-hobby-boss-148-a-7-done

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Finished at last! Had some problems with the canopy - I had to remove the part that goes in the back of the canopy otherwise I could not pose it open. Lots of crap on the clear part of the canopy as well - removed it and repolished as best as I could. Added RBF tags to the CBUs - I know the...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Well I am just about done on this one. I just finished a matt coat (Vallejo - all I had in the house), and now just a few small items left. Here's a quick pic: I just have to finish the bang seat and some canopy work. I repolished the canopy after...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Thanks James. I still haven't posted pictures because I'm doing some painting. LANA pod is mounted to its' pylon and mounted on the plane. Sidewinders painted, decaled and mounted to the plane. CBUs are painted and decaled, waiting for the pylons to...

Really nice work!

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Thanks Paul. Speaking of weathering, I sat down to give everything a wash today, with some wildly different results. I started with Warpigs Wash on the pylons. That went well, and I decided to try some Vallejo wash on the horizontal stabilizers, and...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 So today I took the plunge and tried salt weathering. I used the technique described here. Everything Chuck details works as promised. So I put another coat of Future on top of the decals, let it dry a few days, and then wet the plane down with the...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 The pod is an AN/AAR-45 LANA Pod, used as a thermal imaging sight. It was used on A-7Es, but as I said earlier, I will not be building an appropriate plane for it anytime soon. So I've actually gotten a lot done in the last couple of weeks, just...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Wow - Last page! Well I finally have an update after all this Sandy mess. Here's what I've accomplished in the last few weeks. I've painted the white sections of the fuselage, as well as some of the weapons. I pre-shaded with black over the primer...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 I know for sure that the IRIS pod was only used on A-7Es, but I really thought it looked cool. The loadout was used for SAM suppression, and it looks kind of badass...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Thank you all for the encouragement. Rest assured, I have been prepping the next set of stuff to prime and paint. I've got the pylons, rudder, and weapons set aside for priming tomorrow. The loadout is probably not authentic, but it is a miss-mash...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 And finally, I assembled the wings. I've dryfitted them into the fuse and they fit great! I look forward to attaching them: And it wouldn't be one of my builds unless I did something like this - I forgot to cut out the space where the refuelling...

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Alright, some progress to report. I've painted and assembled the cockpit, keeping it relatively simple. I seem to always have Aircraft Grey come out glossy no matter which one I use or how I spray it (this one is Testors Acryl). In any event...

Awesome work! Looking forward to more!

Re: CTA Entry - jgrease - Hobby Boss 1/48 A-7 Sorry for the delay. I haven't had a lot of time this past weekend, but today I primed some of the subassemblies for painting tomorrow - cockpit, intake, exhaust, gear bays, and fuselage. No pictures, but believe me, it's all nice and gray. Pictures...