Vought A-7E Corsair II Operation Praying Mantis – Italeri/ESCI 1/48 FINISHED!

Started by Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges · 44 · 3 years ago
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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    An interesting camo scheme brought me to this oldie,and it is now on the painting stage:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    The kit demands scratching the Pitot tube,I did two but the A-7E used only one...:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    The painting will be done using Gunze acrylic colors:

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    An interesting scheme indeed, Marcus.
    Looking forward to the final paint job.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Wow, Marcus @mvtb!
    What a surprise for the new year!
    The Esci is a beautiful oldie, with this camo will look ABSOLUTELY amazing!
    We operated SLUFs in Greece, so i have an even more particular affection to them.
    Eagerly waiting for your progress!
    Happy New Year, my friend!

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    Erik Gjørup said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Marcus (@mvtb), what an interesting plane. Thank you for sharing a build journal on this one - I will be strapped in to follow the happenings as they unfold.

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Thank you my friends.

    My work in this kit is awful,as the painting has revealed,but...the camo is the focus on this project after all...36375 airbrushed:

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Your work does not seem that awful to me, @mvtb.
    In fact, it looks good!
    Nice gray airbrushed!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    I agree with Spiros that your build does not look bad at all, Marcus.
    It looks great and the paintwork will make it very special.

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    Erik Gjørup said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    I am happy to report that the pictures shows no major flaws in the build on my PC screen Marcus. Keep those updates comin' @mvtb!

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Thanks my friends...the poor job goes on,as to finish it as soon as possible...never mind the poor pics:

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    Marcus Vinicius Teixeira Borges said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Anxious to apply the Dark Gray...

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    John vd Biggelaar said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    The scheme is starting to look beautiful, Marcus.
    I really like it.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    I like it too, Marcus @mvtb!
    Carry on the good job!

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    Erik Gjørup said 3 years, 10 months ago:

    Coming along just fine Marcus (@mvtb). Very nicely laid camo!

    If I may; try cleaning the lens on your phone with a cloth before taking the next pictures - I think the quality is down to a fingerprint on the lens (Dont ask how I know) ;).