A-7 Corsair II 1/48 Scale Model aircraft build video 

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I flew A7A’s in VA 105; VA 37 was our sister squadron. Your modeling is superb. Outstanding detail, artful work. By the way, the live action video showed VA-105’s side number 405 being launched from the Saratoga. I flew that same aircraft many times. Thank you very much for an outstanding contribution the A7 community, and my personal memory log! I’ll have more notes to share soon. Thank you again.

You did a beautiful job with the weathering. Too many people leave their jets looking like they've been out in a field for a couple years. Wonderful build!!

A lot of old school navy pilots are probably having a lot of good memories after watching this.

Thank you for actually weathering this and not making it look like it was forgotten in a field for 3 decades. Amazing job

Absolutely beautiful just gorgeous.... The guys who build models at this level are so so talented...... If you have never built a modle.... I mean really built one and made an attempt to paint it you know what I'm talking about. To watch this guy he makes it look SOOOO easy but let me tell you its absolutely NOT easy.... Just to add the little details like the hydraulic fluid leaks at the landing gear panels is incredibly difficult to get it look just right.... I'm sure this guy has many many hours at his work desk building these things.... To get this good I'm sure he had many failures but now he's just off the charts.... Beautiful modle.... Great job.... Truly truly a work of art...

Lovely build. I liked the addition of the actual footage too.

I served on the Aircraft Carrier Lexington CVT 16.. It was a training ship when I was on it for Naval pilots... I saw a lot of thes A-7As in our hanger bay.. I loved the beauty of their lines.. Thanks for bringing back that memory... I served on her in the late 60s

My eyesight is not the same even with corrective lens thats why i like the larger scale builds. Just stunning!!!!

Beautiful SLUF, and perfectly timed, as I am building HobbyBoss's E right now with the Aires cockpit (but not the gear wells). Tons of tips from this video -- thanks!

New Mexico ANG used to fly the A-7 back in the 80's out of Kirtland AFB and I would hear them and usually stop whatever I was doing to watch 4 of them in formation before peeling off one at a time to land. One of my favorite birds to see. Great build.

Love the classic look of the A7. Will always remember when 2 A7’s flew over my brothers and I 20 feet off the deck....😳😳😳😳

Also, another story from this buddy of mine, since this model represents a bird off the "Saratoga" I might note that her unofficial nickname in the Seventies was "the stinking, sinking, Sixty:" from when her sewage system back-flooded in drydock.

I handled the A7 on the USS Ranger CV-61 80-84 your modeling does us proud.

I love the A-7 and Honestly, you did an amazing job. Congratulations ! 👍

Started watching your builds since they first appeared in my RU-vid recommends feed, you do some awesome work, just wish I had the time, patience and steady hands to build model kits. The detail you put into these are so well done with the weathered look.

Insane, Absolutely stunning. Great job.

Finally it arrives and I think :beautiful

Brilliant. Loved that build! Thanks for sharing.

One of my all time favourite fixed wing aircraft of all time. Great model

amazing work on this A7 Corsair II

Great build love the details and the weathering a fine looking aircraft 👍👍

I remember as a kid in 1967 when the first operational squadron, VA-147 Argonauts, at NAS Lemoore, California, started flying these.

An absolute work of art- just amazing

such a beautiful aircraft, great model as well

excellent build!!you have extreme skills and undying patience.

Muy inspirador, tengo un f 14 del que tenía mis dudas de colocar resinas, pero después de ver el vídeo, definitivamente voy a ponerlas

Excellent work !!!!

Yet another beautiful build my friend! Your hand weathering techniques are second to none! Love the A-7 and that was a cool clip of the launch towards the end! Cant wait to get this one on my bench!

Great job on a great jet! The Corsair has always been one of my favorites.

Beautiful work, especially weathering.

Outstanding Job on the plane, Very good Detail, used to work on the very play you built stationed at Cecil Field Jax Florida. Plan to build my own here soon hope Im as good at you when I build.

I do like this aircraft. And you've done a beautiful paintjob. Congratulations

i really enjoyed your use of the clear green and orange effects, it's something i'd never thought of and it looks amazing! thanks for sharing that and awesome build as always :D

Awesome build of a nice kit, the resin details really set it off

Another awesome build! The pain of all that sanding was definitely worth using all the resin upgrades!!

Gorgeous work.

Mezmerising 😀 First thing on the day: watch Scale Hangar182 Video.

Fantastic work as always !

Nicely done, sir.

Awesome very realistic 👍🏻👍🏻

I normally watch armor videos, this is the first aircraft video I've watched, and I'm glad I picked this one! Amazing work!!! Thank you for a wonderful video, and sharing of your awesome talent!!

That’s really nicely done!

Superb airplane A-7 (Vietnam war) , great work , excelent montage and painting . Lot of details and great weathering !🖌️🎨🏆🥇👍

My father used to build this birds in the LTV plant in Dallas. During the Vietnam war.

Absolutely stunning!

Magnificent model. Great job.

Gorgeous work, beautiful!

Excellent work mate!!

That was a genuine pleasure. Thanks and congratulations on your exceptional skill and talent.

Absolutely gorgeous!

Fantastic build as always!

Fitting tribute, thanks! A-7-ELEVEN was the first operational fleet aircraft I worked on. My squadron was on the final A-7E deployment before transitioning to the F/A-18 V Hornet....(Legacy Hornet not the super. Ironically my squadron did transition to the F/A-18F (Super Hornet 2 seater)

*Awesome bombs truck of the 70-80's, very good work! 👍👍👍👍👍*

Nice build and I liked the footage as well!

You’ve got talent that’s for sure. I’m speechless. Wow that’s beautiful!

A great kit this one, lots of fun. Nice build. 👍

The man whose name I've proudly worn on my wrist for the last 50 years is, I'm sure, smiling down from above knowing that artists such as these are keeping his memory and service alive & in the public eye through these incredibly realistic works of art. His story: Lt. Cdr. Michael G. Hoff, call sign, "Sidewinder 414," piloting his "SLUF" as a member of ATKRON 86, launched from U.S.S. Coral Sea (CV-43) on January 07, 1970 on a strike mission against an NVA truck park on the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos. As Lt. Cdr. Hoff completed his 4th strafing run, he radioed that he had been hit, had a fire warning light and was "...going to have to get out." Those were the last words that they heard Mike say. His squadron commander, flying with Mike on that mission, urged him to try and stay with the aircraft long enough to clear hostile territory, but nevertheless saw Mike's "SLUF" roll inverted at approximately 2000,' then saw a bright yellow flash that he stated could very well have been caused by an ejection sequence, but saw no parachute, shortly before the A-7A impacted the ground and exploded. Several attempts to send in SAR teams failed due to heavy enemy presence and fire power. They also stated that no communication attempts were received from Mike, or answered by him. In 2008, I filed an FOIA request for any and all information pertaining to Mike's case (I used my rights under FOIA since Mike was shot down while on a "secret" mission in Laos, and while the United States had admitted years earlier that it had run "illegal" military operations in Laos as well as elsewhere, I just wanted to be as sure as I could be that I got it all. Well, it turns out that the former Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command sent teams into Laos twice: The first time to locate and interview witnesses to the events of that day as well as to locate enough evidence to justify sending an excavation team for the purpose of locating Mike's remains so that he could be genetically identified, repatriated to his country and returned to his family. The fist team found several good and viable witnesses, nearby villagers who saw the fireball from Mike's A-7A and who, three days later, visited the crash site. After looking around in the heavy foliage, they claim to have found the body of a pilot entangled in a thicket of bamboo. His left arm had been severed and he had been halfway decapitated. The villagers stated that they stripped the body, planning to trade the effects for food, and left the body unburied. The first team also uncovered a few "fragmented remains" that did not contain enough viable DNA for positive identification, but made a second visit absolutely necessary. Unfortunately, while the airplane parts that were excavated prove conclusively that the aircraft that crashed in that location was an A-7 Corsair II, Mike was never found, resulting in his wife and five children having to bury an empty casket. I apologize for taking up so much space here, but I'll never apologize for telling *Lt. Cdr. Michael George Hoff's story because it's our story; one we must never forget. *Mike's rate was promoted to Commander, posthumously. While his "status" was later upgraded to KIA, it must ALWAYS be remembered that Mike continues to remain unaccounted for!

Nice touch with carrier footage at the end, interesting looking aircraft, nice detail and 'what-if' load out...sadly no pilot 👍

What a fantastic build!

Good build. Bravo sir-

Nice build!!!, I hope you build a 1/48 scale F35 with a pilot on it, I will wait for that

Gorgeous

Nice job, I was with VA37 Bulls on the Saratoga for 4 years working in the Airframe shop and flight deck

AMAZING

Nice clean work and detail clean up very coolsell done 👍well done

Красота , классная работа, браво мастеру!!!!!!

Excellent build!

Fun fact, the nickname of this jet was affectionately called “short Little Ugly F-‘ Hey great video!

Like it, great job done.

Beautiful!! Brilliant job

Awesome build!

Another beautiful project. Can’t thank you enough for the tips and techniques. I can’t believe how many colours go into the main body of the aircraft. Green, orange? WTH? 👍👍🇨🇦

A beautiful build, my friend.

Magnificent build of a great aircraft...

Absolutely STUNNING detailing. That "man eater" turned out a TRUE masterpiece. Were I able to accomplish that, it would be displayed inside a clear case of some sort where no dust nor anything could get to it. VERY well done!!

Seen these flyover our home many times .. USAF version . Loved the Corsair 2

Looks great.

Watching the Kirk Douglas film The Final Countdown recently, I noticed that the Nimitz had both Corsair II and F-14 Tomcats? I thought the Corsair II had been retired by the mid-70s. Fab video and thank you for making it, the Corsair II is a beauty.

Drum and Bass... BOH! Awesome build too.

Good job on the model. It looks great. Keep up the good work! .

I can’t believe I missing you going live, awesome video

Excellent work mate

I am impressed by the quality of your work; congratulations and good luck, I love it ;)

excellent work ! i love the video of this legent ! :) it inspired me and will help me build my a-7 soon :D ty ! keep up the good work

Excellent job!!!

Brilliant build🏆🏆🏆🥇🥇🥇

That was a great build. I thoughly enjoyed watching it. Plus i love the corsair including the one from world war 2.

looks great

This A-7 kit of yours is a true work of art ... congratulations! Please mount the Mirage IIIE 1/48 Kinetic kit

Outstanding job!

Amazing!!

looks so friggin cool

nice detail work on this small kit you made as real looking as possible

Very nice work

What a beauty..!! I wish we had RU-vid back then when I was a kid..!! 👍😊

Is this classed as art? If it isn't, then it should be! Absolutely stunning work!

Outstanding

Wow beautiful

Really great Corsair, i like it much