LTV A-7 Corsair II.  RAN FAA 1976.

What if the Corsair II had been purchased by the Australian Navy?

LTV A7 Corsair II SLUF  - 2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

LTV A7 Corsair II SLUF  - 10 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

LTV A7 Corsair II SLUF  - 7 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

LTV A7 Corsair II SLUF  - 6 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

The model

The rather fine 1/72 Hobby Boss kit.  This was built from the Portuguese A-7P boxing.
Transfers (intended for a RW A-4 Skyhawk) by CtA.  Part of a huge set with schemes for many RAN aircraft.  Few (if any) of which will be used on their intended types.

LTV A7 Corsair II SLUF  - 18 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Neat! 

The Hobby Boss Corsair kit is really good.

That's come out really well Fred 

I bit short on bomb load isn't it? You could have some slung under the tailplane. 

And if you'd made the wings longer................

AWESOME build there! 

A very neat bomb truck! 

Thanks folks.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 13, 2023, 06:03:57 AMI bit short on bomb load isn't it? You could have some slung under the tailplane. 

And if you'd made the wings longer................

AWESOME build there! 

I did contemplate putting TERs on the outer pylons but didn't have any that were as good as the Hobby Boss MERs...

Very nice!

Probably the only jet aircraft that could have induced me to move away from the ol' Grey Grumblies!

Great build, Fred!

Love it Fred..ive always liked the Corsair..both versions..old and not so old...so it's a instant like here for sure 😀
This does look great 👍

Thanks folks.

The set these transfers came from does include some for a RAN Tracker.  And I do have a 1/72 Hasegawa example in the stash so a RW example may be on the cards.

That could be straight out of John Baxter's Alternate RAN book. Superb 

I've got the Italeri A-7E in 48th and one of Kits ideas is bouncing around in my head right now 

A beautiful build    

Nice job.   It's a lovely kit isn't it? I built the two seater years back in Granby pink, some very fine details.  The only real trouble I had with it that wasn't self made was the horizontal tail had a thin joint and kept snapping off.

Thanks folks.

The horizontal tails each locate by a single small pin into a hole in the fuselage.  They are an interference fit so I have not glued them.  This means they can pivot.  If I had glued them I would have snapped at least one off by now.