Luftwaffe A7-Corsair II

[Sentinel Chicken]

Sharp looking build- although simple in colors, the Marineflieger colors look sharp on a lot of aircraft.

[Mossie]

Very nice, the old Matchbox kit scrubs up well!

[nönöbär]

I defnitly like to build this one. Even if it was na old kit, it was better to build then some of the newer ones. (I am currently a bit desperating about a LEE ship model and a Rodan Bus - they have quite some potential to fly out of the window....)

But here is a little add-on to the Luftwaffe A-7. As  the story behind this was that the A-7 replaced the Marineflieger F-104 Starfighters, here is the "predescessor" of the A-7 in Luftwaffe duty (even if this one is no what-if) together with the A-7:

[NARSES2]

Always thought the A-7 would have been a good fit for the Marineflieger

[martinbayer]

Very nice! Is there perhaps some documentation (esp photos) about the german A-7, flying carrier ops....? 

I just came across this related picture from 1966: http://www.flugzeugforum.de/spitraider-what-if-modellbau-31343-515.html

Martin

[darthspud]

Liking the SLUFF,

the real gem is that tractor
Where did that come from?

[nönöbär]

Liking the SLUFF,

the real gem is that tractor
Where did that come from?

I am not 100% sure where this little tractor comes from, as I took it from a big box of spare parts I once got from ebay. But afaik, this one is part of a 1:72 hangar set which was made by Revell some years ago.

[Dizzyfugu]

I am currently working on a Marineflieger project, too (a Super Étendard, leased from France in the early 80ies, inspired by a profile from PantherG), and the German Luftwaffe actually considered the A-7 as a potential attack aircraft for the Marineflieger squadrons, along with the A-4 and the Buccaneer, which had been the favorite. Finally, the F-104G was bought, through dubious political channels...

The A-7 looks VERY good, esp. in the early Tornado colors. 

Some Kormoran missiles instead of the iron bombs would suit her well, too?