Academy 1/72 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly

[colin m]

The paint looks great. Three tone camo looks very ‘right’

[yak face]

Only just caught this one Joe , brilliant work , the camo looks fantastic .

Thanks Colin. I've seen the A-37 at flying displays in South Vietnam Air Force colours, it's surprisingly quite a noisy and nimble aircraft with an impressive payload.

Yes by all accounts it was a deafening aircraft when spooling up , used a license built version of the turbomeca marbore , also used in the Fouga magister . Only three feet long but capable of deafening anyone with its high pitched whine!

[flyjoe180]

Looking good

Cheers Mark

Looking very nice Joe.

Thanks Tim

Looking very good indeed!!

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks Andrew

The paint looks great. Three tone camo looks very ‘right’

Cheers Colin

Only just caught this one Joe , brilliant work , the camo looks fantastic .

Yes by all accounts it was a deafening aircraft when spooling up , used a license built version of the turbomeca marbore , also used in the Fouga magister . Only three feet long but capable of deafening anyone with its high pitched whine!

Cheers Tony. Certainly a screamer at start up!

[papa 695]

Looking very good indeed Joe, nice paint work.

[flyjoe180]

I added the horizontal stab antennae and attached the landing gear. I then applied a gloss varnish using Ammo Aqua Gloss Clear and left it for a few days.


Then I applied the decals. These are the oop: type from Academy, but on the whole I find they snug really well onto the model. They are, however very unforgiving and there were a few issues, mostly resolved. I'm having fun so never mind about that too much.


One of the horizontal stab antenna broke off because I was clumsy but it has been repaired. I attached the final two pylons under the starboard wing. They were left off until now for the underside USAF roundel. Next up is some panel washing and weathering, followed by a flat varnish and dealing with the stores and lights.

[flyjoe180]

I should add that this particular kit from Academy is, for the money, a little gem which is a great mojo restorer :thumb2:

[flyjoe180]

Nearly complete, but had some trouble connecting the external stores. The tabs on the pylons were too shallow; a lesson for future builds to check the fit before painting. Expecting to have this one done and dusted in the next few days.

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely Joe!

[papa 695]

Looking very smart indeed.

[minitnkr]

Mind over matter Joe. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

[flyjoe180]

Got the stores fitted and some paint touch ups necessitated by sticky fingers and lots of swearing. Completed thread to come with better photos.

[minitnkr]

Beautiful finishes.

[stillp]

Very nice Joe.
Pete

[yak face]

Superb job joe , a fascinating aircraft beautifully finished , always liked the look of the fully loaded A37 , literally groaning under the weight of all the fuel tanks , stores etc , looks as if it could hardly get off the ground , especially when you think how tiny the engines are .

[Geoffers]

Very nice Joe :thumb2:

Very good paint job and I’m going to copy your idea of using a wire to suspend the model up to dry, simple but clever

Geoff.