1/72 Hobbyboss TA-7PTM

Gallery Article by Aidy Abdullah on Aug 31 2013

  Malaysia National Day 

 

 

Well, I'm not really into "what if" but this had been on my mind for quite some time. From what I've heard and remembered, the Vought A-7 had been a contender with the A-4 when MINDEF went shopping under the PERISTA scheme. As we all know, the Skyhawk won, eventually becoming my favourite TUDM subject, but I couldn't help thinking about how cool (and probably much better in reality?) it would have been had the Corsair been chosen instead.

 

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So, some time last year, I picked up one of Hobbyboss' 1/72 TA-7K. We had the 2-seat Skyhawk, so who's to say that we wouldn't have gotten the TA-7 had we bought the Corsair instead? Anyway, I feel that a 2-seater would look much cooler than the often-built A-7A/B/D/E/H. The kit didn't land in my stash but went straight into production. I think it took about a month to finish.

Enjoy and Happy Merdaka..

Aidy Abdullah

      

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