Here is the 1/72 Revell A-7A. It is a pretty weak kit with soft moldings and very fine raised panel lines, with areas of approximate fit. I thought I would have some fun with it, building it up with the old Revell stand, as it might have been if issued in the box scale era. It is the Flight of the Intruder issue, and I used those decals. It’s clear to me that the person who did the instructions put a bunch of the right side markings on the left side view and vice versa, of course I did not realize that until the decals were already in the water or on the model. I made a decal for the stand in the style of the box scale Revell F-89D, which is the first plastic model I ever built. In disrespect of James Ling, I used an earlier Vought Logo instead of one of the LTV days.
I have fond memories of this kit, in one of its identical-sprues-but-different-decals releases, built as a USAF model—the first time I ever tried to airbrush the SEA camouflage scheme. Not all that pretty, but great fun. But yours is a beauty.
