F4U Cockpit build pics

Looking good Mike!!!! I'm building the Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1/2 (same kit??) I'm adding the Eduards PE, and am uploading the pics now on the USMC group build thread. I was shocked to see someone posted the same thing right before me!!! LOL What did you use to paint the knobs?? Toothpick or a paintbrush?? Keep us posted!!!

love the detail on the instrument panel. i can never get that much detail.

joe

Great job on the instrument panel and side consoles. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the encouragement. I have been pretty discouraged lately due to airbrush and weathering follies on my last kit (which has been relegated to my son's toybox. Gotta love those 1:144 fighters!) that I needed it.

The instrument panel is just the decal heavily softened with MicroSol over the panel in the kit. I then hit it with MM acrylic flat and then with Future over the gauges. I was amazed at how excellent that worked out.

The side panels were drybrushed. I picked out some buttons with red on a toothpick for interest, (and the reference material had some) but that is my first drybrush experience. WELL worth the effort - the pics tho look MUCH better than the real thing.

Looking at the photos...I am totally dissatisfied with the seat belt. Haven't decided on whether I will try and do one from scratch yet, but I am sure leaning that way.

Mike Dahlstrom

Hey Mike, Swanny cut out his seatbelt, kept the backing on the decal and superglued it just like that with a bit of 3-D action in there, and it looks pretty damn close to PE. I'm not going to be using my seatbelt decal...so if you're interested send me an e-mail. The seatbelt decal I have is very different though, so I'll e-mail you a pic......after you contact me (they don't let you send pics through the contact buttons on the posts) Here's the seat I'm using



Keep up the great job!!!!