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Reaper420 ...It probably would have been better if I used a kit that was Alot better than the questionable Revell one...
...It probably would have been better if I used a kit that was Alot better than the questionable Revell one...
You better smile when you say that, son. It may have the Revell label now, but that's a Monogram kit.
Seriously, though, that's an excellent finish! Yes, the kit does leave something to be desired, but when it was issued, it was the greatest thing since sliced bread (sliced bread having been invented the week before). Yes, excellent finish!
Best regards,
Brad
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Reaper, I hope you don't build too many models, I would hate the thought of you ending up with a bald wife. LOL
I'm finally retired. Now time I got, money I don't.
I think it looks great. We are in the same boat on using new techniques. I just built the Academy F4U-4B and it was my first kit in 15 years or so, and yours looks much more realistic.
My most recent one is an Avia S-199 (a Czech variant of the Bf-109), and it's the first time fully using an airbrush with preshading, future and panel line wash, however I filled the panel lines a bit too much with paint and so won't be able to show it as well as you did here.
The only thing that strikes me is the ordnance looks a little clean, but it doesn't detract in any way from the kit.
-BD-
In that case, I think you about nailed it. Your bombs and drop tank look superb. Overall finish looks very good. You may want to feather the black around the cannons back a bit further; the smudges end a bit abruptly, I think. When I built mine I cut the backs of the rockets off to rotate the fins 45 degrees. I really like the Corsair, and also have a Tamiya kit, birdcage though, in the stash as well.
I build 1/48 scale WW2 fighters.
Have fun.
Pretty good work, I think. Weathering and paint modulation might be the next things to work on, but you got the basics pretty well in hand on this one.
John
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I think you did a great job. The pitot tube should have a silver tip. What new techniques did you try with this kit?
That kit will test the patience of the best out there. You did it proud. Great job. The other kits are better than that one by a mile.
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