1/48 Monovell F4U-4 Corsair (WIP)

You did a good job removing those arms.

So have you had to move out of the house. Hope it blows over for you soon and your able to get back home.

Thanks. I'm just slowly carving out all the details. He's looking much better already.

We didn't have to move out of our place, no. Its just more fun to be with family while there are storms outside. Good food, warm fire, and lots of conversation. Better than huddling alone waiting for the power to go out. lol.

Storms turn into impromtu family gathers around here. Just something we do I suppose.

It supposed to blow over by this evening, but we're supposed to go through an hour of extreme wind first. It seems to be ramping up right now, so we'll see.

I wish and pray for you and your family for a safe evening.  Being with family under any circumstance is always a pleasure.  I'm glad that at the very least your safe.

I look forward to your figure.  I'm interested in how you will build new arms for the pilot.  I've never seen that done before.  

Will you be building the Corsair with folded wings?  Or will you utilize the joints that allow the corsair to be posed with wings that are up or down?  Thank you in advance!

Toshi

Thank you, my friend. We are safe and sound. Nice hot tortellini soup in the slow cooker and hot coffee in the pot. The winds have already died down here and I think that is all that will have to worry about. Its just raining now, and that's something we get a lot of anyways.

This figure is coming along nicely. I've been working at it one little area at a time and I'm working on re-sculpting his head now. I think I've got the body in good enough shape. Separating the belts, Mae West, shirt collars, etc. Carving-in details that didn't exist before. I can't wait to paint this one lol.

For the arms I'm just going to use some sprue and melt it into shape, then continue whittling away until I have the right shapes. I'll make the arms first, then make some hands separately so I can make the fingers look more natural then a couple of hand shaped blobs with indistinct, finger-like protrusions. That will give me the advantage of being able to position the hands just where I want them.

As of late last night I fashioned some basic contructs for his new arms. They still need a lot of work and I think I'll be trying the use of sculpting supplies I've had little practice with to form up his sleaves after I make some hands.

I've done a few more adjustments this morning since I've been waking up and I think its going to work out fairly well. Nothing I'd try casting in resin lol, but it will do I think.

Slightly stretching the sprue out yielded inconsistent results so his left upper arm ended up thicker and I carved out a convincing sleave on that side this morning. His right arm remains a bit weird looking, but I'll remedy that later.

This is very exciting to me.  I'm in awe!  I've never seen this at all.  Thank you for sharing this, I'm learning so much.

Toshi

Well this is the first time I've ever done this, Toshi. I've wanted to do this many times, but never thought I could handle it. I didn't believe in myself.

But our friend Pawel has shown me that it isn't that hard once you put your mind to it. So I'm going to follow his example in this new test of my skill set.

I have basic hands assembled. They need to be trimmed and shaped, and pardon the expression, "fleshed out" lol. I will try using a bit of Milliput to shape up the arms better after I shape the hands.

They look a little skeletal right now, but they should shape up fairly well.

I didn't get a lot done. At present, I have this opportunity once a wekk, but I just wasn't feeling like it this time. But next week the glue will be fully cured and I should be able to finish up the apendages and I think they will probably look pretty good.