Greetings my fellow forum members. It is high time that I righted some rather bad behavior I've exhibited over the years I've been a member here. After 9 years of being a member here I have yet to do a WIP. I've been active on group builds and posted finished builds but, I've been remiss in sharing one of my builds for all to to see and remark on. I am here now to correct this very shameful conduct. One reason I've been reluctant to to do a WIP is that I am a very slow builder. My bench time is sporatic at best but, I enjoy every moment I get. I'm done with that lame excuse.
Just a bit of history here. My father was a Naval flight instructor out of Pensacola NAS during WWII. He then spent a number of years in the Naval Reserve after the war. He flew pretty much everything the Navy had but, his specialty was multi engine aircraft. Thus, the majority of his flight hours were spent in the PBY Catalina. He loved that plane. Yet, he also had numerous opportunities to fly the Corsair and the Hellcat. He really enjoyed both but, particularly loved the Corsair. Hence, my all time favorite aircraft are the PBY and the Corsair. I've had kits of both of these in kits for many years and when I got back into the hobby 9 years ago I felt that my skills were quite inadequate. Thus, I joined up with the folks here and built a handful of other subjects in order to get my skills up to snuff enough that I felt I could do my Corsairs and PBYs justice. I'd hoped to build one of each for my father but, he passed away suddenly 7 yrs ago. So now I build mainly USN aircraft to honor him
So, It's time that I quit dragging my feet and get on with building some of the Corsair's and PBY's in my stash. I have several. I'm going to start by building up Tamiya's remarkable 1/72 F4U-1D Corsair. This and their 1/48 Corsair kits are simply fantastic.
Here's the preliminaries:
I also have a set of True Detail resin wheels to add on.
I welcome all crtiques, suggestions and observations.
I hope you enjoy the ride.
Thank You, Joe