Completed Testors Classic 1/72 F4U-1 Corsair

1943Mike

Always a pleasure to view your quickly completed models.

I love the Corsair - my favorite aircraft from WWII. Great comparison shot for the size difference. I'll stick to 1/48 though since I'm used to building a/c kits that size - 1/72 too small, 1/32 too large, 1/48 in the Goldilocks zone .

 

Thank you so much for your support in my projects especially the conversations we have!

Toshi

7474

Looks great, here's to your and everyone else's health.

 

Toshi

Always a pleasure to view your quickly completed models.

I love the Corsair - my favorite aircraft from WWII. Great comparison shot for the size difference. I'll stick to 1/48 though since I'm used to building a/c kits that size - 1/72 too small, 1/32 too large, 1/48 in the Goldilocks zone .

roger_wilco

Your Corsair came out really nice Toshi. I have a couple of those in my stash yet to be built. Do you still frequent Hobby Lobby much? I was there for the first time in awhile last weekend and saw that they had some new releases on the shelves. I wound up buying (off of their clearance table) a twin pack of a small scale Lindberg Models ship kit.

 

How are you doing?  I hope all is well?  Take care my friend!

Toshi

roger_wilco

Toshi: So very sorry to hear about your health scare! That was a very sweet gesture on the therapist's part and I'm very glad that you have this kit once again. It's a nice vintage kit and has tons of nostalgic appeal to me.

 

Your support is truly appreciated.  

Toshi

allan

Very nice Corsair, Toshi.  One day Im going to start on that kit of mine. One day.

 

Toshi

Very nice Corsair, Toshi.  One day Im going to start on that kit of mine. One day.

goldhammer

With the effects of the seisure, you did another excelent job.

 

I got the same kit last year a couple of hundred miles from home.  Have the wings, tail and fuselage together, and need to get the rest done.

 

Toshi

With the effects of the seisure, you did another excelent job.

I got the same kit last year a couple of hundred miles from home.  Have the wings, tail and fuselage together, and need to get the rest done.

Jim Barton

Hopefully no more seizures!

 

Toshi

Hopefully no more seizures!

Here's some additional photos for scale.  The 1/32 Corsair is the original Revell "Baa Baa Black Sheep" Corsair.

plasticjunkie

I consider 1/72 scale more challenging to paint because of the smaller size making freehand demarcation lines tighter than in the larger scales. So with that said, great airbrushing job Toshi.

 

Toshi

I consider 1/72 scale more challenging to paint because of the smaller size making freehand demarcation lines tighter than in the larger scales. So with that said, great airbrushing job Toshi.

crown r n7

Very cool build

 

Toshi

Very cool build

 Here is my completed Testors 1/72 F4U-1 Corsair.  Everything is a OOB build except the antenna.  I did my very first scratch building with that.  If you can call it even that.  LOL!  Compared to everyone else on this forum, it's probably a joke.  LOL!  I used stretched sprue.  The hardest part was getting it to scale.  Once I got it to scale, I drilled holes so that I had a stronger hold for the antenna.  

I normally use EZ-Line but this time I said what the hell and I stretched the sprue as thin as I could and used that instead.  I used Tamiya extra thin cement to attached the extra thin sprue to complete the antenna, so don't laugh!  I sure did!  LOL!  I hope you all enjoyed my 1/72 Corsair build.  My gift from above.

Toshi 

allan

The freehand airbrushing came out really well, Toshi. 1/72's not that difficult. Its actually half the work compared to a 1/48. lol!

 

Toshi

M. Brindos

You free handed that? You did better than i did on mine. I had to go and touch up mine with a little dry brushing to get mine to look the way it does.

I should have also warned you much sooner, but Pappy's squadron didn't have rocket equiped Corsairs. That's why I removed those from the wings and moved the bombs inboard of the wheel wells on scratch built racks.

I don't know if you want to change this so late in the build - especially after paint - but now you know.

 

...and knowing is half the battle! Go Joe! lol

 

Toshi

The freehand airbrushing came out really well, Toshi. 1/72's not that difficult. Its actually half the work compared to a 1/48. lol!

You free handed that? You did better than i did on mine. I had to go and touch up mine with a little dry brushing to get mine to look the way it does.

I should have also warned you much sooner, but Pappy's squadron didn't have rocket equiped Corsairs. That's why I removed those from the wings and moved the bombs inboard of the wheel wells on scratch built racks.

I don't know if you want to change this so late in the build - especially after paint - but now you know.

...and knowing is half the battle! Go Joe! lol

To my fellow forum members,

This is something I've never done before.  AB a 1/72 Corsair free hand.  It took a lot of patience and some retouching of some areas.  I will be building "Pappy" Boyington's Lulubelle/Lucybelle.  I would like to have members whom can give me some feedback into how it came out.  Thank you in advance.

Toshi

scottrc

Toshi,

So one side of the fuselage was not larger than the other side?????  I got this kit from the local Osco Drug when it first came out.  It taught me two things, 1) how to sand until my elbow fell off, and 2), it was the first model I learned to weather and dry brush on from reading the little tutorial in the instructions.  

In thinking I got a bad kit, I bought two more, and both had one side of the fuselage larger than the other.  They must have fixed it.

Stay well my friend.

 

Toshi

Yeah, I had similar issues. Especially with the canopy.

Toshi,

So one side of the fuselage was not larger than the other side?????  I got this kit from the local Osco Drug when it first came out.  It taught me two things, 1) how to sand until my elbow fell off, and 2), it was the first model I learned to weather and dry brush on from reading the little tutorial in the instructions.  

In thinking I got a bad kit, I bought two more, and both had one side of the fuselage larger than the other.  They must have fixed it.

Stay well my friend.

allan

Sorry to hear about your seizure, Toshi. Good to see youre back up.

 

I cant believe youre building another Corsair --- my favorite WW2 fighter --- and Ive yet to start my single 1/72 kit.  lol.

 

Yes, that's how much I love the Corsair, just like you!  I did see that Trumpeter makes a 1/32 Corsair, maybe I can get that for my birthday.  As for 1/72 builds, thats is Mrs. Toshi's favorite scale.  I really enjoy Academy 1/72 WWII aircraft series.  They're inexpensive, highly detailed, and take up little room.  allan, thank you so much for your support over these last year and a half, I so greatly appreciate it!

Toshi