Greg , there are some issue's with Italeri's 1/72 F4U-4B Corsair , particulary the wings .
Back on page 29 and 30 of this GB , I posted some WIP pics of the wings and how they don't quite line up with each other and what I did to fix the problem . Also I remember thinking that on the next one's I build I would leave the horizontal stabilizers off untill after the Corsair was painted and the landing gear was glued on ; My stabilizers are slightly off being in line with the wings , (angle down slightly from right to left when I view the aircraft from the rear ).
As for me , I've had a bit of a head cold these past few days and haven't done all that much , apart from cleaning up the rest of the Millcast LVT-3 Amtrac ;
After cleaning up the second track assembly (R/H) side I got ready to fit the seperate lower track and wheels in place .
As you can see in the pic , I had to cut both the end wheels off each track piece as the wheels didn't line up with those little wheel lug pieces on the lower assembly .
When dry fitting the lower tracks into position I noticed one track was too short and the other too long , so I cut the long one to size and used the small cut piece and glued it to the shorter piece of track .
Overall it looks okay and both lower assembly's fit nicely up against the main hull ;
It's only sitting in place as I will airbrush both lower track assembly's seperatly .
Ther is a small raised cargo grating piece which drops into the inside hull , but I'm not sure of it's exact location ?
Would it fit up against the front bulkhead , just behind where the driver sits or should it come back a little more towards the center of the hull , where the waist guns are located ; Because the 1/72 figures when standing on the lower hull floor can barely see over the side , so how can the operate those waist guns ???
Anyway I moved onto the cab roof piece and made some windows for the openings from some clear sheet , I dried fitted them and will install after painting ;
There are two seperate panels which I'm also not sure if they are window covers ?
The seats and control levers I'll paint seperatly as well and under the left front window there is a small piece which I think is the compass mount , I sat mine in place but again I'm not sure if it's positioned properly .
I assembled the main gun and decided to use a couple of smaller but similar guns from the Academy 2.5 Ton Cargo Truck and Accessories set ;
And again the instructions are a little vauge on which gun mounts to use for each gun .
Also the spotlight and bracket are a little confusing as to how they fit together ;
Her's a scan of the instruction sheet ;
Well that's about it , everything is ready for airbrushing , lot's of seperate bits and pieces ;
I'll go with Gunze Acrylic H-340 (FS 34097) Field Green .
Hopfully with a little help I should be able to figure out which gun mounts go with which guns etc ;
Perhaps there might be a book available on LVT's , that's not too expensive , especially pic's of the interior and gun positions .
Anyway another build ready for the spraybooth , she can join the conga line of other aircraft waiting for some paint .
John .