Well folks, It's high time I got back to my Corsair and walk you all through what I got done prior to the shelving episode in 2018. There is quite a bit so I hope you will bear with me and enjoy my progress.
Let's start, of course, with the cockpit. The Yahu PE seat was folded into shape. I removed the kit solid seat mounts and installed the Eduard PE mount to the back of the seat.
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Cockpit parts were assembled and painted with MM interior zinc chromate green along with all the Eduard PE.
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All assembled. The yahu fabric harnesses were an excellent touch. I weathered with a wash, drybrushing and some pastels.
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Painting and detail on the fuselage walls.
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All buttoned up and primed with Tamiya white primer.
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It was then painted with MM Dark Sea Blue.
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Next up was the engine, cowling, and resin cowling flaps. I utilized copper wire to simulate the ignition wires. Very small holes were drilled for each one to mount into. It was painted with MM paints and given a wash and some drybrushing.
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Using some steel wire I wired the resin cowling flaps to represent the control cable.
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That was subsequently painted and washed and mounted to the engine.
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The rockets were wired with copper wire for ignition wires and the landing gear was given copper wire brake lines.
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Fiddly bits painted as well as the prop.
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Next came the dacals. I opted to use the markings for Cpt.G.H. Wallace of VF-83 on board USS Essex 1945. These came from the Starfighter decal set.
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They went on fairly well and laid down nicely with Solvaset.
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And that my friends is where I left off. It's now all about the weathering, detail painting and final assembly. As such, there's still a good bit to do to bring this to a satisfactory conclusion.
Thank You all for following along. I know Toshi is.
Cheers, Joe