Fleet Air Arm Group Build

OOOOOO Frank! That is cool!  Where do you come up with these!  I should see what your Ventura refs look like I'm looking for pics LOL!  That Night Fighter is something I haven't seen very cool!

Thanks Sean!

That is one cool looking scheme Frank that I had not seen before.  Learn something new all the time.

Aaron, I've heard nothing good about FM either.  Kudos to you for diving into  those treacherous waters. 

Aaron,

Thanks!  For those profiles, I use a site called Wings Palette.  They have a lot of different profiles for many aircraft, but the site can be a little quirky at times.  Be careful though, their info can range from pretty close to way off so I use it mostly for inspiration.

Dave- Thanks mate!  AAACK!!!  You changed your avatar again!

Great work on the twins Frank!!!!! Looking better and better all the time!!!!!!!!!

Aaron, you have my admiration for your perserverance on this bird!!!!!!!!!!!!! When you get it on the flightline, GRAB A SIXER!!!!!!!! Just to say thank god and greyhound it's gone!!! LOL

Ritchie have you been watching Hee Haw again?  Roy Clark will want his honeys back! LOL!

 Dave? Is that you?

Is there a story behind this? I mean I got the nekid Calvin streaker! That seemed like your wild man personna! LOL!

Taking a bit of a clean up break today. The disorganization was just getting too deep!  Gotta find some tools and ref books anyways to do it justice. The Bombay is quite complex structerally. Should be fun!

 FRank musta just been teasing us promising prop shots!

 Bondo! What you working on now? You keep sneaking in these great builds! I almost missed your Mavis!  Any luck finding your yoke? yuk yuk yuk! That may be a sign you need to change brands of rum! Stay

Thanks Richie!

sfcmac wrote:

...Frank musta just been teasing us promising prop shots!

LOL, I didn't take any of the propellers as I didn't think they looked very exciting.  WOuld you like to see some pics of them?

Maaaaaaaaaaan you guys are getting me anxious for May already!!!!  And I don't know if I can make a year,so may have to consider a SECOND build for the FAA switch too....gonna have to see

Brian

sfcmac wrote:

. . . Bombay is quite complex structerally. Should be fun!

Aaron,

Bombay is structurally complex?  I thought all you had to do is twist off the cap and pour!  Don't forget the Houston contest this weekend.

Boba Fett wrote:

Was gone the last 2 days. Anyhow, I want to get a lot of work done today. About paint, I can't find an acrylic gloss dark sea blue, or even sea blue. Would Insignia blue with a little black and a brighter blue suffice? I know paint mixes of the 50's wern't exactly precise as they are today. And also, I just thought up a (I think) brilliant way of replacing raised panel lines. Make a small ring of clay around a well-formed panel line (And rivets should work). Then pour a thin sillicone mold in there. After it dries, you have a mold for panel lines. Now I can cast them, and replace the lost ones when sanding. Re-scribing might be far more accurate, but I can't scribe a fuselage to save my life. I'll post pics in a while. How about my paint dilemma? Make a big batch of mixed paint? I think it should work. Oh, and I can't stand gloss finishes on millitary planes. Would a semi-gloss be somewhat accurate? Thanks for any help you can give. Thanks,  Graham

Graham,

What paint scheme are you doing your Corsair in?  Model Master makes Glossy Sea Blue and Intermediate blue in their enamel bottle and spray bomb lines.  Tamiya has them as well in both acrylic and lacquer spray (I used the Intermediate Blue on my A-wing).  Don't know about MM's acrylic line as I've never used them.  Glossy Sea Blue is more of a semi gloss finish.

lewbud wrote:

sfcmac wrote: . . . Bombay is quite complex structerally. Should be fun! Aaron, Bombay is structurally complex?  I thought all you had to do is twist off the cap and pour!  Don't forget the Houston contest this weekend.

lewbud wrote:

Boba Fett wrote: Was gone the last 2 days. Anyhow, I want to get a lot of work done today. About paint, I can't find an acrylic gloss dark sea blue, or even sea blue. Would Insignia blue with a little black and a brighter blue suffice? I know paint mixes of the 50's wern't exactly precise as they are today. And also, I just thought up a (I think) brilliant way of replacing raised panel lines. Make a small ring of clay around a well-formed panel line (And rivets should work). Then pour a thin sillicone mold in there. After it dries, you have a mold for panel lines. Now I can cast them, and replace the lost ones when sanding. Re-scribing might be far more accurate, but I can't scribe a fuselage to save my life. I'll post pics in a while. How about my paint dilemma? Make a big batch of mixed paint? I think it should work. Oh, and I can't stand gloss finishes on millitary planes. Would a semi-gloss be somewhat accurate? Thanks for any help you can give. Thanks,  Graham Graham, What paint scheme are you doing your Corsair in?  Model Master makes Glossy Sea Blue and Intermediate blue in their enamel bottle and spray bomb lines.  Tamiya has them as well in both acrylic and lacquer spray (I used the Intermediate Blue on my A-wing).  Don't know about MM's acrylic line as I've never used them.  Glossy Sea Blue is more of a semi gloss finish.

IT's overall dark sea blue. My Hobby Town doesn't carry the color in  ACryl, and they won't put in a special order for me. I can't stand super-gloss finishes, I'll overcoat with a semi-gloss when painted. I might throw a little bit of future to make a little more shine, but that's it.

Boba Fett wrote:

lewbud wrote:  Boba Fett wrote: Was gone the last 2 days. Anyhow, I want to get a lot of work done today. About paint, I can't find an acrylic gloss dark sea blue, or even sea blue. Would Insignia blue with a little black and a brighter blue suffice? I know paint mixes of the 50's wern't exactly precise as they are today. And also, I just thought up a (I think) brilliant way of replacing raised panel lines. Make a small ring of clay around a well-formed panel line (And rivets should work). Then pour a thin sillicone mold in there. After it dries, you have a mold for panel lines. Now I can cast them, and replace the lost ones when sanding. Re-scribing might be far more accurate, but I can't scribe a fuselage to save my life. I'll post pics in a while. How about my paint dilemma? Make a big batch of mixed paint? I think it should work. Oh, and I can't stand gloss finishes on millitary planes. Would a semi-gloss be somewhat accurate? Thanks for any help you can give. Thanks,  Graham Graham, What paint scheme are you doing your Corsair in?  Model Master makes Glossy Sea Blue and Intermediate blue in their enamel bottle and spray bomb lines.  Tamiya has them as well in both acrylic and lacquer spray (I used the Intermediate Blue on my A-wing).  Don't know about MM's acrylic line as I've never used them.  Glossy Sea Blue is more of a semi gloss finish. IT's overall dark sea blue. My Hobby Town doesn't carry the color in  ACryl, and they won't put in a special order for me. I can't stand super-gloss finishes, I'll overcoat with a semi-gloss when painted. I might throw a little bit of future to make a little more shine, but that's it.

Graham,

If you can get it, Model Masters Glossy Sea Blue out of the rattle can is what you're looking for.  Take a look http://public.fotki.com/lewbud/fine-scale-group-builds/aoshima-f7f to see what I mean.  Here's a pic from the Naval Aviation Musuem in Pensacola  http://public.fotki.com/lewbud/aircraft/korea/f7f-tigercat/  Hope this helps.

EDIT:  If you want pics of some Corsairs, I can upload those too.

Heyyyy Frankie!!! Found this link, hope it helps!!! Shows some good shots of an FAA bird!! Not a profile but should give a good idea where the colors go!!

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=svMmuF0-flcC&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=FAA+Corsair+camo+scheme&source=bl&ots=5-DARhs5R4&sig=cZp34pzIDIV8cWNG_tkma0LYYmM&hl=en&ei=XS7WSYT4HtWUkAXrqp3PBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6#PPA37,M1

Well I managed a day of tomorrow!  Think Dee and I shall take in that IPMS Model Mania Show in Houston. It's at the Stafford Center where she went to a Rick Springfield concert of all things.  I shall charge up the Camera  and see what these shows are all about.

 Hope to see Lewbud there!  Maybe get a few pics before Dee gets security called on her and we are ask to leave.

sfcmac wrote:

I shall charge up the Camera and... ...Maybe get a few pics before Dee gets security called on her and we are ask to leave.

What kind of pictures are you taking?

It be the weekend lads!    Whar' be the Rum Key?!?!?

Ah thar she be...

Yargh, welcome to tha weekend!  Alas, little modleing for me to do this weekend as I have me a First Aid traning class both Sat. and Sun., but I be right back at the bench on Monday!  Gonna place me order for the Photo Etc Sea Harrier cockpit soon and slowly brood it ain't may yet

Brian

Ahhh...Dave.  Nicely done.

Cheers!

Question for you fellas...

I have two Corsairs ready for paint, but cannot decide which one to do first.  I only have enough parts holders to paint one at a time.  Any ideas?

 I dunno they are both ultra cool! I am looking forward to that unusual night fighter scheme though!

 Weekends were made for fishnets!

Richie- Hmmm... not sure if that will work.  Which do you think I should paint first?

Aaron- That's one vote for the F4U-2.

Frank,  you mean you can't cut another block of styro or splurge on another box of tooth pics?!?!?! 

Question for you Frank while I am at it.  I'm painting my corsair and wondering about the whole soft vs. hard edge for the tri-color camo scheme.  I've seen both!  Any tips?

Just to p*ss Aaron off I'm voting for the FAA scheme first.

OK, I have Aaron and Richie with the Night Fighter, and Dave and Richie with the FAA bird.  Now what do I do?

Anyone else?

Dave- 

I believe these are retouched photos, but the camo demarcation lines look pretty soft to me.  I would go with a paper mask off of the surface to get that light feather to the edge.