Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Frank, I was planning to work on the Corsair today (yardwork first) I read the info you sent me.  I have some ideas I would like to run past you.  I read that the inside of the cowls are painted any number of colors  The wheel wells and gear doors were painted the same color as the underside?  Or would it be OK to paint them zinc chrom or int. green?

Roy

Roy,

I think you would be safe painting the inside of the cowl int. green.  As for the wheelwells, I have seen just as many modelers paint them int. green, zinc chromate yellow, salmon, and the underside color.  In the end, it is up to you and what looks right in your eye.  It seems that everytime someone pins down the "correct" color for something, someone else finds conflicting evidence.  For example, the inside of the cowl on KD431 is painted light gray and is the original color, but nobody can explain why.  I hope that helps!

Iner. green it is then  i was learning towards that color just needed someone to second it.

Roy

Roy,

If it were mine, I would paint the inside of the cowl int. green, and the wheel wells the underside color.  Just my

You do know that your just the heck out of me.  Truth be told doing it your way means less masking

Roy

Daywalker wrote:

Roy, If it were mine, I would paint the inside of the cowl int. green, and the wheel wells the underside color.  Just my

For what it's worth, in my limited building of WW II USN & USMC planes, the wheel well's have been painted the same color as the underside.  Same would make sense if the FAA planes were painted at the US factory before shipping.

Not only that, but it saves time & tape!

 With a little luck & a good tail wind, I may finish the Hellcat this weekend.

Daywalker....thanks for the links!

Learned a ton about everything......Nice!

Nam 

wyoroy wrote:

The only Roden kit I have was given to me, (thanks again my friend) and what I can tell it looks pretty good.  It's a WWI Albatros. Roy

Good to know! Was just wondering how it compared. Guess i may have to get one myself just to get a good touchy-feely

WOOHOO!!!

A package arrived at my house today in the middle of our blizzard!  Luckily, I was running the snow-blower when the postman arrived so I was able to receive it straight off of the truck.  I must admit, I was difficult not to run into the house and tear it open!  But, my sense of honor prevailed and I dutifully carried it into the garage to await the "Day."   I continued on removing snow from my driveway and my elderly neighbor's driveway, thinking about what lay wrapped inside that precious box!

I will not post a photo of my package, as I fear it's sender's identity could be compromised.  But, Thank you so much (you know who you are)!  I am gonna have a hard time waiting a few weeks to open this gem!

Very cool Frank  I wonder when my gift will arrive 

Frank maybe your package contains one of these:

Now that is way cool Nothing like raw power.

Roy

OK, just so the sender can see that the package is intact, here is a photo of it with some of the detail blacked out:

Daywalker wrote:

I dunno Roy, maybe soon!  Remember when you were saying how much you're gonna miss snow?  Well, anytime the urge to remove it from a driveway gets the better of you, feel free to stop by and I'll LET you shovel my driveway!

Only if you offer me some of that great coffee I hear of.

Almost for got cheese too

Roy

Here's an idea, you could move down here and we could be neighbors

Roy

wyoroy wrote:

So have you measured & weighed the box to get an idea of what if could be Roy

Well one things for sure, it's definately not another snowblower!!!!

wyoroy wrote:

Only if you offer me some of that great coffee I hear of.

Fair enough Roy!  If you shovel my driveway, I'll make you a GREAT cup of coffee!

DesertRat wrote:

Well one things for sure, it's definately not another snowblower!!!!

Well, I suppose it could be a scale model of a snowblower.

Sonds like this storm we have is gonna be a dandy... after about 4-6 inches of snow, it started freezing rain around 2pm.  Has been blowing over 30mph and raining all afternoon.  VERY nasty out there... time to go run the snowblower again!  I'm never gonna get any modelling done if I have to keep going outside!

Daywalker wrote:

OK, just so the sender can see that the package is intact, here is a photo of it with some of the detail blacked out:

...Is....is that one of Mannstein's models.....it has that sinister look to it!   Like some kinda stealth package!

 I'd shake it a few times....throw it in the snow and duck! 

....I wasn't here..... 

Yep, that's alotta snow! Haven't seen that much since Europe... As for the weather here, i know yesterday we had been getting alotta rain. So as a result there has been some mudslides out here what with the fire damage and all......

   But it's a bitter 53 degrees out here and i'm friggin freezin!!!!!

DesertRat wrote:

But it's a bitter 53 degrees out here and i'm friggin freezin!!!!!

Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?

In between rounds with the snowblower, I managed to finish painting my Spitfire pilot.  I don't know if the colors are completely accurate, but seeing as how I don't usually paint figures, I used the colors I had on hand.

Daywalker wrote:

DesertRat wrote: But it's a bitter 53 degrees out here and i'm friggin freezin!!!!! Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?

DesertRat wrote:

Daywalker wrote:  DesertRat wrote: But it's a bitter 53 degrees out here and i'm friggin freezin!!!!! Am I supposed to feel sorry for you?

How do you say WUSSSY in American?  Come visit us in Canada Sometime or pray you don't get posted to ALaska!

razordws wrote:

DesertRat wrote:  Daywalker wrote:  DesertRat wrote: But it's a bitter 53 degrees out here and i'm friggin freezin!!!!! Am I supposed to feel sorry for you? How do you say WUSSSY in American?  Come visit us in Canada Sometime or pray you don't get posted to ALaska!

ahaaaa! Touche' from the frosty kanuck! Care to have a few jalapenos out in the Mojave this next summer?

razordws wrote:

DesertRat wrote:  Daywalker wrote:  DesertRat wrote: But it's a bitter 53 degrees out here and i'm friggin freezin!!!!! Am I supposed to feel sorry for you? How do you say WUSSSY in American?  Come visit us in Canada Sometime or pray you don't get posted to ALaska!

The great white north, do you know of Bob & Doug Mackenzie?  When ever I think of Canada I think of the movie Strange Brew  My wife loves eastern Canada reminds here of Europe. 

As for the snow Frank will tell you that I do miss the snow since moving down here to the sunshine state.

Frank, the plot looks great my friend.  I will try to post some pics of what I have done so far.

Roy

Nice work on the pilot Frank.  Colors look close enough.

Regards,  Rick

Well, I'm slowly making rapid progress on the Wyvern .  Have the fuselage buttoned up & the 5 wing sub-assemblies completed.  The wing assembly consists of 26 parts making it the most complex wing I've ever encountered in any kit .

Trumpeter designed the kit for the wings to be folded, including the folding wing tips which this version didn't have .  But dang nab it all, a Wyvern just doesn't look right with folded wings so I'm going to build it with them extended.  Dry fitting shows the fit of the center section to the fuselage is near perfect, but the outboard wing sections are going to take a lot of TLC to get a good fit without destroying the complex fold lines.  But it's got to be done & I've seen reviews where it was done by others so I'm going to give it the old college try.

Wish me luck boys, I'm going in... 

Regards,  Rick