IT'S BACK! Secret Santa 2: Rudolph Strikes Back

Thanks Chris!

Started painting it yesterday, and pics will come soon!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Small update! Laid some white on the underside!

Next, I'll paint the dark blue on the underside, before I start masking for the blue-grey.

Cheers,

Azgaron

Thanks Mist!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Good to see some paint on the Corsair Azgaron. I like those schemes and cant wait to see this with more paint on it, looking good

Steve

Thanks Steve!

I did some painting yesterday!

Perhaps a tad bit too dark!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Thanks Dave!

I'm not sure, I'm only following the instructions! I think I've read somewhere that they should be Navy blue, but as I said, I'm not sure!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Dave, I heard that the wings where painted blue so they shouldn't show as much when folded!

Here's the latest progress!

Cheers,

Azgaron

I did a repaint on the underside of the wings! It didn't turn out the way I had in mind, and I forgot to take notes of the mix!

I this Ok?

Cheers,

Azgaron

Thanks Bossman!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Looks very nice from here Azgaron. I cant remember which colour it should be but the intermediate blue sure looks purdy.

Steve

Thanks Steve!

Cheers, 

Azgaron

Thanks Scott!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Thanks Klaus!

I think I'll stick with the second version! Let's hope that I can manage to mix a match for the color I used, since I forgot to take notes!

Cheers,

Azgaron 

So it's slow going here... but I'll get it done one of these days! Here's my F-4U 1D backdated to a 1A. Paint is on! Paint fading is still in the works...

Questions and comments welcome!

Great work so far man.  Looks like we've got two tri color Corsairs that may be landing at the same time !

Chris

Ok guys, finally got some good work done on the Corsair. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here it goes!

A question for all the critics out there: Is the white wash on the dark blue too much? Sometimes I think it looks ok, others not so much. Thanks for looking!

Great work RadMax! I love the light color you used for panelling the aircraft.

I think it looks more than just ok!

Here's another update from my workshop!

Almost done, hopefully she'll be complete by this weekend!

Max,

Very nice weathering job and overall build.  Pretty !

Chris

Alright I finally finished this bad boy off! I think it's one of my best so far! Special thanks to Leadas for the kit! I added some extras to my Corsair: Scratch built nav lights, True Details cockpit (not worth it!), ignition wires, built the flaps in the UP position, removed the tail hook, changed the direction of the tail wheel, made Tamiya's bomb rack more realistic, and used Eagle Strike decals, for Lt. Jg. Merl W. Davenport. His plane was stationed at Bougainville in 1944. Hope you guys like it!

RadMax, absolutely great build and well wort the wait to see it finished. I thin you nailed the well used and abused look to it. How did you do the light panells, I must have missed how you achieved that effect, very nice.

Steve

Steve, thanks! I'm glad you like it. In retrospect, I should have gone lighter on the paint chipping and heavier on the paint fading. But hey, I like the Corsair and this is a beautiful kit. Plus I've got decals for three other planes!

I'm not sure if you're asking about the panel wash or faded panels, so I'll explain both. The light panel wash is put out by Promodeler, and it's really great stuff. I used the dark wash on the bottom surfaces. To make the lighter panels, I cranked my airbrush down to about 3 psi and thinned the paint down a lot. I lightened the base color with white and buffand then filled the panels in. Hope this helps!