The Official F4U Corsair Group Build 4/01/08 - rolling end date

Lancers212 wrote:

Gigatron, Does it count if the kit was started back in '88 and has suffered battle damage (kids & wife)?

  Fred, I think the guy is waiting for an answer..............Harv
 

Add me in please.  Revell 1/48 F4U-4

Thanks,

Chris

i would like to join, but i need some info. i have the heller(?) dash 7 in lovely neon blue! did the -7 use the same 'pit as the -4? i ask because im unaware of any detail stuff for the -7.

some assembly required wrote:

i would like to join, but i need some info. i have the heller(?) dash 7 in lovely neon blue! did the -7 use the same 'pit as the -4? i ask because im unaware of any detail stuff for the -7.

Acording to Squqdron  #145 F4UCorsair in action - "The instrument panel was very similar to a standard F4U-4 cockpit layout with all the dials and gauges in English" 

I could check all my other refrence books for photos but it would be a few days before I could post them as I am working off a stripped down PC.  

Hi Gigatron,

Thanks, man! Glad to be aboard -- I've been really looking forward to doing this bird, I've had this kit in my stash since the late 90s or so and now I have an excuse to build it!

Dupes -- hi guy! Glad to see another treadhead over here with the winged things too! Yes indeed, it'll be most interesting. There's limited research data on the FAS Corsairs, plenty of mention of them in the literature but I've not found photographs yet. There's a fabulous colour profile of FAS-219 drawn from the opposite side to the box art, so between them I could spray a decent cammo job. The decals are a bit glossy so this may be a topcoat situation. The object is the colourscheme, obviously, but she should also be detailed as well as possible. I checked out the Quickboost engine for the Tamiya -1D and it looks superb, and at a price that won't break the bank. They also have a set of gear bay doors that look sweet. I've not found the Aires cockpit set yet, and the other engines I've seen so far have been a lot more expensive than I'm interested in spending to be barely-glimpsed through the cowling of a model which cost a lot less than the details!

Colours -- hard to pick but the references in the kit and online are giving me a fair steer. The tan shade is a yellowish ochre, it looks a lot darker and yellower than the recommended Sand, and the yellow of the ID bands is not a Signal shade. But what is certain is that the El Salvadorean planes were all finished in US FS-paints.

It'll be a change from tanks! And I'll get into some midnight blues further down the road...

Cheers,

TB379

Hey T'Bolt, I'll check my references for you tonight when I get home.  I'm not promising but I think I might have a photo of what you need.

Cheers

Lancers and SAR, I added you guys to the list.

Anyone else reading from this point on, please check the big announcement on the first page.

-Fred

Don't worry about it, SAR.  With any luck, this will be the most informative thread on Corsairs.

The new announcement is just so people know that I don't always cath every post, so if I miss them asking to join, it's not a personal thing.

-Fred

  This is what I managed to get done this morning. Any advice is welcome..And welcome abord all you late bloomers..........Harv

Great progress there Harv!

I am just about ready to start painting, just have to fix a couple of seams tonight and a little more masking.  Hopefully, I can spray some dark blue tomorrow or the next day!

dirtball wrote:

scottrc wrote: Hi, Just checking in since I work a lot and don't get a lot of bench time.  Harv, I need to make a correction to one of my last replies.  The landing gear I got are not from AIRIES but from Scale Aircraft Conversions. There are some great builds going on here from all of you, I can't wait to see them completed.  Scott   Scott, thanks for clearing that up. That explanes a lot. Are they 1/32? Are the Revell that bad? Do I need to order more stuff??  Fred, excelent work so far. Keep it up, my friend.............Harv

Harv, The landing gear is 1/32.  The Revell kit I built had really soft plastic and did have a lot of problems with them.  The metal gear will help a lot.

Scott

Nice looking progress Harv, keep the pics coming.

Well after Tossing and turing over this for a couple of weeks now I finally went out and order the True Details cockpit for my bird.  I can officially blame Chris for this because his cockpit looked so good compared to the one Hase supplies with the kit.

Cheers

I'm the king of bad influences. 

Progress has been slow for me.  I joined the fuselage halves and did the appropriate sanding.  The fit is great, it didn't need much sanding. 

Semper Fi,

Chris

Hi all, 

Looks like it's gonna be the Quickboost engine and bay doors to dress up the Hobbycraft COIN bird, plus TF wheels. Google isn't finding the Aires cockpit set for the -1D, anybody know if it's out of production??? Anybody else make a pit for a -1D?

Darson -- any luck with that pic??? No pressure, guy, but it would be great to see!

Happy building,

TB379

Sorry about that T'Bolt it completely slipped my mind.

I had a scrounge through my references and this is all I could on the San Salvador FG-1Ds.  It's an FAS FG-1D awaiting delivery to San Salvador in 1958.

Cheers

Here is a bit of what I have been working on with the Tamiya 1:48 F4U-1D.  The extra cockpit pieces are made from scratch with .010 styrene disks punched via sharpened brass tubing; 1/16" and 1/8" diameter.  Also used tiny pieces of brass rod, small solder, wire insulation and even a bag staple from the Tamiya plastic kit bags!  All together there are 10 additions to the kit piece plus tiny glue "knobs". These parts are SMALL!  That elevator trim wheel with the solder surround was made with 5 separate items and the original molded detail has been sanded down and pin drilled to accept the new wheel..quite a learning process but I'm quite happy with it for a first time effort . 

piperjoe-

I can't see them either.  All I get is a box that says "This image or video has been moved or deleted".

piperjoe wrote:

Well.........dang-nab-it.....oh, CRAP!!!!!    Back to the drawing board!!

  Joe, hang in there buddy . We`ll get it figured out. But I am anxious to see them....... Harv

OK..Took the pics over and will try again...