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

Fred, the new aerial IS the bees knees! That looks GREAT! Well done!

Cheers, Richie

Great lookin bird...wow...makes a grown man want to shed a tear!!

Mark

HArv,

With the cockpit looking that nice, I can't wait to see the rest of this bird!  Well done.

Here is the only two Corsairs that were at the model expo in Melbourne, Oz, plus a couple others.

The Corsairs were both 1/48, the Boomerang was 1/72, Phonix D.I 1/72 which deservingly placed first, and the Liberator and Mustang were both, get this, 1/144. Enjoy!!

Wow, thanks everyone .  I really appreciate the compliments - it really does make all the work worthwhile.

Harv, I didn't rescribe the lines, I just used some promodeller wash (both light and dark).  With the light color wash, I ended up doing two applications.  The first one was barely noticeable, but the second one really added a dimension of depth.

-Fred

  Fred, I have 3 colors of Promod washes. I havent tried the light ones yet. This will be a good test. One of the things I like about it is if you dont like it, simply wipe it off. Did you aply befor or after clear coat/furtur? I used it right after painting  my F105 with no probs...........Harv

I did it after the decals, so it must have been after the future.  I think I did a test area on the bottom before I put future on, but that really doesn't make much of a difference, does it

-Fred

Harv, That 'Thud 'looks awesome!!! What scale is it??? I have both the Monogram D and G in 1/48 for future builds. Also have the old Monogram D 1/72 kit.

Cheers, Richie

  SIM, its a Trump 1/32. Been "working" on it for about a yr and a half. But when I started I was working Grave yard and went to swings, so had very little build time.Thanks for the complement!.......

    I hope aALL of you have a safe & happy 4th.........Remember why we celebrate it!!.......Harv 

 Drew,

 If you don't tell my wife , you got a deal!

 Fred great job on your Corsair

 Decals today !!!

 Frank C

thuds1 wrote:

Drew,  If you don't tell my wife , you got a deal!  Fred great job on your Corsair  Decals today !!!  Frank C

*CRAFT disease in full swing here*

Whut?

Super job on the Corsair, Fred!! 

I can't keep up with the excellent workmanship shown in this GB, but I haven't been scared away yet, so I'm still gonna finish this thing. 

Here's progress so far - I'm hangin in there!

Ken,

Beautiful work so far!  Very smooth finish on her, and the drop tanks look good and worn.  Well done!

Daywalker wrote:

Ken, Beautiful work so far!  Very smooth finish on her, and the drop tanks look good and worn.  Well done!

Aw, the wing thing ye sez!!

Thats th one the designy bloke wadded up the drawin' te wipe 'is Asz, an left on the table where The XO smoothed it out and built it wit' thos' weird wingie kinks?

Nah, I'm a scurvy lunk?

Kenn it's looking great so far, can't wait to see the rest!

Cheers, Richie

Whadda ya mean 'hangin in there?'  You're holding your own just fine with that Corsair Ken Looks great, keep on it

Yea, I know. As soon as I get one of the three I have going off the bench, I'm startin mine

DrewH wrote:

Yea, I know. As soon as I get one of the three I have going off the bench, I'm startin mine

And here I thought you LIKED Corsairs...

Thanks for the encouragement, guys.  I'm almost there  - problem is, that stupid game called golf keeps getting in the way!    (I'm not a pro modeler, but the modeling is probably better than the golf.) 

Ken 

Lookin' really good, Ken .  I really like the shade of blue you're using - which one is it?  I used MM Dark sea blue and it was a little darker than I would have liked.

-Fred

Thanks, Fred.  The paint is rattle can Tamiya AS-8 (navy blue).

Can someone help me with some historical stuff involving the Corsair?  Joe Foss, marine ace and Congressional Medal of Honor winner started the South Dakota ANG unit back in 1946.  I was involved with that unit, both active and inactive duty, and as a full-time tech in the 50's and 60's, and remember listening to some of Joe's tales in our Ops Center.  (He was governor of South Dakota at the time.)  I know that Joe flew F4F-3s and F4F-4s with VMF-121, but I remember reading somewhere that he also was in VMF-124 for a short time, flying a Corsair.  I'd like to detail mine with his markings if I can determine what they were.  I've searched a lot of internet sites without much luck so far.  I'd appreciate any hints.

Thanks,

Ken 

 Ken,

 That looks great so far,you are up there with the best of them.

 Keep up the good work.

 Frank C

Drew and Thuds - thanks.

I still can't find any reference to Foss in a Corsair with VMF-124.  So I'm going to bag that idea and later build a Wildcat with Joe's # 53.  Most of his combat time was at Henderson Field in '42 and '43 with F4Fs.

Thanks again,

Ken 

dirtball wrote:

Hope the rest of you are managging to get something done.............Harv

No, we just managed to get it done.

The GB seems to be split into 3 categories.  You got the people that got in, got it built and got out.  You've got the people that got in, take their time, build a piece, wait a month, build another piece, etc.. And then you've got the people that got in and then you never hear from them again. 

It's like my P-61 GB.  All these people wanted in, nobody builds a blasted thing.

-Fred

Ken,

 Here's something I dug up...   http://0000a22.previewcoxhosting.com/jfbio.html  ....

scroll about half way down, AC K99. One would get the impression taht is is the man in question that is flying it. Then the pic below that, can't tell if that is a Corsair cowling or now. Maybe there is a "rivet-counter" out that that might be able to tell.

That's all for the moment....still looking.

, Dave.

P.S. I am still in, want to make it good, just wrapped up Classic GB, in middle of Medium Bomber GB. Have spouse that complains that I have to many in the stash, but when I want to go work on'em, I get ..."What, You're not gonna hang out with me?".....or there's something on the "Honeydew" list....I fully intend on starting & completing this GB...I mean, come on...It's a CORSAIR! Have to.