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

Great job, everyone

I finally got everything in to give this bird another go.  Got the Tammy -1D, the Eduard 'pit set, the resin gun bays and the canopy masks.

I'm nearing completion of a Bearcat that I started in the meantime.  I hope to start the corsair over the next weekend.

-Fred

Thanks for the comments.  I am taking a break this week to finish up a DC-6, then will raid my wifes petticure supplies for acrylic powder to repair my canopy.  Hope to be finished up in a few weeks on the Corsair.

Cheers,

Scott

Nice one Andrew!

Cheers, Richie

Thanks Scott and Daywalker.

Next is a F-104 and a P-51A

Thanks Scott, and it looks like you are making great progress! 

Andrew- Nice bird there!  What's the next one on your bench?

Hi Guys

the builds are looking Awesome

has anyone got any pictures of the tail wheel area that they could post please?

I want to check if the Ribs run both horizontal and vertical ie a grid type pattern or in one direction only

TIA 

Chris aka Spong 

Great looking night Corsair, and Daywalker, wonderful job.  Fred, I know what you are going through. I just painted mine and everything turned out fine, except a clogging airbrush.  But that wasn't the worse part, I have had some pretty bad luck lately with liquid mask so I switched brands to Microsol and ended up with a pin hole when I painted the canopy.  Now I have a big blue goober dead nut in the center of my canopy.  Even worse, since I was having a hard time airbrushing acrylics, I changed to an enamel so this bugger isn't coming off.

Here is the painted bird minus the canopy.

Ok guys I got one corsair done. Its the F4U-5N, Sorry for not showing the WIP I got carried away and built this in a week. I did take alot of photos but some were acidentally deleted, I managed to save a couple. Here it is the Pilot by the way was Guy Bordelon the only navy ace in the Korean War.

Thanks for Looking

Hartmann352 wrote:

Oo Oo Oo....I pick option #2....If you're gonna go....Go Loaded for Bear...(or SeaMonsters ) Pit, how long you been out? You East Coast or West Coast Navy? I was at NASNI, and did time in the Ike & the Indy. Dave.

Been out for 3 months so far, stationed on the USS Nassau out of Norfolk, Va.

well since i have 3 votes for option 2 i guess that's what i'll go with. 

Hey everyone...Finally broke sprue last night on my Birdcage Corsair!! Working on the pit and found the Eduard PE seat a bit too wide so opting to use the kit seat (which really isnt bad for Tamiya)..think I'll sand down the sides a bit to give it more of a thinner look. 

Greg and Harv, they are looking great my friends!!! Well done both of you!

Thanks Frank!

Cheers, Richie

Thanks Ken, much appreciated! 

Richie- Well said my friend, well said!

Greg and Harv- That's some excellent work you guys are producing.  I tell ya, all that PE stuff really does a nice job of busy'ing up the office- I really like it!

Harv, two days of hard work, dedication, fights with carpet monster and only 5% of it will be visible isn't it awful ?

I also spent some long hours on mine and finally I think its done. When I closed the cockpit .... not much can be seen there  

  OK guys. I have been working on the left pannel for 2 days now, and I`m gona call it done. The upper quadrent was a bear. I redid the knobs 3 times, lost a couple to the carpet monster also. Darn there small!! But here it is, I must say I`m very happy with the hard work. Of course all feedback, good or bad is always welcome..........Harv

Thats' it buzz!!!! Be a sponge and soak it all up and still put out perfectly drinkable water! If that makes sense, LOL! Sorry, been hitting the rum a bit. Seriously you're fine mate, I just love the comeradery here and in all forums really, and living and learning and building something to be proud of as well as your peers is always a plus!!!! It's not stealing its sharing of knowledge.

Cheers, Richie

Beautiful job, Frank!!  That is a great looking Corsair!  I think I read earlier that you undercoated with silver to get that very realistic weathered look - it's great. 

Looks like you have a great start, too, Greg.  Looking forward to more pics. 

I'm just getting mine out of the box after finishing my Mustang for that GB, but am feeling a bit intimidated after seeing the great work in this thread.      I've seen some neat ideas in here and hope to steal some of them.  (That's my privilege as a relative newcomer, isn't it?  )

Ken 

Thanks Ken and Greg!

Greg- Nice work there on your Corsair!  I see some very nice details that I didn't add to mine.

Looks like I am gonna have to build another one!

Yup, Frank, once again: great build and a great addition to your collection !

Now a bit update on my entry. It is a Tamiya 1/48 Mk II.

I am close to finish the cockpit and close the fuselage. I used the conversion set to Mk II and Eduard PE parts (some... not proficient with dealing with PE parts yet )

Here are some pictures...

Cockpit painted with MM enamel Green Zinc Chomate FS34151

Greg, Drew-

Thank you VERY much guys!  I appreciate the kind words.

Drew- I apologize for my failure to mention this above:

Thank you SOOO much for those PE fuel tank caps, she wouldn't look the same without 'em.  Good on you my friend!

Gents, I finished my Corsair early this morning!  Burned the midnight oil till 1 am local time, but glad I did as I slept like a baby knowing she was finished.  Here are some pics, thanks for looking! 

Built mostly OOB, with Eduard seatbelts being the only addition.  Painted with Gunze acrylics, and I used the provided kit decals.  I had originally intended to use a set from Super Scale for a bird from VMF-312 (checkerboards) but the decals really did not fit so I opted to build a fairly fresh airframe.  I like the contrast of the smooth, semi-gloss airframe and the really beat up napalm tanks.  The rockets have added arming wires with tiny blobs of glue painted to represent the connectors.  Added some brake lines from fine wire, and the antenna from 2lb fishing line.  The drop tanks alone took many, many hours but they are worth it IMHO.  Thanks for taking a look fellas!

Thanks for taking a look, much appreciated!   Thanks everyone for making this such a fun GB!  I will still be lurking around, thinking about which Corsair to build next!

Should've come up with that idea yesterday, Summit

Now she's in many, many pieces, but I salvaged the pit and gunbay.  Between the scribing fiasco and the gut feeling i had about the wing fold, I think she's in a better place now.

-Fred

Daywalker wrote:

Fred- As for using your AM cockpit on the Tamiya kit, I have to tell you that the office on the -4 is quite different from the cockpit on the -1's.  4's had a cockpit floor, where the earlier models were open all the way to the bottom of the fuselage. Harv- Excellent work there!  Love that duct hose, wish I had seen that before I did mine!  Ah, well...I am CERTAIN there is another Corsair in my future!

ok, I'll keep the pit for another -4D.

Does anyone know if the Aires gunbay for the Tammy -1 will fit in the Tammy -1D?

Thanks,

Fred