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

Thanks fellas!

Mike- I'm looking forward to seeing your FAS bird, not many of them modeled here.  As for your question about the backplate, those are exhaust pipes molded onto the back.  On my last build, I painted the whole deal black then used rustall and a few washes/pastels to give them a rusted look.  HTH!

Frank and Sean,

You guys are really doing some outstanding work

I finally got my painting done for the most part. This is my first attempt at 3 color cammo and I think it looks too "hard edged" on the sides of the fuesalage. Just don't have the skills yet to make it blend I guess. I will take some pics tomorrow and you guys can tell me what you think.

Regards,

Jeff 

Thanks Jeff, much appreciated!

I'm looking forward to seeing your pics.  If you think the demarcation line is a bit to sharp, what about cutting a piece of paper to the shape of the line then use little balls of Handy Tak or Silly Putty to keep the edge of the paper a millimeter or two off of the surface.  Then, if you spray agin the colors, there should be a softer line.

dirtball wrote:

Frank, PM inbound..........Harv

Sorry Harv, don't see one.

Daywalker wrote:

dirtball wrote:   Frank, PM inbound..........Harv Sorry Harv, don't see one.

   Frank, your the second one today that didn`t get my PM`s.   I just said that the guy you asked about the F-16  Thundrebirds in the LSP forum, seems abit shadey, and accourding to several other posts. So being the comic I am was poking fun at you, and asked if you were glad he didn`t answer you, thats all............Harv

Luke - Looks like your off to a great start. Looking forward to your next pics - next time increase the size option for guys like me losing his eyesight

Jeff - Thanks for checking in on my mess ! Frank is "Right On the Money" on how to soften your lines. If it is a "straight" line I will lift the edge of the masking tape to where it will blend also.

Harv -  Stop around and get back to work on that Corsair  Next thing you know the Garage will be too cold to work......

Frank - I took a few days off from the Corsair (Wife and I took a mini Vacation) any way while I was on the road I was thinking aboput those horrible struts - Long story short after some putty work and some Baremetal Foil I had since 1990 plus some wire, topped off with my ever so exclusive knowledge of Hydraulic leakage - they look pretty nice now !(or used)

I have came to a crossroads on my Cosair - The kit has rubber tires, which I would need to paint with Acrylics so they wont be "Sticky" for the rest of my life. I dont have any acrylic paint for the used tire look. Hobby shop is 80 miles one way, and I dont like the kit well enough to pop for resin tires.... Maybe I can find a pair in those Revell and HawseG's kits I have

Here's the struts after assembly.

Looks like the Ground crew needs to get a rag and some fuel and spiff them up....

Harv - Thanks for the approval, The shiny was done with Bare Metal Foil that I had hid away from my "Auto " days..

I got the tire color dulled down some, I'm hoping I will be able improve them some more with some  weathering pastels. 

Well Imagine my Suprise when the Gear Assembly did not fit under the "sheetmetal"!

I had to do quite a bit of filing to "shoehorn" them in. But I am glad I caught it now before painting the Fuse.

I have heard the Vicious Rumer that the Wings Droop really bad when attached. If that is so I believe I will need to be sedated

ACK!!!

Had to go all the way to page two in order to find this thread.  Have some progress on the Corsairs to share.  Masked and painted the black and white stripes on the arresting gear, and I added quite a few bits to the L/G, including the retraction springs, anti-rotation link, brake lines, and the lug and deck tie downs.  Also got the outer wings on the FAA bird. 

Daywalker wrote:

ACK!!!  I added quite a few bits to the L/G, including the retraction springs, anti-rotation link, brake lines, and the lug and deck tie downs.

"Show-off"   Frank that is some really nice work coming along. Springs and all that in 1/48 I wonder about you..  My Corsair and I have been having a Stand-off all Day, I stare at it wondering what I want to do next......

Thanks Sean!  The little springs are just stretched sprue, which I added some texture to to represent the springs.  I thought about real tiny springs, but they probably would have looked out of scale.  I hope you are able to end your stand-off soon!

Richie-Thanks, and I do know what you mean.  Having the struts compressed all of the way would probably be fine for a fueled-up bird with bombs and rockets.  I wish there was a relatively easy way to extend them on the Tamiya kit.  Maybe on the next one I try making some new scissor links and add a piece of sprue for a lengthened landing gear.  Trumpeter seems to have gone to the other extreme with their kit, molding them almost completely extended!  Thanks again, no offense taken!

Incredible work, Frank

Now stop showing off, 'cause you're going to scare everyone else away and it would hardly be a group build if it were just you

-Fred

The "Standoff" has ended with the Corsair. She went into the booth first thing today. I used Model Master Insigna Blue enamel FS35044. The battle is slowly coming to an end with this kit.

Here she is all blue in down in the booth

Aaron - Thanks for stopping in and liking what you see, That Frank is a Corsair Extremist doing two at once. But hey what guy hasnt ever thought of doing two   I stop in and check on the Navy Gb every now and then to see what is being built. 

On another note , this kit has been a trial of patience and errors on my part. No matter how long I study the directions I can still manage to mess up..To me it seems like each sprue section was created by a different person. Sprue C & D are almost twins except for the ejector pin locations... Anyway I am starting to see the light at the end of the Hanger !

Stop back in again

Ah, yes...two at once...

Guess I'll settle for Corsairs.

Thanks guys!  Having a lot of fun with the twins (Corsairs I mean)

Sean- Glad to see you were able to end the standoff!  I like that blue, what manufacturer/color is that?

Hi guys,

Fab work going on here, sorry I've been quiet lately but it's been busy for a number of reasons here in South Aus. No matter, I managed to get a start on my FG-1D, using the Tamiya -1D rather than the Hobbycraft. I've got as far as the cockpit and all internal prepainting, plus weathered the pit with Promodeler panel wash and MiG pigments, bare metal courtesy of MM enamel silver. The Interior Green is mixed from Tamiya acrylics, it's a tad light. Their instructions suggest two parts yellow to one part green, I skewed it a bit in favor of green but it should really be 1:1.

This is the first time I've managed to get an instrument panel decal to lie down over raised detail. It took six applications of Microscale Micro-Set, but it worked! I used Gunze clear flat over the decals, then created instrument glasses with clear gloss. The only item missing is the seat belt decal -- I messed it up so decided to forget the harness.

The last two images will be very familiar to KG! It should be a quicker process now, I'll be able to close up the fuselage before long. I had a bit of trouble with focus, these are very small assemblies!

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

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