Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club Forum
Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: kiwichappers on April 28, 2021, 08:18:22 PM
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Here we go, next up on the bench an F4U-1 Corsair.
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Hi Francis,
Look forward to this in your hands,
Bigkev
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Should be good. Looking forward to this.
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Nice! I always liked this aircraft - unusual in it's own way but never built one yet. I shall let you insprire me.
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Spent a couple of hours on the cockpit today. Firewall and instrument panel plus the seat and side consoles sorted enough for my purposes on this one. Test fitting these sub assembles together has highlighted a minor fit problem which I'll address tomorrow.
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Hi Francis,
Looks a pretty comprehensive cockpit so far.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Great cockpit detail.
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Excellent cockpit Francis - what scale is it ????
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Excellent cockpit Francis - what scale is it ????
Get those eyes working, look at the box, its 1/48.
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Excellent detail Francis.
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A bit more work from the overnight elves. No doubt about it Tamiya kits build very quickly.
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A bit more work from the overnight elves. No doubt about it Tamiya kits build very quickly.
Shake and make almost.
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Excellent cockpit Francis - what scale is it ????
Get those eyes working, look at the box, its 1/48.
Had to zoom in on the photo to see it - MUST get eyes tested.
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Excellent cockpit Francis - what scale is it ????
Get those eyes working, look at the box, its 1/48.
Had to zoom in on the photo to see it - MUST get eyes tested.
No comment.
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Excellent cockpit Francis - what scale is it ????
Get those eyes working, look at the box, its 1/48.
Had to zoom in on the photo to see it - MUST get eyes tested.
No comment.
Everything looks small to Msea.........
Trouble is Joyce agrees, Ho, ho, ho.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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The cockpit looks great. The seat harness just finishes the job.
Neat work.
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It’s looking great, the instruments look fantastic.
Bob c
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Like many others I have a liking for the Corsair, I think it stems from a kit built when I was about 10 or 11.
A great build.
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Is this a Navy or Marine bird, I'm not up on my US coding. I think it's Navy but have been known to be wrong. Also will it be factory fresh or will it have had a hard life?
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I've only build one other Corsair the old Airfix 72nd kit .
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This model is going to nearer the pristine end of the spectrum and will be in a somewhat spurious Kiwi scheme as it appeared at Wings over Wanaka in 2010.
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Hi Francis,
A 'Warbird' scheme then, with a nod to NZ service?
Bigkev
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Spent a couple of hours on the cockpit today. Firewall and instrument panel plus the seat and side consoles sorted enough for my purposes on this one. Test fitting these sub assembles together has highlighted a minor fit problem which I'll address tomorrow.
A couple of hours!!!
There's a months of solid effort for me there, and it still wouldn't
look as good!
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Spot on Kev, I'm working up to a Warbirds over Wanaka and or Warbirds over Wairarapa display for the NZ SIG display. There's a interesting variety to go at for that theme as it includes unlikely aircraft plus an assortment of those with longer term Kiwi history.
Progress on this theme has been sporadic until recently with only a MiG 15 bis completed. Over the next few months after this Corsair is finished there plans are to add a F4U-1A Corsair, Polikarpov I-16 type 24, Curtiss P-40E, Mitsubishi A6M3 type 22 and possibly a Fokker DR.1.
Plans are one thing however the reality may be quite different.
Howard, your dilemma is exactly that which keeps me from attempting figures. I just don't know how you manage to achieve the exquisite results you do. Each to his own maybe.
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Got the major airframe together and canopy fitted. Next up painting the tricky U. S. Navy style four tone scheme.
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Looking good.
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No doubt you'll do it justice Francis.
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A bit more progress today with the application of the base coats for the U. S. Navy derived four tone scheme.
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Clean paint job. ;D