Andrew's 1/72 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair

[adt70hk]

Ok chaps.

And so the decals are on. Fortunately this doesn't have lots of little stencils, like the usual Airfix kits, whether that's Tamiya's choice or a reflection of the Corsair I don't know but it's a nice change from the dozens I have had to add with the last two Airfix kits.

The decals by Tamiya's standards are actually very good and I might be wrong but they seem thinner than the usual Tamiya offering I have experienced. They have certainly gone down much better than usual for Tamiya, with minimal discernible lip/edge unlike the 'ramp' you often get with them...but they're still not up to the Cartograph standard.

Oh and when I was putting them on, I suddenly realised the plane I am doing didn't have a yellow nose band......oops. But at least it add a bit more interest and only a true rivet counter will notice.

ACW as usual.

ATB

Andrew


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[scottie3158]

That's looking very nice mate but I don't think this particular aircraft had the yellow ring us rivet counters notice these things lmao

[adt70hk]

Cheers Scottie....that made me laugh....

[adt70hk]

OK chaps. So nearly there. All painting done - had to finish off painting the rockets this week, all decals on and pre-weathering clear coat on.

FYI, in case you do this kit, Tamiya appear to have you put the stretched oval prop stencils on the wrong way. They would have you do it across the width of the blade but every single online image of a real plane has them along the blade, so I have gone with that.

Next up will be the usual Flory washes on the fuselage and my home brew off-black pin wash elsewhere.

ACW as usual

ATB

Andrew

[colin m]

This is looking top notch Andrew. Great work.

[adt70hk]

This is looking top notch Andrew. Great work.

Thanks Colin. It crossed the finish line this morning....taster pics to follow!

ATB

Andrew

[adt70hk]

Ok chaps.

So this has crossed the finish line without any major dramas:

• Basic weathering but kept it minimal as going for relatively new look - Flory wash, pin wash and exhaust stains (after the final gloss coat was applied) done using black Vallejo Model Air combined with light grey and brown Vallejo Game Washes

• Everything stuck on, including the easy knock off antenna and the like
• Final gloss coat - the pre-decal full gloss coat looked a bit too glossy at this scale, at at least to my highly untrained eye, and so I decided to do a 50/50 gloss/satin coat but in hindsight it's still a bit too matt looking but never mind.

Have to say fit has been very good and no major complaints.

The only final niggle was with what is apparently the VHF antenna behind the cockpit. The destructions, clearly shows a hole to put it in but no such hole exists and there's nothing in the destructions showing such a hole, or telling me to cut one out out, so I simply cut off the little 'nib' of plastic that was meant for the hole and glued it in what looks like the right place.

My only real complaint is that the nice, dark, monotone blue shows up dust like you would not believe.....but such is life!!

Below are a few couple of quick taster shots...I'll try to get the usual full suite uploaded in due course.

ACW as usual.

ATB

Andrew

[scottie3158]

Great result mate.

[yak face]

Looks fantastic andrew , looking forward to the full pics , cheers tony

[Geoffers]

Very nice Andrew 👍

I think you have it spot on with the weathering and the semi gloss coat looks just right too.

Geoff.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

One to be proud of Andrew. Great result.

[Airborne01]

Excellent result mate!
Steve

[flyjoe180]

Really well done Andrew, will watch for the completed thread

[adt70hk]

Great result mate.

Looks fantastic andrew , looking forward to the full pics , cheers tony

Very nice Andrew 👍

I think you have it spot on with the weathering and the semi gloss coat looks just right too.

Geoff.

One to be proud of Andrew. Great result.

Excellent result mate!
Steve

Really well done Andrew, will watch for the completed thread

Thanks chaps for the support. Coming from such a talented bunch it is really appreciate.....and apologies for the delay in coming back to you but as you'll see from the completed set of pics we have been away.

Thanks again.

Andrew





The final set of shots can be found here: https://www.scalemodelling.co.uk/for...f4u-1d-corsair