On the bench - Having a go at the Tamiya F4U-1D

[Guest]

Here are some snaps of the next most interesting part of this build.

All went together very well, minimal filler was used on the seams and it was all sanded down and polished. A good clean all over with airbrush cleaner and a cotton bud got rid of any dust and fingerproints from the sanding process. After some masking, the fuselage, wings and other ancilliaries were given a coat of Vallejo grey surface primer. This highlighted a few imperfections which were sorted out before the next stage.

Panel lines were given the pre-shade treatment with Tamiya X1 black. The underside was also gentle darkened overall to give a daylight shadow feel. The panels were then gently and randomly given a spray of light blue and dark blue grey, to break up the main dark blue scheme when it is applied. Metaliser Aluminium plate was painted in strategic places which dries very hard. This allows some silver to show through for chipping later if you wish, rubbing the top coat off with a sharpened cocktail stick.

[mossiepilot]

Looking NICE Graham.

Looking forward to more of this build.

Tony.

[Vaughan]

Graham this is going to be a stunner, I like the floating office some neat photoshop going on there? keep the images coming.

Vaughan

[colin m]

Looking very nice. I built the 1:72 version some years ago and always meant to try the larger offering.

[Guest]

great job so far lovely cockpit detail.

[Ian M]

Looking very sharp Graham. Easy to see that you are a photog as well excellent pictures

Ian M

[Guest]

Thanks for your kind comments guys.

The main overall colour has been airbrushed on, gradually building up the layers until the desired effect is reached. Hopefully you can see the effect of tri-colour and black panel line pre-shading has had. I think it has to be subtle, almost so that the uninitiated observer can tell that something clever has been done - but cannot quite put thier finger on it.

Of course we know don't we :wink:

[flyjoe180]

This is pristine work, I am following progress keenly.

[Guest]

Hi Guys

I hope you had a great christmas and got lots of modelling related gifts. I was presented with a Dremel 4000 kit from the better half :-)

Anyway, things have moved on somewhat with the Corsair build, the main paint and weathering has been finished.

A light coloured wash has highlighted the panel lines, and jusdicious use of silver and steel pencils gives a variation of age for the chipping.

I bought this kit used from ebay. Unfortunately, the decals had at some time got damp and had wrinkled. They just fell to pieces if treated at all roughly. The black strips on the wings were airbrushed on as the decals were in poor condition. The decal supplied for the cowling tape wasn't used, instead I cut some very thin strips of white paper and arranged them around the panel joins. I deliberately left some pieces torn and missing to give the impression that they had come off in the airflow. To give the dirtly oil leaks some realistic streaming over the fuselage, I put a time drop of thinned Tamiya Smoke paint on the cowling, and then used air from the airbrush to blow it about and hopefully give it a more realistic look that you could achieve buy hand painting or airbrushin the oil leaks on. Lots of ail drops and plenty of blowing them about gave me what I wanted.

The wing walk areas were given a dose of footprint dust with Tamiya weatherin master pigments. I have tried to make the weathering as realistic as possible, referring to images from actual aircraft. Of course this is all very subjective.

That's it for now, I have been nursing a chest infection, so working on the models would only result in extra unwanted weathering effects!

As always, I welcome your observations and comments.

[Guest]

i`m in love with weathering on this plane,looks ruddy marvellous from where i am 10/10 mate

mobear

[Ian M]

Looking very nice indeed!

Ian M

[aaron]

The weathering and painting on this beast is fantastic as are the pics.

Excellent graham.

[colin m]

Looking lovely, i think I need one of these.

[michaelm]

Beautiful job. You've really hit it spot on with the weathering in my book, best I've seen in a long time. Great to watch this come together thanks so much for sharing it. M

[Guest]

Thanks for all of your comments. They are much appreciated.