discussion 1/48 Hasegawa Corsair

[Wendall]

That's coming along very nicely indeed Trey. Good save on the canopy!

Jason

 

[papa 695]

Awesome work so far Trey and a great save on the canopy

 

[Guest]

Jason,Ian thank you kindly!

Primer showed a few flaws that needed some wet sanding



Pre shade and the mutliple colors on the cowl

 

[Guest]

This is a masterpiece of engineering!!

Looking very good indeed!

 

[Guest]

Thanks Polux!

 

[flyjoe180]

Super work Trey. Be interested to see how that light blue affects the final finish.

 

[tr1ckey66]

Wow, this is coming on really quickly. Fabulous details being applied to this and the aftermarket stuff really will make this build special.

Great stuff

Paul

 

[Guest]

Thanks Joe ,the light blue is actually part of the paint scheme on the full scale one.

Paul thanks appreciate that.

I got the basic blue on and the preshade seems to be pretty effective,usually I have a hard time with this and dark colors.



Then a coat of gloss in prep for a decal session

 

[Guest]

Great detail work here, looking excellent.

 

[Guest]

Cool

 

[Guest]

That's really starting to look very special Trey! The Corsair has such a muscular no-nonsense attitude

 

[flyjoe180]

Magic. What a strange colour scheme for the nose cowl though!

 

[john i am]

Looking great Trey I see lots of medals on the horizon

 

[Guest]

Steve, Polux, Patrick thanks for the kind words! Joe thanks, yes I agree it is strange . I had to look up several reference pics to make sure I was'nt seeing things. Different pics show different shades of that light(sky) blue so not sure which was correct,chose a between option from all the ones I viewed and rolled with it. John thanks for the vote of confidence!

Decal session went really smooth for once, after a dose of some Walthers solvaset they laid right down tight !

 

[papa 695]

Looking top draw Trey

 

[Ian M]

Looking sharp Trey.

Ian M

 

[Guest]

Ian, Ian M thank you both

Weathering is now complete just have to fit the fiddly gear and gun bay doors,also need to move the exhaust back into the cowl just noticed they are sticking out too far





Photo etch and styrene complete the fold mechanism and it is very delicate! It wo'nt take much force to break the folded wing off so extreme care will be a must in the final stages



Very close to sealing the deal with this unit,thanks to all for keeping me motivated with the positive comments!

 

[Guest]

Excellent weathering on this one Trey.

 

[Guest]

Thanks for all the great support Gang the finished pics are here

http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/f4u-4-corsair-vmf-323-death-rattlers-1-48-hasegawa.29650/