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Jeff @ Earl's Hobby Hangar

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  1. +1 as a favorite kit. I've built 5 or 6 of the Tamiya Corsairs over the years, and it's always a pleasure to build and see others built. Great job!
  2. Thanks much for the kind words all. I'll describe the process I used for the BMF, but only to serve as a warning to others :) I used only one color : Alclad's Airframe Aluminum. This is my first real use of the color, and I have to say I'm now a convert. The particulates in it are finer than the other Alclad aluminum colors I've used, and has a more "sheeted aluminum" appearance, for lack of a better term. The armament access covers on the wings and forward fuselage are Airframe Aluminum with a couple of drops of Tamiya Smoke added. That's the only tonal variation I used. My
  3. Been awhile since I posted my own build, so I thought I should contribute instead of just enjoying the work of others. Anyway, this is Hasegawa's excellent 1/32 Ki-44 Tojo (original boxing). I decided to do one of the aircraft shown in Kagero's "Fighters over Japan Part 1" , but wound up painting most of the markings instead of using the supplied decals (with the exception of the gear door numbers and the lightning bolt on the tail emblem. I used Eduard Big Ed detail set which works quite nicely, especially the "door panels" and seat. This particular aircraft had the old telescopic gunsi
  4. Thanks for the kind words everyone. Always appreciated. Both actually. I've switched my technique over the last several models to using thinner and thinner mixtures of paint. On these two models (built side by side), I'm down to skim milk consistency which goes on almost translucent. This allowed me to use pre-shaded panel lines effectively where before they were usually gone after 1-2 coats. This is also the first time I didn't use a wash on the panel lines and just used an extra this mix of base color, NATO black and hull red in the airbrush with low pressure. I now prefer this as it
  5. Like styrene crack these Corsairs they are.... I've built plenty of 1/48 Tamiya Corsairs, so i decided to see how their 72nd scale little brothers go together. Short answer: just like the 48s, only you spend most of your time under the magnifying lamp. I appreciate not having to mess with the wing-fold (72nd kits' wings are 1-piece), since most of the Corsairs I build are land-based, but I think I'll stick to the 1/48s to save my eyes in the long run. Anywho, here they are : The Birdcage in "marine Dream" markings. I liked the scheme so much when I did the 48 scale kit, I decided to rep
  6. Thanks all for the feedback. I'll definitely be posting more here when I get 'em finished. Jeff Earl's Hobby Hangar
  7. Oops. Guess I should have double-checked the post to see what the pics actually looked like. I've resized them, and hopefully they work better now. Thanks for the replies. As for the Ki100, the reference pictures I have found show either a lightly weathered, well-kept bird, or one that looks like what the cat dragged in...I went with the well-kept one this time. Jeff Earl's Hobby Hangar
  8. Figured it was my turn to contribute some of my stuff after enjoying all the builds on here for so long. It's been a banner event anyway...I finished more than one model in a year, and at this rate, I may even have a TA-4J finished before long. Anyway, the first up is a Tamiya Birdcage Corsair. I love Tamiya's Corsairs, and this is the 4th or 5th I've built. I used Sky Models decals for 'Marine's Dream' since it's the unusual Blue-Grey over Light Gull Grey that was briefly used before the tricolor scheme took over. Next up is the Hasegawa Ki100 'Razorback' that I just finished.
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