Jeff @ Earl's Hobby Hangar Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 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 repeat it in 1/72. Both kits used the Sky Models Corsair decal sheet. Besides the decals, they're strictly OOB; I didn't even add brake lines this time around. The -1A was originally going to be a New Zealand bird, but Sky Model really screwed the pooch with their markings, so I went with a VMF-215 bird out of Torokina in 1944. Unusual in that it's a 2-tone instead of the standard 3-color scheme. Hope you enjoy them as much as I do everyone's work here. Jeff Earl's Hobby Hangar Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pirata Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Congratulations on building two excellent models! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bendenna Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 (edited) woooooooooow Jeff.................. That is one amazing little cage. What an awesome job and a pleasure to behold. I absolutely love the paint man. Congratulations on a VERY successful build. I can only hope my 72 scale Helldiver turns out half as nice. Ben Jakobsen Edited November 22, 2009 by bendenna Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deon Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 easily the best I've ever seen, love the Corsair! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlie Cheetah Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 You cant have too many Corsair's in my opinion. And those are fine additions. I love the faded look very much. I tried that with my 1/48 VF-17 F4U-1A in the Tri-Color scheme but turned out a bit too subtle for my tastes. Gonna try again with a VMF-214 -1A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 I love them! Nice work with the paint - postshaded panel lines? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hawkins Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Very nice finish, Jeff! Great job! Cheers Emil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff @ Earl's Hobby Hangar Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Thanks for the kind words everyone. Always appreciated. I love them! Nice work with the paint - postshaded panel lines? 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's more controllable and doesn't leave the hard 'stain lines' that i always got before (especially on the decals). When I overdid it, which happened a lot during the trial phase, I just went over that with a thinned lightened mixture to blend it back. That actually gave me more tonal variation and I didn't have to lighten/darken the base color as much as I have in the past. I used 2-3 tones this time, where i usually had to use 5-6 to get the same effect in the past. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falcon50EX Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Very nice Corsairs, Jeff. Agreed- Plastic Model Builder's Crack!! Innovative choice of paint schemes as well. I have one built as a Brewster F3A, and i have 4 more in the pipeline. So nice to see something OTHER than a VF-17 aeroplane. Thanks for posting! david Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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