grobber Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Hi All The Corsair has been my favourite plane since watching Baa Baa Blacksheep but I have not build on since I got back to modelling. Here is my entry to this Group build. I will be doing the Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair with it I will be using the Wolfpack cockpit and Eagle strike Corsairs over Korea Part 2 Here is what I am starting with. So suprise suprise I am starting with cockpit. I figured I wanted to try something a little different, I was fortunate to sit on a workshop by Michael Rinaldi of TankArt fame where he went through how he made use of hairspray in his armour build. The truth is I only dabble in armour but I wanted to see how this would work if I applied to a cockpit. Now I do not know what the reality is but in my mind I just have to believe that a corsair cockpit has to be beat up. So step one remove the stubs and clean the resin Next we prime and get it a coat of Citadel Gun Bolt Metal, this was then follow be a couple coats of hairspray Next the base cockpit colour, I went with Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green, it is probably too light but I figure with some washes it should darken up. Once this dried I used some warm water and various brushes to distress the paint and create some chips. Once I had something I was reasonably happy with the details were painted The Cockpit was sealed up. I got most of the kit put together, the fit was pretty good I did need some putty but I think most of the problems were my own doing Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grobber Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Image limit I am planning to dress up the engine as well with some lead wire. So out comes my drill and lead wire I drilled a whole lot of holes And then I gave it a coat of steel paint followed by a wash I then spent some time spent threading wiring through my drilled holes Next was to paint up the other bits Finally put it all together and weather With the engine don I went on to some of the annoying bits, I needed to take care of some injection marks on the gear doors Finish building and check my seams And then prime I will be back with some paint Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grobber Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Ok here is a quick update. I have been experimenting with a few techniques in my finish and here I am now. As I have been look at pic of Korean Corsairs the one thing is that they are pretty monochromatic, pretty much a solid colour. There was chipping but not as bad as WW2 Corsairs so here is my best attempt so far. Let me know what you think Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I've always loved the -5... it looks mean! What colour/paint did you use for the blue? It looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimz66 Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Looking good how bout an update? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
grobber Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 She is done BTW the colour of paint is model mater Acryl Dark Sea Blue Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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