sluggo2u Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Here goes........ Kit: Hasegawa F4U-4B (raised panel lines) Year started: about 1996 or 1997 Left to do: Scribe horizontal stabs and clean up work, paint. Why stalled: No idea, probably related to ADD, OCD or both. I've decided to finish this and use it for a paint mule. It will have a very non-standard finish. Metallic black with flames, skulls, reapers and whatever else jumps on there. Here's what it looked like a few days ago when I was testing some masks on it. This is not the final configuration by any means. Pretty much just seeing how much detail I can cram into this scale. After priming it a couple days ago. As of 20 minutes ago. Currently testing some flame techniques. Will update as things progress. Edited January 25, 2015 by sluggo2u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon20driver Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Thats got to be the glossiest paint job I've ever seen! This will be one cool looking Corsair and those masks look amazing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Hopefully I'll be back on it in the next couple days. Been practicing the fire technique. A lot of the credit for the finish so far has to go to the primer. It was dead flat. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted March 17, 2015 Author Share Posted March 17, 2015 Finally spent some more time on this bucket. I'm not so good at taking pictures while I'm in the groove. It's pretty hard to make convincing "Fire" in this scale so I settled for old schoolish flames. All the mask work is base coated in pearl white then over-painted with Alclad transparent colors to try to achieve a candied effect, stars and bars included. That effect will not be completely evident until it's buried in clear. Still have to paint the starboard skull and flames, the reapers on the tail and the "Time's Up" text. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TexasBlues Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 very cool! those skulls are the shizznit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted March 17, 2015 Share Posted March 17, 2015 haha! I love it!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 Got some more painting done. Might have it done by the weekend. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Laid some clear. Had a little reaction with the transparent red sagging a bit under the clear. Next time I'll seal those colors prior to clear coating. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted March 20, 2015 Author Share Posted March 20, 2015 Sanded and polished most of the clear coat. Was able to make the paint edges disappear. Had a couple issues arise but have decided to keep pushing until it's done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 What a great idea. Nice results so far. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted March 21, 2015 Author Share Posted March 21, 2015 (edited) Did some more polishing and was able to recover from a canopy flaw. Chromed out the prop. Probably put the wraps on it this weekend. There's still a couple issues I can't recover from but considering it started as a test that I had my doubts about, I'm pretty happy with it. One from my crap-o-matic cell phone. Edited March 21, 2015 by sluggo2u Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 End of the road for this one. Calling it done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Sweet! Looks very cool. Reminds me of a Harley with wings ! Well done. Regards, Don Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Excellent Corsair. That would have turned a few heads in the south pacific! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
falcon20driver Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 That is AWESOME. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TexasBlues Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 what did you use to chrome the prop? that looks GREAT!... that finish would be outstanding on a P-51 or any of the USAF chromies Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sluggo2u Posted April 22, 2015 Author Share Posted April 22, 2015 Thanks everyone. Prop was polished bare plastic with Alclad Chrome sprayed over it. Turned out better than I thought it would. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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