CorsairMan Posted July 9, 2017 Share Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) Hi Everyone, Its been a while since I last participated in a Group Build but any excuse to add to the Corsair collection and I am in! This time its a very Canadian subject despite being a Royal Navy Corsair - its #115: Hammy Grey's Corsair. I did one a while back in 1/72 and I eventually sold it. 48th is my scale and I am looking forward to trying my hand at this iconic plane. Requisite box top - I've built 1 or 2 of these in the past: Here is the FAA conversion kit instructions (and they are so-so) Here are some of the the FAA parts (wow.. these are very nice!) And here are the decals I am going to use The sidewalls fit perfectly and did not require much clean up. Just chisel out the tamiya sidewall detail and these are a drop fit. Edited July 9, 2017 by CorsairMan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted July 13, 2017 Author Share Posted July 13, 2017 Hey hey Got the cockpit pretty much done - Nothing too fancy - just paint and some drybrushing. I did detail the seat though - the seatbelts were very nice. I can close up the fuselage and work on chopping down the wings next. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 That is a nice effect you got in the cockpit, so just a base coat and dry brushing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 Hi there the effect is done with black basing and then dry brushing with white or grey. Once that is done I spray a light coat of the interior colour. Just enough to show the highlights Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AX 365 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 Nice work CM. I used those decals on my Corsair a while back. I had wrinkle issues with the wing walks. Everything else went on like a gem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
martin_sam_2000 Posted July 20, 2017 Share Posted July 20, 2017 cockpit looks great. Love the weathering. Sean Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted July 20, 2017 Author Share Posted July 20, 2017 1 hour ago, AX 365 said: Nice work CM. I used those decals on my Corsair a while back. I had wrinkle issues with the wing walks. Everything else went on like a gem. Thanks for the heads up! I might end up painting them on then. Decals give me me such fits now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dnl42 Posted July 23, 2017 Share Posted July 23, 2017 On 7/20/2017 at 5:40 AM, CorsairMan said: the effect is done with black basing and then dry brushing with white or grey. Once that is done I spray a light coat of the interior colour. Just enough to show the highlights Wow, never heard of that before, but the result looks great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hi all - just skipping quickly The fuselage closed up very nicely. FAA Corsairs had chopped wings - depending on your source, it can really be confusing as to how much to take off. I relied on some pictures of FAA corsairs (and not drawings) to approximate the right spot. I also glued in a piece of clear sprue and filed/sanded/polished it to shape. That is what the tamiya tape is covering. Tamiya Corsairs are notoriously tricky to get the wings aligned properly. This time I followed the instructions after I shimmed up the inside of the mating parts between the "inner" and "outer" wings. It made the attachment much easier and stronger. I have also measured the height of the wingtips on the completed wings - less than a mm difference. I also glued in the flaps before painting this time. I have always had such a time trying to get these things (a) aligned and (b) attached solidly in the past. Yes - it will mean I will have to be a bit more careful with my painting (but I have an idea for that) I'll be doing this method from now on! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trojan Thunder Posted September 22, 2017 Share Posted September 22, 2017 Looks good, any more progress CM? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hi there - I am building this along side a big Corsair and things got stalled when I tried to put on the decals. No matter what, the decals would not settle at all. It was like they were stickers. I tried a couple times without much luck. So I resorted to painting on the roundels - as you can see, they turned out ok Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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