Bryan

I tend to pay attention and retain a fair amount of details when looking at actual period photographs.  I would maintain that the finish on combat aircraft (I am primarily familiar with WWII) runs the spectrum from dead flat to fairly glossy.  The only thing I have never noticed is the true glossy finish like what you see on a lot of restored warbirds.  I understand why restorers paint this way....for durability and ease of maintenance...but I don't think it is ever accurate for aircraft in a wartime environment.
 
Having said that...I prefer pretty much dead flat finishes on models.  Reflections tend to betray the size of an object....I'm not sure why it works that way...but it does.  Flat finishes also hide a lot of errors and imperfections on a model.  Ever had a model that you hated while in the glossy "decal" phase, covered with orange peel and other surface imperfections?  I sure have....then I hit it with the clear flat and suddenly it looks good again. 

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I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

A few more pictures....
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I finished my F2G Corsair Racer from this build thread: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=35207&st=0&p=329656&fromsearch=1entry329656
 
Overall I am happy with the result. It has a few issues and small shape errors, but it looks like an F2G to me and I have never been much of a rivet counter. Not much more to say about it, as the build and trials and tribulations are pretty well covered in the build thread. I found it a difficult build and it took me a long time to finish...but that had as much to do with sporadic attention to it as anything else.
 
Toward the end of this project I was definitely feeling a bit of "model airplane burnout" setting in. I think my next build will be something that just falls together, like a Tamiya P-51. Or I might do an armor model.
 
Thanks for looking!
 

 

 

 

 

 

That is incredible. Many of the details, such as the burner cans, are astoundingly good.
 
I really had to scrutinize the photos to tell whether it was a model or the real airplane. The only thing that ultimately gave it away, was a couple panel lines that were slightly thicker than you might see on the real airplane. Other than that, I could not even tell.
 
Amazing work.

I hear ya...
 
I do all my work on my workbench in the garage.  It is 115 degrees in there in the summer....about 45 in the winter....dust...spider webs....and if I have to use the workbench for something else (frequently) all the model stuff needs to be put away or somehow protected.
 
The basic challenge is trying to get a decent paint job in a basically very dusty environment.

Those were such awesome machines....the battleships.  I still am fascinated by warships but the modern ones seem so much less interesting.
 
I sure would like to see you press forward with this.
 
I keep wanting to plunge into one of the 1/200 scale kits....but they seem such an onerous task to complete...particularly with the aftermarket detail up kits.....that I am a bit intimidated.

Fantastic result!
 
I really like the silver scheme....accentuates the lines of the Tempest.  
 
Very clean flawless build.

C'mon man....if you are going to cast a negative spin on an innocuous and harmless discussion like this....well....I guess I don't really know what to say.
 
I guess we all must be too fragile to have any discussions....

That A400 sure is a cool airplane.  It looks like the offspring of a C-17 and C-130...."mating".