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Progress Update.  Wings have been fitted and the prop is complete. Forward Canopy also completed and just dry fitted at the moment. You can see the Dark Sea blue part is very glossy. This is what I am hoping to achieve with the final touches, a high gloss finish similar to the original restored FG-1D.
 

 

 

I got the landing gear completed. I must say the nicest landing gear I have ever put together. The way Tamiya engineered the brake lines is prenominal. The tires are from Reskit. They are the only source I could find that makes grooved Corsair tires. The VWOC Corsair has the grooved tires. I am going to use the Kit parts for the inner and outer rims as the Reskit ones are not made for the Tamiya Corsair. I had to enlarge the inner part of the tires to get the Tamiya parts to fit. Not great but I hope they will work.  For the tail wheel I added some sprue goo to the shaft to get a more snug fit, the goal here being to get the wheel to stay in place and not drop out but allow it to be rotated 360 degrees. The sprue goo softened the shaft so i let it harden/cure for 24 hours before popping it in strut. You can see it has changed position in the second picture.
 

 

 

I got the engine mounted to the fuselage. I also got some engine placards/engine plates from airscale.
 
 
 

Engine is now complete. I realize the colour of the ignition wires might not be historically accurate (see period photo below) but I a doing a restored a/c and these were often black.
 

 

 

 

 

 

Canopy Frame using ANYZ Canopy frame set for the Tamiya Corsair. I had some mirror stickers from echelon Decals so cut them to fit the mirrors on the frame.
 
Rear Facing

 
Front Facing.

 

Main decals going on. National insignias are from Eagle Cals FAA Corsairs set.
 

 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

Canopy Frame using ANYZ Canopy frame set for the Tamiya Corsair. I had some mirror stickers from echelon Decals so cut them to fit the mirrors on the frame.
 
Rear Facing

 
Front Facing.

 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

Canopy Frame using ANYZ Canopy frame set for the Tamiya Corsair. I had some mirror stickers from echelon Decals so cut them to fit the mirrors on the frame.
 
Rear Facing

 
Front Facing.

 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

Canopy Frame using ANYZ Canopy frame set for the Tamiya Corsair. I had some mirror stickers from echelon Decals so cut them to fit the mirrors on the frame.
 
Rear Facing

 
Front Facing.

 

Canopy Frame using ANYZ Canopy frame set for the Tamiya Corsair. I had some mirror stickers from echelon Decals so cut them to fit the mirrors on the frame.
 
Rear Facing

 
Front Facing.

 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

And attached to the canopy.
 
 

Yes, its a very cool part. ANYZ also does one for the -1A as well.

Wow, I wish this part was around when I built my -1D, it would have saved a few hours of work.   Looks awesome!  

Canopy Frame using ANYZ Canopy frame set for the Tamiya Corsair. I had some mirror stickers from echelon Decals so cut them to fit the mirrors on the frame.
 
Rear Facing

 
Front Facing.