S.Pelletier

Thanks HÃ¥kan and Matt!
 
Small bit of progress tonight. I painted the heater ducts, ammo feed chutes for the 20mm cannon and the bomb rack support. These were all done with Mr Metal Color aluminium.
 

 
Next was the prop blades and bomb racks themselves. These were fine in semi gloss black.
 

 

 
After getting back from The Man from UNCLE, I couldn't help myself and glued the nacelles on.
 

 
I'll have to get more pics later.
 
Carl

I finally sprayed the cockpit pieces interior green. Now to let it cure before I can do some more decals.

thanks folks
 
..time for a bit more mayhem.. more wing work this evening..
 
..first I had to get a neat fit to the fuselage - pinched Paul Budzik's trick of using bare metal foil as the barrier as CA won't stick to it and making up the fillet...
 
..first a bit of foil where the wing meets the fuselage..
 

 
..then adding CA (being very careful not to let it bleed into the sliding spar arrangement)..
 

 
..let it all go off, repeated for the other side and sanded flat to the wing's profile..
 
..after that, next up was starting to figure out the air intakes in the wing root - I need to do these first so I can litho skin the wings from the leading edge..
 
..checked references and learned a bit about them - they are not just holes in the wing like I first thought
 

 
....started by making a master of the air scoop so I could plunge mould seamless intakes (on the right) - I used some brass tube as the base and balsa and CA to get the shape I wanted..
 
clamped a bit of card to a female shape cut into some scrap balsa and used my soldering torch to heat the sheet up..
 

 
..result, a fairing I can let into the wing - made five so had a spare..
 

 
..for the intake door pressing - I modified the brass tube master and pressed it into some thin pewter on a balsa block - it took the moulding quite well..
 

 
..glued the door to the intake and tried it out..
 

 
..marked & dremelled out the holes in the wings..
 

 
...and have the insides sorted...
 

 
..next up will be the pesky fairings...
 
TTFN
Peter

Allright.....Landing gear needs treatment....
 
For theese next steps so far ive only used Tamiya washes black, grey and brown.
 

 
Now pinwashing..mixed up a grey wash...to make details pop out...

 
 
Now brown wash at the movable joints and shafts and light on piston....and places where grease gunk collects
 

 
 
Some minor adjustements needed.....before
Next stop...,,,,namely oil colors...subtle and layers...to make it alive..
 
/Mal

Really amazing!
 
Really love your weathering
 
Stephane

That I have to say is the majority of the spraying completed, there are some smaller bits of detail left to do but nothing that will show up to well on camera. It actually came together quite quick, I have been using the Alclad as a light filter for the most part which combined with the warm weather has speeded up drying times considerably.





Getting a good image with the camera is the real tough bit as bye eye the effect is a little different. I have still to go back and add some further variation to the panels, I will use Tamiya's Matt Base to do this.
The aim will be to have variations of matt, satin and gloss panels as per the real aircraft, as to if that will be fully achievable we will see in the coming week.

I have the Escapac ejection seat to paint and there are there is still plenty to do on the canopy and gear bay doors.
If all goes to plan she should be done by next weekend.
 
Thanks for looking.
 
Danny

Thanks all for the fine comments....still Little more exhaust stains to do.....
 
as i got questions about them exhaust stains.... (other forum and on pm about this.....)...
 
Just explaining with pics...note the abrupt end of the exhaust stains in the belly, due the angled panel on the belly...yes ill fill in more with xhausts but yes very subtle...remember...stil overall good shape Aircraft...

 

 
/Mal

Allright....Back home.....and ichy feeling to get back on the track to build.....
 
Allright...back form France....and benchtime folks.....
The examine openings got their glasses, glued with Kristal Kleer....since it dries transparent, úther glues such as CA will fog, Liquid Tamiya´risky due strong capilaryforce and drag itself in places unwanted and damage paint...
 

 
 
 
More weathering...exhaust gases stains....dirt streaks (oil colors)...yep the exhaust stains are cut of...as in fact the tilted panels on the belly pushes the exhaust gases from the fuselage, looked at reference pics...also started to weather the wheelbays....first round ....there will be Little more in there but very subtle...
 
 

 
 
Engine mounted.....and the cowling flaps and the front cowling....wings still dryfitted...
Now it starts to look like a decent Corsair....
 
 

 
 
/Mal

Yesterday l quickly made a base and home for the Hog from a clip-in picture frame. Used Tamiya Grit Effect Light Sand as basic material to build the ground while still wet l crushed pastel chalk of different greys and browns and peppered the drying Tamiya stuff with it. Then glued some Grass Desert Tufts for AddOn Parts as contrast. At the end l blew the too dark spots with Tamiya Desert Yellow.
 
 

 

Great start!
 
Really nice IP and engine
 
Got one in the stash I'll be watching
 
Stephane

Happy Birthday Mal
 
Enjoy your vacation.

Thanks for all the interest fellas! I got a little work done on the instrument panel yesterday. In my opinion, Tamiya has the best looking instrument panels out there. I really wish some other companies would start doing theirs the same way. Even the aftermarket stuff doesn't look as good. Anyway, here it is...

Washes....all this afternoon...many hours of work...
 

 

 

 
/Mal

Wow!
 
I missed this thread
 
Urs you have great painting skill! The colors and weathering is amazing
 
Stephane

Can nothing but agree...it is a fantastic kit...and when the build starts you wish it never ends....as it is a pleasure to build.
 
/Mal

good to hear that both birds served to inspire other to build it, you will enjoy this model, it is a joy to build it, after you are done with it you will not buy any other kit than Tamiyas ones

Awesome build thread!
 
Jorge, Your painting skill is amazing.
 
I just bought a Tamiya Corsair because of you and Mal
 
If mine turn out half as great as your's, i will be proud

Look great so far

I think he's  already a master scratch build Jedi
 
Amazing work on the landing gear!
 
Stephane

It is a really nice build (provided you're not all thumbs like I sometimes am).  Pick an appealing set of markings and go from there .  One word of caution though....  Look at the available decals BEFORE deciding on a paint scheme...it'll be much easier on you than the other way around.

Awesome scratchbuiling
 
Following your thread with interest.
 
That will be a really nice plane

Yes, probably.
BUT what he is making is a type of scratch built/kit bashed model that will give him the great pleasure and self satisfaction of building a version that was not available before.
Stephen

Hi Peter;
 
This is an awesome build! Tigercat is the one of the most graceful airplane ever designed and your rendition is a work of art.
 
Been following since the beginning and i'm amazed at your scrachtbuilding skill!
I wish i had half of your's.
 
Stephane

Hi Mal;
 
Had some time to kill and i did some research on that plane and only found a color plate from Kagero book:
 
http://www.hyperscale.com/2014/reviews/books/kageropf4upt1bookreviewbf_1.htm
 
I have found no other info's except the picture was taken during Carrier qualification in 1943
 
The BuNo is unknown.
 
Stephane