Fvdm

Cheers Hakan,
 
painting started......preshaded the top side......my compressor was burning up and making funny sounds......so gave it a break.....and will continue with the underside pre shade some other day.....
 

 

 

 
best regards
 
brian
 
 
 
 
 

Wat a great looking plane this is. The kit requires a lot of perserverance but I think it is in capable hands. 

Thanks Jeff, moving at a snails pace I completed some detail painting and decals today.
 
Red Baron by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr
 
Red Baron by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr
 
Red Baron by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr
 
Red Baron by The 3rd Placer, on Flickr
 
Ryan

That is working great! 

It's not done yet, but the retraction of the trapezes finally is.  I took a short video:
 
 
 
....extended - with and without the launch rails:
 

 

 

 

 
And retracted in the bay, again with and without the launchers - they are just temporarily testfitted:
 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 

Base camoflage colours sprayed on to the fuselage and centre wing section.
 

 

 
Not sure but think I'm going to spray a very thin brown glaze over this to bring the colours together a littke more before adding the stippple pattern.
 
Regards.Andy 

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

Painting has started. First I sprayed the oilcooler. I use Hobby color as paint and I really like it. I can spray indoors, even when it's cold because you don't really smell the paint.
For the cooler I used steel with a drop or 2 copper. when you turn it in the light it gets different shades,
 

 

 
 
Then I went for the exhaust ring. I wanted to try to paint some heat stains. The exhaust is made of copper so that is the first layer.
 

 
Then I toke some clear blue, 
 

 
Followed by clear orange.
 

 
Finally i did some layers of grey smoke to darken the copper and try to blend the colors a bit. All it needs now is a coat of matt clear to get rid of the shine.
 

 
For the first try i am happy with it. If you see something to do better the next time, please tell me. Every comment is usefull and appreciated
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry

Last 2 weeks i spent time building but forgot to take pictures. I rigged the wings, made the landing gear and the the tail wheel.
The landing gear got some PE.
 

 
The wheels are from Mastercasters and i think they look real nice.
 

 
The tail wheel however is not so nice. The axel looks crooked.
 

 
This was not acceptable so i drilled a hole through the wheel and the bracket.
 
Then I took some 0.6mm brass tube and made an axel
 

 
When assembled itlooks much better. ( For such a small part)
 

 
Then I sprayed everything in mr surfacer grey. I'm looking forward to spray some color.
 
Some small parts

 
 
Some bigger parts

 
And a dryfit

 

 
I will try to make some more in progress pics
 
Thanks for looking
 
Ferry
 

This is indeed a very nice looking corsair. Wel done

You're making great progress on the fish!! Good to see the rigging wasn't a problem. The exhaust ring looks much better toned down and dull, closer to the truth than a bright copper shade.
 
Don

Looking great Ferry!
 
Beautiful work.
 
Cheer's,
Jeff.

The top and base of the fuselage fully joined I filled the large gaps  with Milliput and following a few rounds of sanding, refilling, priming I finally reached the stage where I could start thinking about adding some surface detail.
 
Before I can add the distinctive radiators I needed to start the wing to body fillets. First the shape was masked up using flexible electricians tape:
 

 
Then my usual technique of Mr Surfacer 500 using several layers - I was too heavy handed my first attempt and ended up with a gloopy mess so had to completely redo everything! 
 

 
Once fully dry it was then sanded back to the tape height:
 

 
The tape then removed - really happy with this effect  - I just have to top and tail the join across the fuselage  but I’ll do that after I’ve fitted the legs and blended that all in.
 

 
More a bit later
 
Torben

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

Excellent! I like the attention getting Sky color

Very nice work on the Stringbag - great news that you can paint the wings and fuselage separately.
 
Torben

On the home straight...
 

 

 

 

 

 
Satin varnish down. Weathering next.

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

Painting has started. First I sprayed the oilcooler. I use Hobby color as paint and I really like it. I can spray indoors, even when it's cold because you don't really smell the paint.
For the cooler I used steel with a drop or 2 copper. when you turn it in the light it gets different shades,
 

 

 
 
Then I went for the exhaust ring. I wanted to try to paint some heat stains. The exhaust is made of copper so that is the first layer.
 

 
Then I toke some clear blue, 
 

 
Followed by clear orange.
 

 
Finally i did some layers of grey smoke to darken the copper and try to blend the colors a bit. All it needs now is a coat of matt clear to get rid of the shine.
 

 
For the first try i am happy with it. If you see something to do better the next time, please tell me. Every comment is usefull and appreciated
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry

Last 2 weeks i spent time building but forgot to take pictures. I rigged the wings, made the landing gear and the the tail wheel.
The landing gear got some PE.
 

 
The wheels are from Mastercasters and i think they look real nice.
 

 
The tail wheel however is not so nice. The axel looks crooked.
 

 
This was not acceptable so i drilled a hole through the wheel and the bracket.
 
Then I took some 0.6mm brass tube and made an axel
 

 
When assembled itlooks much better. ( For such a small part)
 

 
Then I sprayed everything in mr surfacer grey. I'm looking forward to spray some color.
 
Some small parts

 
 
Some bigger parts

 
And a dryfit

 

 
I will try to make some more in progress pics
 
Thanks for looking
 
Ferry
 

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

When I was looking at my references I saw that the exhaust was way too light. It had to be much darker.
 
Below my reference warpaint series nr 12. I am going to do the 4H
 

 
So I took some matt black en made the exhaust darker.
 

 
I am still seeing the copper, blue en orange so I am very happy with this.
 
Yesterday I sprayed paint on the wings and the fuselage. It seems like a strange color but I think it is the correct one. This is sky (duck egg green)
 

 

 

 
I let this dry at least till tomorrow before I wil mask it and spray another color. Better save than sorry.
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry
 

Painting has started. First I sprayed the oilcooler. I use Hobby color as paint and I really like it. I can spray indoors, even when it's cold because you don't really smell the paint.
For the cooler I used steel with a drop or 2 copper. when you turn it in the light it gets different shades,
 

 

 
 
Then I went for the exhaust ring. I wanted to try to paint some heat stains. The exhaust is made of copper so that is the first layer.
 

 
Then I toke some clear blue, 
 

 
Followed by clear orange.
 

 
Finally i did some layers of grey smoke to darken the copper and try to blend the colors a bit. All it needs now is a coat of matt clear to get rid of the shine.
 

 
For the first try i am happy with it. If you see something to do better the next time, please tell me. Every comment is usefull and appreciated
 
Thanks for watching
 
Ferry