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    ChuckD got a reaction from Rocat in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Brett M in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from GMK in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Madmax in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Greg W in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from airscale in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from scvrobeson in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Rocat in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    Boy howdy, there is nothing like spending an entire day adding miles...


     
    ...and miles...

     
    ...and miles...

     
    ...and miles... 

     
    ...and miles...

     
    ... and miles...

     
    ...of wiring and linkages...

     
    just so that you can close up the fuselage and never see any of it ever again.



     
    C'est la hobby, I suppose. 
     
    Anyway, as you can see, I've made quite a bit of progress on the cockpit.  At this point, it's roughly base coated and the lovely Quinta set has been (mostly) added.  I have obviously not yet done any weathering or anything, so it's pretty underwhelming at this point.  The next step will be to touch up the base coat, paint the newly-added wiring and such, then gloss, wash, weather, etc. 
     
    I'm not going to cover much of the actual build process of the kit itself - certainly not as in depth as I went on my A-20G a few months ago - because this kit has had roughly a half a million build threads devoted to its several iterations over the years.  So, I shan't belabor that point, but as I get along and reach milestones, I'll post updates. 
     
    I did receive the Black Dog figure kit and the paints I need to achieve the salmon primer, so we're moving forward there.  I can't really start roughing in the figures until I at least get the wings under the fuselage.  To combat my gnat-like attention span, I'm going to shift my focus from the a/c to the figures and groundwork as soon as I get the wings in place.  I'm concerned that if I finish the a/c in entirety, I'll be too tempted to move on to something else and never actually finish the dio idea.  
     
    Anyhoo, no more modeling for me today, my brain is fried. 
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Rocat in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    Thanks, Mike!  I do appreciate it.  Anything to provide more and clearer information to the scene is helpful!
     
    I spent yesterday getting the engine around.  I added the spark plug wiring and other assorted oil plumbing.  As always, the photographs make the dirt and oil speckling look far more pronounced than it is to the naked eye.  And the data plate is a close approximate from the spares bin.  All in all though, despite how much the ignition wiring fought me, I'm very happy with how it turned out.



     
    The forward cowling got a little love too.  

     
    And the two dry fit together.

     
    The Quinta cockpit set is supposed to arrive today, so I should be able to get moving on the build proper today or tomorrow.  
     
     
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    ChuckD got a reaction from TankBuster in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Uncarina in Not For Everyone…   
    Thank you!  
     
    @John1 It was Shapeways that has all the 3D printed conversion pieces.  I hope you've got deep pockets though, my friend.  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from D.B. Andrus in A-20G Havoc "STINKY" of the 3rd Bomb Group, 12th Bomb Squadron, New Guinea   
    Hello, everyone.  If you've been following along the build thread, you're well aware that I was nearing the finish line on Hong Kong Models' new A-20G Havoc kit after starting it the day it arrived in June.  If you haven't been following the build thread, but want a painfully verbose treatise on the inner workings of this brand new kit, feel free to dive into it and its ~350 photos.  If you'd just like to see the photos, here's the gallery.
     
    Anyhoo, as I've stated in a number of other threads, I'm fascinated by the SW Pacific campaigns in the early-mid war years.  I'm also a fan of big twins in attack configurations.  Thus, when I heard that HKM was coming out with an all new A-20G Havoc in gunship configuration, I was excited to say the least.  Unfortunately for me, their boxing was strictly marked and built for the European theater.  Not to be deterred, I decided to embark on a bit of a journey.  For this build, I'd be doing several firsts.  To make a Pacific bird, I'd have to scratch build wing bomb racks and teach myself the art of printing my own decals.  I'd also push the idea of masking farther than I had ever done before, so that was fun too.
     
    In the end, I'm very happy with the results and they feel pretty close to the original.  The photos turned out a little weird, unfortunately; I suspect that's due to my camera trying to compensate for the failing evening light.  So, things like the speckling on the nacelles and the dust pigments on the wings are much more pronounced than they are in real life.  I found a few close up pictures of A-20s with extensive oil spatter all along their fuselage and nacelles aft of the engine, so that was the inspiration there.
     
    Anyway, here's "STINKY" of the 3rd BG, 12th BS in New Guinea.  According to Michael Claringbould in Pacific Profiles vol. 3, this aircraft survived hostilities and was scrapped in situ after the war.  The photo below is one of two taken of her supposedly while she was in Sydney, Australia.
     

































     
    The squadron insignia and serial number were the first decals I ever printed for myself.  The nose art was done with a mask.  I painted the dark drop shadow, then moved the mask to the 10 o'clock position and painted the yellow.  Turned out pretty sharp.    





















     
    For grins, I got my SW Pacific fleet out for a photo op, largely because I wanted to see exactly how the B-25 and A-20 compare in size.  




     
     
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Alex in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    So, it's apparently time for me to buy a lottery ticket.
     
    No sooner had I stuck a piece of tape over the Quinta IP, than this happened.  

     
    I was trying to mix up a lighter color of green to use for dry brushing when I squeezed my ancient Vallejo white juuuuust a bit too hard.  Man I got lucky; not an errant speck on the unmasked areas.  
     
    Anyway, after recovering from that, I went on to finish the cockpit today.  The interior is lightly chipped via the sponge method, then dirtied up a bit with oils and enamels.    The results of the Quinta set and painted wires are really nice.

     
    Where the tail wheel would toss up debris and dirt, I splashed dark enamel washes along with some lighter mud tones using the speckling method.






     
    Again, the speckling is not nearly as pronounced to the naked eye.  If I had more brain power, I'd get really good with model photography but I only have so much bandwidth and I already spend enough of my days in front of a computer anyway.  So, I'll live with my phone doing it's consumer-friendly best and over-emphasizing the speckling.  

     
    The results of the wiring below the IP are pretty solid and I'm happy with them.  They can't be seen much when it's all together, but it still adds quite a bit of visual interest.











     
    And, with that it was time to close up the fuse!  This is always a fun milestone of any airplane build.  Don't tell anyone, but it's starting to look like a Corsair already. 

     
    The roundish body of the corsair swallows most of the detail I spent yesterday building.  :/



     
    And that's it for now.  I'm back to work tomorrow, so I suspect updates will slow down quite a bit, but the next steps are to add the firewall, exhausts and engine.  Then it'll be on to the tail wheel assembly and the wings!  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from ARay87 in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    Hey, I forgot to ask... How do you know the pilot in the photos is Lt. Ray?  Asking because I'm curious if you have any other background on this photo series.
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Jeff T in Not For Everyone…   
    Thank you!  
     
    @John1 It was Shapeways that has all the 3D printed conversion pieces.  I hope you've got deep pockets though, my friend.  
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    ChuckD got a reaction from coogrfan in Not For Everyone…   
    Revell has/had the 1:144 scale round bridge Fletcher for years.  The premium edition comes with a full Pontos set of etched and turned brass.  These are my end results of the premium edition kit.
     

     

     
    https://postimg.cc/gallery/DLrdR7r
     

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    ChuckD got a reaction from Uncarina in Not For Everyone…   
    I think Shapeways or Model Monkey has a lot of 3d printed conversion kits in that scale.  Not cheap, but very nice.
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    ChuckD got a reaction from LSP_K2 in Not For Everyone…   
    I think Shapeways or Model Monkey has a lot of 3d printed conversion kits in that scale.  Not cheap, but very nice.
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    ChuckD got a reaction from Phantom2 in Not For Everyone…   
    Revell has/had the 1:144 scale round bridge Fletcher for years.  The premium edition comes with a full Pontos set of etched and turned brass.  These are my end results of the premium edition kit.
     

     

     
    https://postimg.cc/gallery/DLrdR7r
     

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    ChuckD got a reaction from Christa in Not For Everyone…   
    Revell has/had the 1:144 scale round bridge Fletcher for years.  The premium edition comes with a full Pontos set of etched and turned brass.  These are my end results of the premium edition kit.
     

     

     
    https://postimg.cc/gallery/DLrdR7r
     

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    ChuckD got a reaction from LSP_Ray in Not For Everyone…   
    Revell has/had the 1:144 scale round bridge Fletcher for years.  The premium edition comes with a full Pontos set of etched and turned brass.  These are my end results of the premium edition kit.
     

     

     
    https://postimg.cc/gallery/DLrdR7r
     

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    ChuckD got a reaction from scvrobeson in Not For Everyone…   
    Revell has/had the 1:144 scale round bridge Fletcher for years.  The premium edition comes with a full Pontos set of etched and turned brass.  These are my end results of the premium edition kit.
     

     

     
    https://postimg.cc/gallery/DLrdR7r
     

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    ChuckD got a reaction from Greg W in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    Boy howdy, there is nothing like spending an entire day adding miles...


     
    ...and miles...

     
    ...and miles...

     
    ...and miles... 

     
    ...and miles...

     
    ... and miles...

     
    ...of wiring and linkages...

     
    just so that you can close up the fuselage and never see any of it ever again.



     
    C'est la hobby, I suppose. 
     
    Anyway, as you can see, I've made quite a bit of progress on the cockpit.  At this point, it's roughly base coated and the lovely Quinta set has been (mostly) added.  I have obviously not yet done any weathering or anything, so it's pretty underwhelming at this point.  The next step will be to touch up the base coat, paint the newly-added wiring and such, then gloss, wash, weather, etc. 
     
    I'm not going to cover much of the actual build process of the kit itself - certainly not as in depth as I went on my A-20G a few months ago - because this kit has had roughly a half a million build threads devoted to its several iterations over the years.  So, I shan't belabor that point, but as I get along and reach milestones, I'll post updates. 
     
    I did receive the Black Dog figure kit and the paints I need to achieve the salmon primer, so we're moving forward there.  I can't really start roughing in the figures until I at least get the wings under the fuselage.  To combat my gnat-like attention span, I'm going to shift my focus from the a/c to the figures and groundwork as soon as I get the wings in place.  I'm concerned that if I finish the a/c in entirety, I'll be too tempted to move on to something else and never actually finish the dio idea.  
     
    Anyhoo, no more modeling for me today, my brain is fried. 
  24. Like
    ChuckD got a reaction from TAG in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    Boy howdy, there is nothing like spending an entire day adding miles...


     
    ...and miles...

     
    ...and miles...

     
    ...and miles... 

     
    ...and miles...

     
    ... and miles...

     
    ...of wiring and linkages...

     
    just so that you can close up the fuselage and never see any of it ever again.



     
    C'est la hobby, I suppose. 
     
    Anyway, as you can see, I've made quite a bit of progress on the cockpit.  At this point, it's roughly base coated and the lovely Quinta set has been (mostly) added.  I have obviously not yet done any weathering or anything, so it's pretty underwhelming at this point.  The next step will be to touch up the base coat, paint the newly-added wiring and such, then gloss, wash, weather, etc. 
     
    I'm not going to cover much of the actual build process of the kit itself - certainly not as in depth as I went on my A-20G a few months ago - because this kit has had roughly a half a million build threads devoted to its several iterations over the years.  So, I shan't belabor that point, but as I get along and reach milestones, I'll post updates. 
     
    I did receive the Black Dog figure kit and the paints I need to achieve the salmon primer, so we're moving forward there.  I can't really start roughing in the figures until I at least get the wings under the fuselage.  To combat my gnat-like attention span, I'm going to shift my focus from the a/c to the figures and groundwork as soon as I get the wings in place.  I'm concerned that if I finish the a/c in entirety, I'll be too tempted to move on to something else and never actually finish the dio idea.  
     
    Anyhoo, no more modeling for me today, my brain is fried. 
  25. Like
    ChuckD got a reaction from Brett M in A Birdcage in Turtle Bay - An F4U-1 Diorama   
    Thanks, Mike!  I do appreciate it.  Anything to provide more and clearer information to the scene is helpful!
     
    I spent yesterday getting the engine around.  I added the spark plug wiring and other assorted oil plumbing.  As always, the photographs make the dirt and oil speckling look far more pronounced than it is to the naked eye.  And the data plate is a close approximate from the spares bin.  All in all though, despite how much the ignition wiring fought me, I'm very happy with how it turned out.



     
    The forward cowling got a little love too.  

     
    And the two dry fit together.

     
    The Quinta cockpit set is supposed to arrive today, so I should be able to get moving on the build proper today or tomorrow.  
     
     
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