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    Woody V got a reaction from John Stambaugh in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from John Stambaugh in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    Just a quick update today.
     
    I prefer to paint every part individually and had only been working on this on Saturdays, but it didn’t take long before I realized that 4-5 hours a week would probably mean I’d be working on this from my bed at a nursing home. So I took the week off from work and pulled a paint/decal marathon. This is what I managed to accomplish in 25 hours.

     
    I have to admit that I was quite apprehensive about getting the decals on the console since I only had one more and didn’t feel like waiting another two weeks to get another one if I managed to screw this one up. Since I decided to cut it into smaller pieces and there was no way I could see that microscopic white lettering against the pale blue paper I came up with this idea. Figuring that Sharpie ink isn’t water soluble I put a liberal amount on the back of the paper:

     
    And got just what I needed so now cutting the decal up went from impossible to easy.

     
    WHY THINGS TAKE FOREVER AROUND HERE Part 65
     
    I suck at painting details like the straps around these bottles so I made decals by spraying Interior Green on clear decal film which worked out pretty good. Then I originally painted the aluminum parts with Humbrol Metal Coat steel and buffed it but it was still too dark so I dry brushed some AK Real Metal on that and polished it. Gotta say, I’m real happy with that. The darker steel color acts as a dark wash. I brushed some future on the bottles to get a gloss finish and painted the valve handles red. Just this one piece took 4 hours. Oy vey.

     
    HERE'S A CLOSER LOOK AT THE STARS OF THIS INSTALLMENT'S EXTRAVAGANZA
     
    I decided that I wanted the cockpit to look dusty from the coral dust so I applied an oil wash of white with a hint of yellow to the consoles and instrument panel. Then a coat of Mr. Color flat clear, picked out the details with my ancient stock of Areo Master and Testors enamels and then a splash of Future brushed on to some of the buttons, etc. for a little pop. Happy with that. I decided to paint the oxygen bottle yellow and masked it off to paint the black bands, and went through the process to do the aluminum part.

     
    I’ve struggled with chipping lacquer so I picked up a bottle of this and I have to say that it worked much better than the hair spray I had been using. Real happy with the way the seat turned out!

     
    I’ll wrap up this up with the best $20 I ever spent! Get one!

     
    By the time you read this I’ll be back in the dungeon gluing stuff together.
    Thanks for tuning in… I ain’t dead yet!
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    Woody V got a reaction from Martinnfb in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    Thanks for all the encouragement! It means a lot.
     
    Photos of VMF 225 in the war are hard to find, but I did find these two.
     

    Aircrew-VMF-225-Espiritu-Santos-New-Hebrides-11-May-1944-01
     

    Vought-F4U-1-Corsair-VMF-225-White-435-BuNo-02435-at-Vella-LaVella-during-a-Jap-bombing-raid-Nov-1943-01
     
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    Woody V got a reaction from rafju in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from Rocat in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    When I lived in Miami in the 80s a USMC WWII Corsair pilot and I became friends. His name was Jim Wilkens and he shared his memories, his log book and a few small photos of himself while he was flying out of Espiritu Santo with VMF 225. As a result of that friendship I built the old Revell Corsair as a tribute to his service. No big deal but I did add a couple upgrades like a scratch built seat, belts, gun sight, exhaust and a scratch built bomb rack. I also printed my own dry transfer markings.
     
    Back then this kind of extreme weathering was unheard of, but I didn't know the "rules" I just tried to replicate the condition of these birds based on the photos that were available at that time. Needless to say the IPMS judges were not impressed.
     

     

     

     
    I always hoped that someone would release a better 1/32 Corsair but when Tamiya did I just did not have the time or a workspace to build one. Running a business has a way of sucking the life out of you and keeping you from enjoying hobbies. Then a few years ago I realized that time wasn’t on my side so I jumped back into the hobby with the goal of building enough skills to tackle my dream build, my friend’s F4U-1A.
     
    So after some research and viewing the entries in Jim’s log book, here I am hoping my eyes and hands hold out long enough (I’ll be 76 in December ’22) to accomplish what appears to be a daunting task.
     
    And so it begins:

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    Woody V got a reaction from Derek B in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from mc65 in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from rafju in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    This will probably be my last post on this build for a while due to my zero time to work on this. Seems closing Archer has turned into a much bigger job for Chrissy and I than I anticipated. We are woefully behind because I grossly underestimated the response we got. To say we’re buried at this time would be the understatement of the decade. Regardless, this is what I managed to get done since last time.
     
    Painted a bunch of pieces. Excuse the over exposure, but I had to so you can see the parts rather than a bunch of rather dark parts.

     
    Also managed to get most of the cockpit assembled while I wait for my seatbelt mules. Not a fan of the way Tamiya did the instrument panel but this is almost entirely OOTB and the options would be too time consuming. My only regret on this is that I didn’t open up the lightening holes on the parts under the foot troughs, but it is what it is. Life goes on.

     
    Thanks for watching.
    Behave yourself while I’m gone.
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    Woody V got a reaction from TAG in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from tucohoward in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from Pete Fleischmann in USAAF Beaufighter MkVIf   
    What do you use as a release agent?
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    Woody V got a reaction from Rockie Yarwood in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V got a reaction from Memphis in Lt. Jim Wilkin’s CORSAIR - Dying on every hill, or ANOTHER go at DYI decals.   
    I’m back! For those of you wondering where I’ve been, Eva and I decided to spend a couple months at my villa in Monte Carlo. She’s a great lady and we had some wonderful times at the casinos and zipping around the countryside in my Aston Martin DBS, but as much fun as she is, she has a terrible problem with flatulence. Ya’ know, having to stand up in restaurants and yell “That wasn’t me!” all the time can be a real buzz kill. We broke up during the plane ride back.
     
    Me and Eva outside my villa overlooking the peasants.

     
    But I’m sure that y’all don’t want to hear about my fantasy love life so let’s get down to the interesting stuff - MODEL BUILDING! I did manage to get the cockpit-that-never-ends all put together. Unfortunately I forgot I had the Barracuda cockpit decals and a few bits didn’t get any, but life goes on.
     
    Never weathered the HGW seatbelts before so I tried it and it came out to my satisfaction. Only problem was that the gloss coat made my fluffy, crumpled up belts a bit stiff.

     
    But after a lot of cursing, gnashing of teeth and a few tubes of super glue they surrendered to my will… kinda’ I also tried to add some wrinkles to the headrest with disappointing results, but life goes on.

     
    Front part, in case you hadn't guessed.

     
    And here’s the obligatory cockpit assembly picture.  I tried to weather this to kinda’ mimic the dusty coral environment this aircraft operated in. Again, pleased with the way it turned out.

     
    Also got all the fuselage interior bits painted and glued in.

     
    That just about wraps it up for now.
     
    Thanks for watching.
    Next up: The-engine-that-never-ends.
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    Woody V reacted to Pete Fleischmann in USAAF Beaufighter MkVIf   
    Hi Woody!
    I use the rubber to rubber mold release agent from Micro Mark
     
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    Woody V got a reaction from Ryan in "Pre-shading is a stupid idea!"   
    Whatever gets the results you hope to achieve is the correct way for you.
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    Woody V reacted to Gazzas in "Pre-shading is a stupid idea!"   
    Thanks to the OP for posting.  I am relatively unsuccessful when it comes to pre-shading.  But I love to listen to model builders on U-tube while I build.
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    Woody V reacted to John Stambaugh in Let's discuss primers! Black, grey or white?   
    Great subject and great replies all. 
    I myself have been a recent convert to Mrhobby primer/surfacer. 
     I would like to mention that I typically will apply sandable lacquer primers in layers of contrasting colors. Black over white for example; sanding away the top color to expose any defects. My less than stellar scribing comes to mind.
    Anyway, a book could be written about primers and always eager to participate here. Thanks 
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    Woody V reacted to MikeMaben in "Pre-shading is a stupid idea!"   
    As in most subjective topics, definitions should be established. What is 'shading' ?, what's a 'tone' ?
    Weathering ? Some shades or tones change because of the weather. We could go off about light and
    it's relationship to color ... but ... we'd all wind up         All these factors are entirely subjective
    (opinion / perception driven). The term 'weathered' is sort of a catch all for a finish that's not pristine.
    (not that there's anything wrong with that) We can discuss techniques but like Kevin said, there really
    is no right or wrong.
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    Woody V reacted to Brett M in Let's discuss primers! Black, grey or white?   
    Black for me on everything recently…..even light colors.
     

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    Woody V got a reaction from 109 in Anyone use Quinta rivets   
    The problem you experienced is very rare and has nothing to do with the clear film being brittle. Archer rivets are printed on Microscale clear decal film and very rarely the film is too thin and breaks up easily. Everything Archer has ever sold over its 30+ years in business comes with a lifetime, unconditional guarantee that promises either a full refund or replacement, whichever the customer prefers, and it's not necessary to return the defective product. 

    Even though Archer has closed all you would have to do is send me an email at help@archertransfers.com and I will honor my guarantee, just as I have for over thirty years.
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    Woody V got a reaction from Brett M in Let's discuss primers! Black, grey or white?   
    Filing my report from an alternate universe where I base coat everything with black, even parts to be top coated with yellow. Colors are easier to modulate over black and although yellow can be belligerent I can be quite obdurate when I have to. 
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    Woody V got a reaction from TAG in Trumpeter 1/32 P-47D Razorback "Eileen"   
    That's some fine paint work right there! 
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    Woody V got a reaction from Thunnus in Trumpeter 1/32 P-47D Razorback "Eileen"   
    That's some fine paint work right there! 
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    Woody V reacted to LSP_Kevin in Hasegawa 1/32 Fw 190D-9 Late "Brown 4"   
    For those of you who have admired John's build in this thread, I'm pleased to announce that we've just released it as an eBook:
     
    https://www.klp.com.au/product/building-the-hasegawa-fw-190d-9-in-1-32-scale/
     

     
    The book not only includes a distilled, curated, organised, and highly-edited version of John's wonderful build, but also original profile artwork from Eagle Editions and JaPo Publishing, and we've also included the digital cut files John used to create the paint masks.
     
    342 pages, 18 Australian pesos. Bargain!
     
    Kev
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    Woody V reacted to chaza64 in Piping tubing strap hold downs   
    I have used Hvac tape before, its fickle, it sticks initially, but over time it comes undone.
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