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Hello, I know this subject has been done to death here but hopefully my spin will be interesting nonetheless. Like many of you, I've been a Corsair fan since Baa Baa Black Sheep hit the air wave back in the late 70's. I've probably built a dozen or so corsairs in my life so far. I plan to super detail Tamiya's excellent offering, doing an 'Anatomy' version so to speak. I'll be opening up the fuselage and wings to show all the bits and parts I can. I've always been fascinated with the 'innards' of the Corsair (F4U-1A in particular). I've spent a good amount of time (and money) over the years collecting any and every reference book/manual available on the Vought F4U, HOWEVER, I do NOT consider myself an expert on every facet or model variant. I am going to stay as true as I can to depict an accurate F4U-1A (early -1A) variant, but I may take a liberty here or there to bring out an aspect that I really like even though as a whole, any one particular BuNo may not have had all the details I hope to model. All that to say, please give me a little leeway when it comes to accuracy. Also, I'm no where near the craftsman that some of you are, but I do intend to enjoy the process, learn and share my adventure with you. Shout out to JayW and Wolf Buddee (and many others) who's work here on their own F4U's has particularly inspired me to begin my own. I've been working on this project for about two months now (I'm very slow), but I've made some progress. I'm trying to keep things well documented with pics (new to me). This is my first time sharing my work, but I'm excited to do so. I'm enjoying the journey. Off to the races... Obligatory box art pic. Here's a few of the detail kits I'll be using. Here's a few pics of the initial progress: Cut out the bits of the fuselage that I want to expose... Mix of Resin, Kit and Scratch Bulkheads... Rear Cockpit Bulkhead details (I plan to have the seat/armor plate removed from the cockpit and displayed separately) Initial paint on cockpit/bulkheads and bits. Mix of Tamiya Nato Green (XF-67) and Yellow Green (XF-4). Produces a nice (I think) ZC green color. Primed in black. This gave the parts some depth. More detail painting to come once assembled. That's a start. I'll post pics of the cockpit assembly next.

Hello folks I like to start on a Tamiya F4U-1A as Jolly Rogers VF-17 (LA City Limits) flown by Lt. jg Doris ( Chico ) Freeman. This is one of the first F4U-1A's oft the line. So do I paint the belly window in white? I have Barracuda Cast F4U Corsair Early Engine Upgrade Set and Vector F4U-1 Corsair Cowl Flaps and Engine Upgrade. I need the Barracuda Cast F4U Corsair Early Engine Upgrade Set installed correct? I also have the Barracuda Cast wheels and cockpit decals. What else do you recommend I get for my bird. Like seat belts what type? I like to stay away from photo etch!!!! I have a lot of problems with it over time. Do I use the Salmon color for the wheel well interior or any where? Or are the wheel wells white? Vector Cowl http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/vecvds32011.htm Barracuda F4U Corsair Early Engine Upgrade Set http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/barbr32126.htm Thank you for the help Cheers Danny