Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hello all, here are a few in progress shots so far of my 1/32 Tamiya f4u-1a corsair. Still unsure of what a/c I want to build, I already have some decals for Ira Kepford's f4u-1a and I will be buying decals hopefully from fundekals.com when they come out and as well as the decals from eagle-editions. Here are the pictures of the decals I have and as well and a few after market items to go with it. Any tips or comments are welcome on my build progress jeff Anthony in NZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 and here are a few pictures of the cockpit I just finished plane_mc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 and a few more pictures of the r-2800 pratt engine plane_mc, mywifehatesmodels and KUROK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Awesome start! I will follow this one closely Cheers Anthony Stinger16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark64 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Great start on that cockpit. Oliver Stinger16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Hansen Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hi Jeff, The cockpit and engine so far, look great. Personally, i'd avoid the Techmod decals for at least the national insignia. It's been my experience that once they get on the model they're pretty tenacious and hard to slide around into position. Given the size of the national insignia, you way want to consider painting them instead of decal using Mal Mayfields masks. Same would apply (paint instead of decal) to the 1" walkway stripes and the non-skid areas on the wing center section. If it were a smaller model i'd probably go with decals. Should you decide to stick with decals (no pun intended) i think you will have better luck with Eagle Editions or Fundekals. Xtradecal also came out with a sheet not too long ago. Not sure if they did it in 32nd scale, but it includes some neat schemes that hadn't been done before. FWIW, david Stinger16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Thank you David, I've heard that about these decals from someone else just recently, I think I'll hold out for the fundekals and eagle-editions. Thanks for the tip and thank you for the comment Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Jeff Terrific start on the Corsair -superb work on both the front office and the big P&W. With the array of decals coming out, choosing a scheme is going to be one of the hardest aspects of the build Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Thanks Peter and John for the comments, next I will be tackleing the wings and hopefully I can get the left landing light removed from the wing like you did John. I guess I should decide what aircraft to do before I remove it. Decisions decisions. It's either going to be Ira Kepfords or Pappy Boyington or I could have a change of heart again. With the way I have the engine wired up, can I still build Boyington's -1a ?? Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Nice start Jeff! Kev Stinger16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pvk308 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Have just got this one in my stash as well look forward to the build mate Stinger16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Thanks Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaka HI Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Good luck with those TechMod Decals...my recent two experiences with that brand was not pleasant (brittle/breaking/tearing apart and it just would not conform). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger16 Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Shankar hi, the more and more I keep hearing this from people the more likely I am not going to be using these it seams, bring on the fundekals and eagle editions decals Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Nice start ! Stinger16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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