Vynce804 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 With my new found interest in heavy weathering I thought I would try my hand with a well worn French navy f4 corsair. It's based on the Awsome tamiya kit, and I know it's not quite right for the French variant but I'm no scratch builder but didn't want that to stop me! I did though replace the prop with a 4 bladed one from a Hasegawa p47 and I polished the frame lines out of the canopy and to me it looks close enough. Weathering was achieved with maskol chipping and silver pencil. I did oil dot highlight and shading and various mig products for random stains etc. Toughest part were the exhaust stains which took several attempts. Oh and snapping a main gear leg when I dropped it near the end of the build wasn't funny either! For anyone who thinks its overdone I have included my inspiration picture and from what I can see my rendition is a little pristine compared to the real thing!! Cheers Rocat, Loach Driver, Jeff T and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 WOW, love the weathering ! I think you nailed it. I love worn dirty birds !Thanks for posting.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Nice one! Congrats for succesful polishing off canopy frames! I am not able to do so (except the instructions require a "frosted" canopy look ). Also like how much you model meets the real thing. BTW, that is not worn paint. This is the well-known French "junkyard camo" Regards! - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Vynce, you did a very good job, very convincing weathering, especially compared to your last picture, great build. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 That is one weathered Corsair model! Looks very convincing. Nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Fantastic build, Matt! Would love to publish it on the website, if you'd permit me. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Very nice paintjob. Indeed it's a bit fictious as the french Navy had a few AU-1 and was the only user of the most advanced F-4U7. But this one can pretty much looks like an AU-1, i'm not a corsair expert, and honestly without a book, i cannot really say the difference ! Great model ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Molitor Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 Wow. Spot on compared to the photo. I thought to myself it might be a tad too heavy. After seeing the picture on your tread, I must say you have captured the weathering throughout. Terrific example on your bird representing the worn paint effect. Well done! Troy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 I think your result is brilliant. I would have liked it regardless, but the actual photo of a Corsair in very similar condition really sold it. Like some of the others, in general I tend to prefer the "rode hard put away wet" look, and you certainly achieved that. Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Absolutely cool....awesome work!!!! Man, what a great looking Corsair.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasta 14 addict Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 This is really a very nice, and one of the best weathered Corsair models I've seen recently, well done Greetz Danny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocat Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Great work on one of my fav birds. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Here you go, Matt! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=2762 Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynce804 Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thanks Kev, that looks great! Cheers Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted July 11, 2016 Share Posted July 11, 2016 (edited) Hello The truth dash 7 in 1/32 I dream about it... In any event a beautiful result ! bravo!! Edited July 11, 2016 by pascal JMW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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