Tamiya F4U-1A VF-17 some progress

[robertandy 71]

Man what a great kit so far!  All I have added is Eduard fabric seatbelts, and Barracuda decals cockpit placards/stencils.  Still deciding on which VF-17 bird to build, 2nd tour for sure, but that is as far as I have decided yet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Stinger16 454]

Looks very nice. Awesome looking cockpit

[Iain 10,707]

Seconded - awesome 'pit!

 

Iain

[LSP_K2 21,528]

Seconded - awesome 'pit!

 

Iain

 

And thirded.

[IJ001 263]

Superb cockpit. Shame to button-it-up inside the fuselage !!

 

Ian.

[robertandy 71]

Thanks guys, and you are right Ian, I will be keeping the cockpit open on this one!

[Shawn M 9,259]

wow super sharp work, very nice

[Whitey 902]

Swashbucklingly good.

[KUROK 580]

Awesome!

I have a that "Fighting Colors" book too.

I've had it for over thirty years too!  Love that old book.  Spent hours with it...

[Guest Peterpools]

Good looking front offcie

Keep 'em coming

Peter

[DesTROYer 966]

What the hell! That's just brilliant detail.  I'm in awe.

[robertandy 71]

Thanks so much for your kind words, with all the superb work I see here I am humbled.

[Shaka HI 5,228]

Indeed..it's hard sometimes to stay motivated with the quality of work here, isn't it?

[robertandy 71]

Got the engine done in, added the Vector cowl flaps.  Then I changed up on the directions some and built and fit the center wing then added the forward cowl/engine section.  It should simplify masking later on in the build.

[Uncarina 4,298]

That is an awesome start! Those cowl flaps are great, and so is the engine. Thanks for sharing!

 

Cheers, Tom