TorbenD Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Great stuff - that looks like a really interesting scheme. I've just finished reading Carrier Pilot by Norman Hanson about largely his FFA Corsair flying off HMS Illustrious in the Pacific campaign - look at this build too makes me want to add this kit to my stash at some point. Torben BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 Carl Can't believe your 'production' - simply amazing. The Corsair is looking spot on and your attention to detail and paint work is a joy t follow Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Great stuff - that looks like a really interesting scheme. I've just finished reading Carrier Pilot by Norman Hanson about largely his FFA Corsair flying off HMS Illustrious in the Pacific campaign - look at this build too makes me want to add this kit to my stash at some point. Torben Thanks Torben! I've got a couple more in the stash that I'll be doing in FAA markings. One will be in the Temperate scheme and the other will be in GSB marked as Hampton Gray's Corsair. TorbenD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 Carl Can't believe your 'production' - simply amazing. The Corsair is looking spot on and your attention to detail and paint work is a joy t follow Keep 'em comin Peter Thanks Peter! I've really gotten into this build. So much so that I haven't done anything with the F-4E recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 19, 2018 Author Share Posted January 19, 2018 So I ran into my first problem on this build. Nothing to do with the plastic thankfully. My preference of late is to use masks for as much of the markings as possible. Usually they work great and I don't have any problems with them. Unfortunately that wasn't the case tonight. I figured it would be easier to get the fuselage roundels done before the wings got in the way so I started those. Montex make a set for the markings I wanted so I used them. They were a bit of a disappointment. After I had applied the main outer mask to the plane, and started to fill it in, I noticed that it wasn't symmetrical. Unfortunately this was after I'd put on the white. So I continued onwards. The roundel is ever so slightly oval. It took a second set to completely cover the blue so that I could paint the yellow border. Which led to some bleeding. Fortunately, I can touch it up but this was a first for me. Carl TorbenD, BradG and LSP_Kevin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 it'll be fine Carl, I doubt the "real" ones we're perfect TorbenD and BloorwestSiR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 it'll be fine Carl, I doubt the "real" ones we're perfect Thanks Shawn! I took about 20 minutes to touch up some of the roundels but couldn't do everything so left the rest as is. Meantime, I painted the outer wings and tailplanes. Here's a quick mockup. Now back to the landing gear. Carl Shawn M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 I decided that it was easier to paint the wing roundels on while the outer wings were still separate parts. This went much better than the fuselage roundels did. The gear is now assembled too. Just need to do the retraction struts in silver. Carl BradG, LSP_Kevin, Shawn M and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Looks great, Carl! Kev BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Looks great, Carl! Kev Thanks Kev! The wing roundels weren't as distorted as the fuselage ones were. They lined up with each other much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 nice job Carl! BloorwestSiR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted January 22, 2018 Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hi Carl, I haven't been commenting much apologies for that. One thing, why are gear bays white? Wouldn't be overall dark blue? Here are some pics. of NZ Corsairs . Cheers M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hi Carl, I haven't been commenting much apologies for that. One thing, why are gear bays white? Wouldn't be overall dark blue? Here are some pics. of NZ Corsairs . Cheers M. HI Martin, Thanks for dropping by and for the pics. The front fuselage was originally in the three color paint scheme like the rear half and had just been repainted in GSB before becoming the donor front end. I couldn't find any pics that would've showed if they had repainted the MLG bays and legs at the same time. It seemed reasonable to me that they could have been left in white as a result. Looks like I might be wrong. Which with the gear in place now is a bit too hard to fix. Maybe on the next one... Carl Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 The gear in place now. Oh well about the color. Carl BradG and Trak-Tor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Carl Awesome progress. Decals looks beautifully done. My vote, leave the paint/bays as they are ... looks good to me Keep 'em comin Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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