F4U-1D Brooklyn Butcher VMF-512 USS Gilbert Island, July 1945

[Bstarr3]

Fantastic work in the engine!

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I am finally ready for primer and paint, wrapped everything up and glued it all together.

 

 

 

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White undercoat for the markings has been sprayed, I spent about two hours applying the masks. Hopefully, one night this week I will finish painting.

 

I also spent about 2 hours building and sanding seams off of the HVAR rockets, bombs are also ready for paint.

 

So far this build has been great, no real fit problems. My only problem has been sprue hunting, being the third issue, there are a lot of duplicate parts with small differences. I have made a few wrong part goofs, but was able to correct all but one. The biggest mistake was that I built the wrong early prop, luckily, I had a birdcage in the closet and I was able to swap the prop into, and steal the prop hub out.

 

 

 

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I have been studying pictures I could find of the Brooklyn Butcher, and have come to the conclusion that the weathering on this squadron's aircraft was very light. Early on, while on the carrier, they looked almost new with no scratches or fading. Later when moved to land, they collected a few scratches and dirt, but still pretty light. 

 

On my build, I will be doing very minimal weathering, keeping it in like new, carrier condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[BloorwestSiR]

Great progress there.

 

It looks kind of odd with the stars and bars as negative shapes vs what we're used to seeing.

 

Carl

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Great progress there.

 

It looks kind of odd with the stars and bars as negative shapes vs what we're used to seeing.

 

Carl

 

Yes, you have to re-wire your brain for it. It was hard at first, but this is the 5th one I have painted using masks and I am getting used to it.

 

The hardest Masks to use are British roundels, figuring out the color order is rough. 

Edited April 9, 2018 by 1to1scale

[BloorwestSiR]

The hardest Masks to use are British roundels, figuring out the color order is rough.

Interesting. I found the stars and bars much harder than the RAF roundels. I think it's because I've done more of them.

 

Either way, nothing beats their look that's for sure.

 

Carl

[Kagemusha]

Very nice Corsair, great to see the period pictures.

[RLWP]

I have been studying pictures I could find of the Brooklyn Butcher, and have come to the conclusion that the weathering on this squadron's aircraft was very light. Early on, while on the carrier, they looked almost new with no scratches or fading. Later when moved to land, they collected a few scratches and dirt, but still pretty light. 

 

On my build, I will be doing very minimal weathering, keeping it in like new, carrier condition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I wonder if carrier based planes got a lot more attention because they got folded and stored under the deck. Sailors don't like mess, so chances are they got cleaned each time they were taken down

 

Richard

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I spent a week deliberating and researching this, and it drove me nuts. I researched chipping and scratching on corsairs and found an anomaly with early GSB corsairs in WW2...chips always look either gray or aluminum, not zinc chromate. It was as if the primer underneath was gray or clear, and GSB was painted without Yellow Zinc, but then it seems that post war, the yellow primer came back it seems after the color change or possibly with the F4U-4 model.

 

 

 

 

 

 

So I made the decision to primer with silver Stynylrez, and then spray a chipping medium over it.

 

 

Edited April 16, 2018 by 1to1scale

[BradG]

I see you having some fun with the weathering.

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Painted and masks removed. I have a few touch ups to get to before I start weathering. To,word here is going to be restraint.

 

 

 

 

[Out2gtcha]

MOST excellent!  The white really makes the rest of the DSB scheme really pop.

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The white is a little too white, but after a wash, it will dirty up a bit.

[Martinnfb]

Very nice!