Pastor John Posted June 28, 2022 Share Posted June 28, 2022 Wow with a capital W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 On 6/28/2022 at 2:57 PM, Thunnus said: The color I used for the ZC areas was Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green, straight out of the bottle. Whoa! I have that stuff. What did you thin it with, and what dilution, if you recall? Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted June 29, 2022 Author Share Posted June 29, 2022 On 6/28/2022 at 1:10 PM, Pastor John said: Wow with a capital W Thank you so much, John! 42 minutes ago, JayW said: Whoa! I have that stuff. What did you thin it with, and what dilution, if you recall? Always nice to find you already have the paint you thought you needed. Lots of thinners work with Tamiya acrylics. 90% isopropyl alcohol, Tamiya lacquer thinner and Mr Leveling Thinner have all been used with similar results. I use mixes between 1:1 or 2:1 thinner to paint ratios. JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SapperSix Posted July 4, 2022 Share Posted July 4, 2022 Amazing, absolutely one of the best builds I have seen in all my years. I learned much from your techniques. I also learned about the plane. The salt technique and chipping was is perfect to my eye. Beautifully done. I will be using your build as the master to my future Corsair builds. Thanks for taking the time to put it to digits. Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted July 5, 2022 Author Share Posted July 5, 2022 20 hours ago, SapperSix said: Amazing, absolutely one of the best builds I have seen in all my years. I learned much from your techniques. I also learned about the plane. The salt technique and chipping was is perfect to my eye. Beautifully done. I will be using your build as the master to my future Corsair builds. Thanks for taking the time to put it to digits. Thank you so much for those kind words! Appreciate the feedback! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Hey John - did you mix anything with the white paint you used for the stars and bars, and the airplane numbers on the side of the fuselage? Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 51 minutes ago, JayW said: Hey John - did you mix anything with the white paint you used for the stars and bars, and the airplane numbers on the side of the fuselage? No, Jay... the white was straight Tamiya X-2. JayW 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airscale Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 1 hour ago, JayW said: Hey John - did you mix anything with the white paint you used for the stars and bars, and the airplane numbers on the side of the fuselage? MRP do a nice colour called insignia white - its a sort of light ivory and worked great on my P51 Thunnus and JayW 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman1 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 WOW,,,just wow..great skills there!! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 18, 2022 Author Share Posted December 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, Irishman1 said: WOW,,,just wow..great skills there!! Thanks! That was a very enjoyable build! Tamiya makes such great kits! Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishman1 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 Just been perusing this build…. One of the best models I’ve seen. Museum quality build. I’m floored!! Uncarina and Thunnus 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted December 27, 2022 Author Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/23/2022 at 7:53 PM, Irishman1 said: Just been perusing this build…. One of the best models I’ve seen. Museum quality build. I’m floored!! Thank you very much! I appreciate the positive comments very much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted May 30, 2023 Share Posted May 30, 2023 Just wanted to bring this one back from the dead to say what an inspirational and educational build this was. I've got it bookmarked as a reference for my own F4U-1 that I've just gotten started. Really enjoy your builds, John! Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunnus Posted May 30, 2023 Author Share Posted May 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Bstarr3 said: Just wanted to bring this one back from the dead to say what an inspirational and educational build this was. I've got it bookmarked as a reference for my own F4U-1 that I've just gotten started. Really enjoy your builds, John! Thank you Brian! I appreciate your comments on this build! Looking back on it myself, I must say that this is one of the better examples of the salt fading technique coming out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bstarr3 Posted May 31, 2023 Share Posted May 31, 2023 The salt fading was one of the many things I was particularly impressed with and hope, in my own way, to emulate in my build (whenever I get back to it) Thunnus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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