Biggles87 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 It certainly does! John ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEYSSON Gilles Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Hello Chuck Fabulous work for a fabulous Corsair I really like it ... Gilles ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Fine save Chuck , looking very good ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 Just a little update tonight. I laid the gloss coat down and will probably get to the decals and the start of weathering on Friday evening. I also finished painting and installing the Anyz canopy rail. What a neat detail! Borsos, TankBuster, David Hansen and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Beautiful detailing work. ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Amazing details, yes - but also amazing detail painting! Kev ChuckD, Biggles87 and Martinnfb 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Beautiful work Chuck! Iain ChuckD and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 What a difference that makes!!!! Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggz Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 That's brilliantly done! ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 Hi, all. Making progress this weekend, but it doesn't look like we'll make it over the finish line today. This is how most of the weekend has been spent. Holy smokes there are a lot of decals on this beast, including 10 of my least favorite kinds of decals... Long, narrow lines. The walkway demarcation on each wing is 5 separate pieces, two of which are just long, narrow lines, and two others are long, narrow "L" shaped decals. I'd considered painting them, but opted against it. In the end, they went down okay and are relatively straight. So, hooray. I also discovered that I've misplaced my reverse grip tweezers which are a critical tool for my decal process, so improvise, adapt, overcome and thus you see a hobby knife dunked in the decal water. :/ Oh well, it worked out okay. After the decals were sealed in with another clear coat, I did a pin wash with some burnt umber oil paint. It's subtle, but it turned out nicely. Lastly, I tried recreating that bizarro faded or repainted patch just forward of the canopy as seen here. It doesn't look to me like the typical fuel staining found in that area and almost looks like an area of paint has been applied. Perhaps, painted over an area of paint damaged by fuel? I don't know. No color photos exist of this photo session, so I have no idea what color it actually is. I tried to do it initially with airbrushing when I was base coating the plane, but it did not turn out well at all. It looked absolutely artificial. So, I went after it with very light blue oil paints today and I think it turned out reasonably close. I'm going to let those dry for a day or two then get to the proper weathering. Depending on how my week plays out, I may be able to wrap it up before this weekend. mc65, scvrobeson, Landrotten Highlander and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PEYSSON Gilles Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Hello Chuck Very very nice canopy with to more small details Good job on ! Gilles ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted February 23 Author Share Posted February 23 Guess what I forgot to do. LSP_Kevin and Landrotten Highlander 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted February 23 Share Posted February 23 Oops! Easy fix, though. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckD Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 The armored glass in front of the gunsight complicated matters significantly, but I was able to get it out. As a bonus, I managed to scratch the canopy in front of the armored glass too. I then had to wiggle a tiny paintbrush with some Future on it to clean up the scratches. Worked like a champ. Good thing, because.... She's done. Landrotten Highlander, geedubelyer, Biggles87 and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted February 24 Share Posted February 24 Wow that paint job is insane, i felt heartbroken when you had to redo the wing, but then you managed to replicate the same amazing finish ...mind blown 2nd time! cant wait to see your next project ChuckD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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