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The Coronavirus locked down theme build => The Coronavirus special theme build => Topic started by: jeroen_R90S on April 13, 2020, 07:25:13 AM
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These builds were actually stalled, even before they really got underway... A few years ago I purchased some decals from a small company called "Flevo Decals" which were for the entire air wing on USS Boxer on their first Korean War cruise. These includeded Skyraiders in several marks, Panthers, Corsairs in several marks, and a helicopter.
However, several years ago the only F4U-4 Corsairs available were the Italeri and Hobbyboss easy-kit, neither of which are really great, and also of the wrong sub-version. (4x 20mm cannon versus the 6x 0.50cal guns I needed)
So, enter the new Revell F4U-4. For about 7€ I got 2, to make both options on the decal sheet:
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However, on first inspection, my enthusiasm was kind of tempered...:
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The wheels are one-piece and came out of the sprue like that... though they do have nice hollow spokes...
As I tried fitting the separate wingtips and more and more parts came from the sprues looking like the wheels, I wasn't really motivated to keep going... Also because the model isn't really all that accurate as a -4 Corsair, being based on their F4U-1.
After this the model languished in my box-of-someday-I'll-get-to-them, until some time ago I slowly picked them back up.
The -4 had a different floor and seat, so out came the Evergreen:
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The fuselage halves on both kits came out like this...:
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To cater for the different versions, the cowling is a poorly fitting complex assembly -though it does come with a nice engine and open or closed cowl flaps:
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Which, of course, had a gap-tooth look that I filled with Evergreen:
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Accuracy-wise, the model has had some critic regarding it's length. I'm not a Corsair expert, but here is one half next to a Tamiya half (Revell light, Tamiya dark plastic), lined up at the wing rear.
Interestingly my Italeri F4U-5 has the same length as the Tamiya, so take your pick...
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The dreaded wing tip issue was finally resolved by removing the pin-and-holes on the insides, as well as more sanding, as the tips are thicker than the wing itself.
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And I can keep going on, but these models were stalled several times, as e.g. the inner wing pylons are in the wrong place, the carburettor intake on the -4 was moved to the chin intake so the wing inlets were different (I rebuil them with strip and hacking away)
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In spite of careful assembly I still needed to pack out one wing half with Evergreen to keep everything aligned:
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As you can see I also filled the flaps, as they were depicted as fabric.
So, on and off this is about where I am, despite the careful assembly I stil had to use quite a bit of filler and that's where they both are now -waiting for more sanding and and fettling.
Still a lot to do, the models have no proper weapons (not even pylons for the wings) and miss quite a few details, such as radio altimeter antenna, boarding steps, etc etc...
I would really be pleased to get these two done!
Jeroen
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By the way, when I sent the photo of the canopy with the big bubble in it to Revell Germany's Department X a few months ago I got 2 sets (the other one was just as bad) that weren't perfect either, but at least usable.
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Excellent start! I had heard Revelle of Germany had some issues with bubbles in canopies on some kits. I was lucky that MY 1/32nd FW190 did not have the issues!
RAGIII
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I'll be following this one. The owner of the flight school I trained and instructed at in Florida flew these with the same squadron! He has pics of one aircraft with a huge hole in the right wing caused by AA fire. He got it back on the ground safely, just not on the carrier!
Google Crystal Aero Group and take a look through the photos, you'll see quite a few paintings of Corsairs and the carrier on the wall, plus a huge model of 210, his aircraft!
Ian
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Thanks!
Nice link there Ian! When I have some more time I'll look them up and see what I can find. If I can I might do "210" then, as the numbers are around and the sheet provides extra serial numbers as well.
Off to more filling and sanding now...
Jeroen
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Some interesting Corsairs, Jeroen - and not really easy! But your improvements make them look quite possible... I admire your attention to detail in 1/72! Regards, Marc
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Thanks, Marc :)
I do take some shortcuts on these, or they'll never be done... I'm just doing the major mods... :)
Some more sanding, after which I shot some primer over de seams. Not too bad, really, so I went outside in the sun and sanded and filled some more:
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Now a few more spots to fix, then I can paint the forward fuselages (near the exhausts) blue (underneath where the cowl flaps will be) and attach the noses permanently. Then I'll probably have to rescribe some panel lines and attache the clear parts, which, surprisingly, fit very well!
I'm also a but unsure about the "fabric" areas on the wings, as a primarily WWI modeller I find them rather overdone. Anyone have a suggestion for toning them down? I'm thinking about masking them off, spraying a thick coat of Mr Surfacer 1200 over them, then remove the masking and sand the high points (rib tapes) back to bare plastic, leaving the depressions hopefully less pronounced. If anyone has a better idea I'm all ears! :)
What is frustrating is that the rudder and elevators have a very good looking fabric respresentation, but somehow that was not carried over to the wings, unfortunately...
Jeroen
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Small update; I tried the airbrusing Mr Surfacer on the ribs, but it wasn't thick enough. So I thinned Surfacer 1200 a bit and applied it by brush, which seems to fill the depressions a bit more. It does always shrink quite a bit when it's dry, so I'll see about things tomorrow.
Another thing I missed were the wing bomb racks. The VF-884 aircraft will have 5" rockets on pylons, inner wing pylons, a fuel tank and a bomb from a Tamiya kit.
The VF-791 aircraft will get 2 modified Revell inner wing pylons, 2 drop tanks from an Italeri AU-1 Corsair (the Revell ones are so big, the Tamiya and Italeri tanks could disappear in them) and 8 wing pylons from 2 Hobby Boss F9F Panther kits. Unfortunately I robbed the 100lb bombs from one of them for a Skyraider, so I only have 6. I do have 12 pylons, so that'll do.
However, on the non-cannon armed Corsairs these will not fit on the rocket pylons so when carrying bombs they removed the rocket pylons and fit an adapter rack, to which the bomb rack could be fitted, onto which finally the bomb could go.
(no wonder they changed that on the later cannon-armed Corsairs!)
While it was raining outside and the kids were playing Super Mario on my old Wii console I scratchbuilt and installed the adapters. I used the tape to measure out their locations and make sure that they are starting at the same point.
They'll still need some more details added, but the wings are curved, and I could bend them with the wing now. I made them too tall, so I could sand them down later -that just seemed easier and there are no decals to go underneath them anyway.
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Jeroen
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Nice progress! It amazes Me as to how much ordnance those Corsairs could carry!
RAGIII
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Looking better and better Jeroen! I do like the effort and detail you are putting into the underwing racks and stores - this will be a focal point and quite different...
Regards,
Marc
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Thanks! They sure could carry quite a bit of stuff underneath the wings and fuselage, and the Corsair is actually a pretty big aircraft (for a fighter).
I've always liked the F4U-4 and later marks, but there never were good kits of them -unfortunately this one still isn't one as well!
I did the Italeri F4U-5 a few years ago, had to lengthen the nose bit it turned out pretty nice. I did have a lot more fun with that, though, these 2 are becoming a bit tedious (hence they were on the stalled shelf in the first place!)
I've worked some more on the wing fabric, but calling it quits on that, as well as the rest of the seamwork. This plastic is so riddled with sink marks, you'd think it's a 1950s kit or so, not one from 2016. Flaps, ailerons, underneath the cowling... almost everywhere you touch it and look closely.
I'm now rescribing all the lost panel lines (there's something I haven't missed building WWI models) then install the clear parts (another thing I haven't missed! :P). Currently doing all that on one model, when that is finshed I'll move on the next one and hopefully can shoot some primer in the forseeable future ;)
Oh, and I also finally installed the noses, so there is progress :)
Jeroen
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You are doing a lot of work on these, I'm missing 1/72nd scale but my aging eyes are no longer suited for short distance performances. Interesting subjects.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Thanks, Giuseppe! I'm still scribing panel lines, I just finished the first one (the worst fitting one), so hopefully this week I'll finish the scribing of the next one this week. The fit on that one was a bit better, so hopefully less panel lines were obliterated.
I just don't like it when I a kit has gorgeous panel lines in the box, only to have to sand most of them away since the fit is so poor! :)
However, this group build is just the motivation to keep going and get them done. Thanks all!
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Not a lot of spectacular progress, helping the kids (7,5 and 5) with their HobbyBoss Easykits is a lot of fun, but I'm nog making lot of progress on my own stuff ;)
Yak:
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P-39:
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Both are brush painted with Revell Aqua, I helped my oldest with the P-39 with the demarcations and masked off the wheel wells, the same for the youngest with the Yak-3, and I also painted the darker camouflage as that is obviously too complex (not to mention the included paint scheme does not match up and the decals have wrong numbers!)
But, I have done something... after several rounds of sanding and filling I rescribed all the lost panel lines (quite lot due to the poor fit, I estimate I had to re-do about 3/4 of them...) I use thin Dymo tape, a pin vise with a bent sewing needle and for ailerons and flaps the Tamiya scriber.
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For the VF-884 Corsair I had the Tamiya tanks, pylons and rockets, and for the VF-791 Corsair I had earlier scratched the wing rack adapters. The inner wing fuselage hardpoints were now scratchbuilt from a bit of WnW Fokker D.VII sprue using the Tamiya parts as a template. The spares box coughed up some swaybraces from a HobbyBoss F9F Panther and some old tanks from an Italeri AU-1 / F4U-7 Corsair I built ages ago. After gluing the pylons more towards the middle of the wing (the Revell pylons are too far forward) I drilled some holes and filed some slots for the sway braces:
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It was easier and less prone to breaking to glue the sway braces to the Italeri tanks (the original ones on the Italeri tank were in the wrong position), again, using the (grey) Tamiya tank as a template:
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I also cleaned up the clear parts, and although they don't have those big bubbles in them, they're really, really distorted...
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Annoyingly, this denies a view on my scratchwork in the cockpit, but if posed open it'll heaviliy distort the rear fuselage where it sits :-/ Something to think about.
Jeroen
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Nice progress and attention to the details , yak is looking nice as well :)
Terri
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Thanks, Terri!
Still no paint.... :P
One of the consequences of Revell using the F4U-1 wings on the F4U-4, besides the fabric flaps I filled earlier, is that the F4U-4 had a boarding step square in the right inner flap. There was also a panel that opened up and a similar hand-hold near the windscreen.
The interesting thing is that due to the angle of the flaps (wings) the step is angled when the flap is retracted and horizontal when the flap is lowered. Fortunately there are some F4U-4s still flying so there are more than a few photos showing the arrangement. I marked out the shape, drilled holes, and carefully filed the opening. It is not high enough (mine is a bit too rectangular) but I would need to go neared to the trailing edge and was afraid the plastic might break so I kept it at this. I also scribed the entry step hatch, the hand-hold is too small to scribe nicely on the curved surface.
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I also got a bit furher with the bomb pylons for the VF-791 aircraft. The HobbyBoss pylons have a square and round pin, as squares are kind of hard to drill I snipped that off. Some careful measuring and drilling later:
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Until I looked at the photo and noticed the pylons are mounted in reverse...
As the mounting pin is offset I had to make new holes, I had to be quite careful as they are very close to the old ones...
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Much better:
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I also dryfitted the modified Italeri tanks to see how that would work out.
Some other small stuf was measuring and drilling the holes for the T-shaped radio altimeter antennas, holes for the antenna wire (some people call that rigging, too!) and installing the gunsights and after these were dry the clear parts. There were scratches on the main canopy that I carefully polished out, only to have one of the two sliding parts develop a very small crack. These parts are very brittle! They are installed also and now the glue is drying, hopefully I'll be able to mask them up and then finally get rid of the messy look with some help of Mr Surfacer!
Jeroen
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You have made excellent progress since I last checked in! Really coming along Well. Nice detailing and like Terri Said the Yak looks great also!
RAGIII
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Thanks!
Well, honestly at least one of them was about to fly out the window, as I got really frustrated by it...
I wasn't happy with the wing fabric areas after primer... they were still much too trench-like, despite sanding and some filling.
As I put quite some effort in the rest of the model I felt I should put some more effort in them...
Here was how they looked after a first coat of Revell enamel black:
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The wing fabric areas still didn't look right, both too deep and not quite smooth. So I filled them with more surfaces, and more sanding an several rounds of filler resulted in a somewhat better look.
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However, when I re-primed the areas after all that work it looked OK enough (as I was losing my joy) but after painting the gloss sea blue, one of the models was pretty good (the less warped VF-884 version), but the other had quite a bit of rough spots I somehow missed. Also had some cracked filler on the nose, and by this time was ready to test how well that one would fly in real life...
After a cool down of a day or 2 I decided on one last fix by filling the crack with CA and sanding the rest. Then I re-painted it, and was actually quite pleased I put in that little effort (with hindsight the fixes weren't all that bad...):
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I'm now leaving them for a week or so, as gloss paints usually take some time to fully cure and I don't want to invoke any more bad luck -I found out when looking for pictures that 3 of the 4 options actually have the earlier rounded windscreen/canopy instead of the flat one provided in the kit...
So the VF-884 version can only be "416" and for VF-791 I found a picture showing "214", but will have to guess the serial number as that is not readable.
Left for now is masking and painting the tail tips, and then it would seem it's finally on to the decals. I'm rapidly losing the fun in these, so I other than some exhaust stains I won't be putting a lot of effort in the paint job and weathering. Just getting them to this paint has consumed enough energy so far ;-)
Jeroen
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Looking Terrific to Me! Keep on going so they don't end up back on the Shelf Of Doom!
RAGIII
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Thanks for the support Rick! :)
More progress, with the setbacks that seem the story of these builds... However, first how the VF-791 (the most warped one) looks now:
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Perfect? Far from it, though I'm happy with my filling, rescribing and multiple repair jobs, despite that, those wing ribs still stick out. Fortunately the decals cover most of the uglyness, and I'll give them a final sating coat when done so that mutes them as well.
The decals (printed by BOA Agency in the Czech Republic) worked like a treat, screaming off the backing and though they do stick rather quickly they can be properly moved with a wet brush.
However, not visible in this photo (when dry I'll post a close up, the decals were on for about 10 minutes when I took the photo), some of them have jagged/fuzzy edges, and the A on the tail looks too thick and not big enough. Eagle eyes readers will notice I deviated from the instructions on the wing numbers and air wing letter on the top; on the bottom I left them off as most of the Boxer's aicraft from VF-791 and VF-884 did not seem to use these (unlike VC-3's F4U-5 nightfighters).
The same eagle eyed readers will notice I did not do either 209 or 211, as both had the earlier rounder windscreen. Just as I had thought I found a second photo of 214, it turned out to be a differend aircraft with the rounded windscreen, where 214 as I did her definately had the flat one as in the kit.
Interestingly this aircraft did not seem to have the VF-791 title (not that uncommon), but also no serial number marked under the tail (unusual). Since I didn't have those as well and the VF-791s from the decals were the wrong (modern) font anyway that was a bit of a bonus.
I also painted the coloured bits of the props, the parts of the bombs and rockets and just finished masking off the wheel hubs.
Slowly getting there... just the VF-884 to decal and make a few more details.
Jeroen
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In spite of the trials these are giving you they are looking great! There is something about adding the Markings that helps take away the pain and bad memories of the build...at least that is how I feel!
RAGIII
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Some stellar work going on with this pair, Jeroen! Not easy to get the amazing results you do with these kits - it's much easier in 1/48th with quite a choice of kits! I love your attention to detail and very clean and neat work... Regards, Marc.
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Thanks for the support, Marc and Rick! :)
I'm still plodding along, but as my European neighbors will attest, it's currenty very hot over here. Besides work, staying healthy and family (birthdays, doing fun stuff) I do get some modelling done, but it's just too hot. When I was masking the propellers after evening dinner, sweat was dripping everywhere and I had to thin my paint so much to prevent it from drying too much I spent the rest of the evening painting them.
Interestingly the Revell Aqua I used was so dried out I could barely get it from out of the airbrush cup, which I've never had before.
But, all decals (except the props) are on, rockets, wheels and propellers are painted, so I'm slowly getting there. It is so warm, however, that decal solvent does not seem to work properly, it kind of evaporates before it does anything!
I'll take some pictures later and do a proper update soon :)
Jeroen
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So, as promised, some (rather lousy, sorry) pictures of where I am as of now:
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With the kids back in school this week I took some time this morning to give the last decals a coat of Mr Mark Set (the rudder "A" needed a bit more help) and add the propeller logo's. Most F4U-4s from this era did not seem to have them, but they add a bit of colour, especially on the blue and white VF-791 aircraft. (214).
Slowly getting there....!
Jeroen
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Both of your Corsairs are looking excellent. You are getting Much closer to being finished now ;)
RAGIII
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Thanks, I just finished detail painting on the rockets (rear ends, aluminium little tip) and glosscoated them. Hopefully a bit of a wash on all the details parts, and then it's onto a flat coat (anti-glare panel) and satin for the rest :)
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Hopefully finished this weekend!
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Anti-glare panels are simply flat coated, but they give the blue an entirely different look. Though the "lesser" build of the two, I like "214" more, possibly because my 1/72 F4U-5 is also sea blue with yellow trim.
Jeroen
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Wheels, gear doors etc are on now, and slowly crawling to the finish line...
The T-shaped radio altimeter antennae are, as are many other things, missing from the kit so I scratched them with some stretched sprue sanded flat, and a bit of brass wire:
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416 needed some sway braces for the bomb, as the Tamiya pylons don't have them (they are moulded with the upper half of the fuel tank I'm not using) so I found these (too big) ones in my sparesbox. Once painted dark blue and mostly hidden in the "gull" of the wings I can live with them:
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Then it's onto some paint for the lower sides (signal lights, antennae, pylon for 416) and attached the pylon and bomb. Then I can add the pitot tube on the left wing, antenna mast behind the cockpit and the antenna wires. Then remove canopy masking and they should be done -that's the theory anyway :D
Jeroen
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Both are moving forward very nicely :)
Terri
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You are almost there and both are looking Great!
RAGIII
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Thanks!
I do admit I'm not really enjoying working on these, as every time I touch something, something else goes wrong... despite Mr Surfacer primer and Gunze acylic lacuqer paint and Tamiya glosscoats (which should stick quite well, normally) I keep having to touch up chipped paints. Due to handling it's even worn off the leading and trailing edges. :-/
When I satin coated the the pylons and antenna they turned white (as sometimes happens if you put a flat coat on too thick or don't stir it properly) despite it being from the same batch I mixed up for the rest of the models. I've had to re-do them completely as normally a bit of gloss and then satin again will remove it, but not this time for some reason or other.
And did I mention when I pulled the pylon from the tape I use to hold it for airbrushing I had a nice blue pylon-shape left on that, but my pylon's underside was completely stripped to bare plastic?
Some models have all the bad luck I suppose, so, optimistically, the next one should go flawlessly! 8)
Jeroen
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Great... finished all the last bits and pulled the tape from the canopies to install the antenna wires last of all. Somehow, on the main sliding part only, the paint seeped through the tape and left residue that sticks very well.
Obviously one of them has bits of plastic underneath the windscreen from somewhere in the fuselage and after this mess I called them done and left off the antenna wires. Either they would drop from the table or my CA would burst open with massive blobs of glue on the models, I wasn't ready to try anything else. The rockets on 416 had their fins interfere with each other (I already suspected something was wrong with the panel lines on the wings as I used these for reference).
Even the camera didn't want to take proper pictures, so I saved the leftover parts and decals, took these pictures and put them on the shelf.
There are a lot of nice points on these models such as the beefy propeller (after years of late-model Corsairs with toothpick propeller blades!) and the "thick" nose, after the skinny looking Italeri models. There are also a lot of shortcuts, omissions and plain silly mistakes.
Anyway, without much comment, sans antenna wires:
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I'm calling them done and move on to something more enjoyable :) I do want to thank you all for your encouragement and support, and Dave for organising this Group Build (though things seem to have quieted down a bit here) so I could finally finish these models. Without that they most probably would have flown out the window and stomped to bits... ???
Jeroen
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Your pair of Corsairs look Terrific to Me Jeroen! I am glad you persevered and finished them!
RAGIII
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You hang in there and got them both beaten , both turned out great ! :) Thank-you for sharing these with us :)
Terri
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A fine pair of Corsairs, Jeroen. Even though I am now fully to WW1 I still have a soft spot for some WW2 fighters, Corsair is definitely among my favourites.
I only regret that your models look so dark in the photos, some exposure compensation would do good to the photos.
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Those are great looking Corsairs, Jeroen! You certainly had a tough time getting them right but the end result is simply great - models to be proud of! Regards, Marc.