tonyot Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 (edited) Hiya Folks, I mistakenly posted this in WIP here; http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234990193-172nd-british-corsairs-x-3-academy-and-new-revell-sorry-meant-to-post-this-in-rfi/because I`m a dope,..but I`ve re posted it here; Along with the 1/32nd Corsair Mk.I that I finished a few weeks ago I have also been building some 1/72nd Corsair`s too and here are three of them, starting with; The Academy kit built as Mk.II, JT565, 7S, from 1834 NAS aboard HMS Victorious in January 1945,..it was sometimes flown by Canadian ace Sub. Lt. Shepherd RCN. I used a spare Tamiya propeller on this one as the kit one is rather aneamic; The new Revell kit built as Mk.II, JT601, 12V9 from 1848 NAS based in the USA during work up training; Another Revell kit built as Mk.II, JT636, Y2F from 759 NAS based at Yeovilton as part of the Naval Fighter School; The Revell kit is quite a difficult kit to put together and the open cowling gills needs to be sanded shorter and had the gaps between them filled to make them more realistic. The Academy kit is very nice and goes together like a dream. My next ones will be ready soon, this time built from the Tamiya kit! All the best Tony PS- In reply to some very nice and constructive comments on the other thread I posted the following update; Thanks everybody, Glad you like them,.....the decals came from Xtradecals excellent `Yanks with Roundels- Part 2" sheet for `12V9' part of an old Tally Ho sheet combined with a pair of Sky letter `S' codes for `7S' and Sky Decals sheet 72049 for `Y2F'. Nick- I know what you mean about the forward mast,......I`m also building a Mk.III and may have become sidetracked with that! `7S' had the forward mast sawn off to a stump as depicted, I have a photo of a Corsair coded `Y2F' which I only found in my album after the model was finished and if it is the same aircraft then the forward mast is the least of my worries,.....I may have to change the markings on this one! As for 12V9', there is a photo of this aircraft on page 358 of Air-Britain`s FAA Sqns (2nd Ed) and it shows the forward mast in place,..... but it also shows that I`ve miss placed some markings slightly,....oh well! Cheers Tony Edited October 13, 2015 by tonyot 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Very nice models and all 3 builds look excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 Cracking as ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Touvdal Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Nice collection cheers Jes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjiml2 Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Nice looking Corsairs. You even got the Revell kit to look good! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Brilliant Corsairs Tony! Need I say I am disappointed about your comments on the Revell Corsair, as I was really expecting a faultless job from them. Oh well, there is still the Academy kit, so not all is lost. These FAA Corsairs do scrub up rather well and make a welcome change from VF-17 birds! Congrats JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacles Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Very nice... Corsairs look great in British colours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Nice work Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Great work Tony,love a Corsair in FAA colour,s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) Congrats Tony another three additions to the FAA collection. I do like the grey/green como pattern of WWII. But then they are FAA, so I could be a little biased. Colin Edited October 15, 2015 by heloman1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Very nice.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 15, 2015 Author Share Posted October 15, 2015 Thanks everybody, I thought that this one had died a death so I was surprised to see it back again,........thanks ever so much for your very kind comments, All the best Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
expositor Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Tony, more great work! Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Great looking Corsairs, and nice to see them in British markings. Lovely work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Not sure how I missed this one earlier, maybe suffering from lack of attention disorder. These are super Tony, what's not to like about my favourite planes in my second favourite finish, after the RNZAF ones that is. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viking Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Those are a lovely trio, they capture the rugged 'butch look' of the corsair beautifully. Cheers John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Beautiful bunch of bent-wing birds! Mind if I pick your brains? I'm planning to have a go at JT601 for the Heller Classic GB, albeit in 1/72. I notice you went for sky on the underside rather than the "ANA 602" grey indicated on the Xtradecal guidance, is that standard temperate sea on the upper surfaces or some kind of American interpretation? I lack expertise in this area... many thanks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 8 hours ago, TonyOD said: Beautiful bunch of bent-wing birds! Mind if I pick your brains? I'm planning to have a go at JT601 for the Heller Classic GB, albeit in 1/72. I notice you went for sky on the underside rather than the "ANA 602" grey indicated on the Xtradecal guidance, is that standard temperate sea on the upper surfaces or some kind of American interpretation? I lack expertise in this area... many thanks. I'm guessing this is for @tonyot as the original poster, you need to quote him or summons him as I've just done. 5 years is a long way to come. My take on this is that there was no need to use ANA602 in place of Sky as the ANA range had a perfectly good Sky shade in it, ANA610. This was discussed recently in a thread that went a bit weird but I believe that was the consensus there too. If you're not familiar with the ANA colours, this thread had a facsimile scan put up by @Troy Smith which shows them, also, in Dave Fleming's last post in that thread, I think he may have been a bit mixed up with his quoted ANA numbers. Steve. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 13 minutes ago, stevehnz said: I'm guessing this is for @tonyot as the original poster, you need to quote him or summons him as I've just done. 5 years is a long way to come. My take on this is that there was no need to use ANA602 in place of Sky as the ANA range had a perfectly good Sky shade in it, ANA610. This was discussed recently in a thread that went a bit weird but I believe that was the consensus there too. If you're not familiar with the ANA colours, this thread had a facsimile scan put up by @Troy Smith which shows them, also, in @Dave Swindell's last post in that thread, I think he may have been a bit mixed up with his quoted ANA numbers. Steve. Sorry, Steve, I seem to have misquoted! @tonyot helped me out on the squadron codes elsewhere so maybe know about the paint too? I saw the thread that went a bit weird just this morning. Didn’t it just? 😳 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 Hello Tony, Glad that this thread came back to the surface !! Good Corsairs, Congratulations !! Then it remind me that I did'nt finish a Corsair this year... Whoooops !! Time to work on it !! CC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, TonyOD said: Beautiful bunch of bent-wing birds! Mind if I pick your brains? I'm planning to have a go at JT601 for the Heller Classic GB, albeit in 1/72. I notice you went for sky on the underside rather than the "ANA 602" grey indicated on the Xtradecal guidance, is that standard temperate sea on the upper surfaces or some kind of American interpretation? I lack expertise in this area... many thanks. Thanks Tony,...... I used Aeromaster and Polly Scale acrylics, made in the USA,.... which to me are a good representation of how the US colours (colors?) looked after they had weathered slightly,...... using colour photos as my main reference. The undersides in these photos look pale green to me,..... but lighter than UK Sky,....... and the Pollyscale/Aeromaster paints replicate it very well as far as I`m concerned and I`m happy with them. I built a 1/32nd Corsair Mk.I a while back and went through the colours there in more detail, with some reference pics and views of a Corsair still at the bottom of a US lake (complete with the pilot,..RIP),..... if it helps here is a link; All the best and good luck, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, stevehnz said: I'm guessing this is for @tonyot as the original poster, you need to quote him or summons him as I've just done. 5 years is a long way to come. My take on this is that there was no need to use ANA602 in place of Sky as the ANA range had a perfectly good Sky shade in it, ANA610. This was discussed recently in a thread that went a bit weird but I believe that was the consensus there too. If you're not familiar with the ANA colours, this thread had a facsimile scan put up by @Troy Smith which shows them, also, in @Dave Swindell's last post in that thread, I think he may have been a bit mixed up with his quoted ANA numbers. Steve. Agreed Steve,..... and thanks for chipping in mate. 37 minutes ago, corsaircorp said: Hello Tony, Glad that this thread came back to the surface !! Good Corsairs, Congratulations !! Then it remind me that I did'nt finish a Corsair this year... Whoooops !! Time to work on it !! CC Hiya CC,..... glad you like them mate,...... to be fair they aren`t my proudest moment as the Revell kit is total pants and I lost interest!! You`ve got to pull your finger out and get a Corsair done,..... do you want me to set you a task?,......... Korean War night fighter! All the best mate Tony 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 hour ago, tonyot said: Thanks Tony,...... I used Aeromaster and Polly Scale acrylics, made in the USA,.... which to me are a good representation of how the US colours (colors?) looked after they had weathered slightly,...... using colour photos as my main reference. The undersides in these photos look pale green to me,..... but lighter than UK Sky,....... and the Pollyscale/Aeromaster paints replicate it very well as far as I`m concerned and I`m happy with them. I built a 1/32nd Corsair Mk.I a while back and went through the colours there in more detail, with some reference pics and views of a Corsair still at the bottom of a US lake (complete with the pilot,..RIP),..... if it helps here is a link; All the best and good luck, Cheers Tony Thanks... I'll put all this somewhere safe. i think I need to get my head down and finish the current nightmare before I even think about any news ones. I was very close to chuck-it-at-the-wall point just now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 21, 2020 Author Share Posted July 21, 2020 1 minute ago, TonyOD said: Thanks... I'll put all this somewhere safe. i think I need to get my head down and finish the current nightmare before I even think about any news ones. I was very close to chuck-it-at-the-wall point just now! No worries mate,........ I just hope that photobucket don`t play silly buggers and delete any more of the pics on that 1/32nd Corsair build, especially the colour swatches. I may have to try and dig the pics out and re post them if I can find them, Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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