Alex_110 Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hi all, this'll be my entry for the GB. I intend to build it OOB, using the kit supplied decals for VF-17's "BIG HOG" flown by Tom Blackburn. You probably won't see any progress from me for about a week, just got to finish up my current builds. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 Looks like Mine in my last video! Good luck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Nice choice, so you're in for some heavy weathering then. Good luck John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwaterous Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Ah big hog is always welcome. This kit, in these markings, was my first ever build, so I'll watch with interest. Of course, mine was terrible though :/ K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Right, finally time to get the ball rolling on this build. Cockpit is more or less done at his point, I'll be getting the fuselage together later and then work will start on making any seems disappear (I hope). Not such a fan of the seat-belt decal in retrospect, think I'll pick up a PE one when I get around to doing one of Tamiya's Zero's. I think I went a bit heavy with the weathering around the headrest as well, but hopefully that won't be too noticeable under a canopy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 A little more progress today, fuselage together and wings attached. I think I'll be leaving the flaps off until I get the basic camouflage down. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted March 27, 2016 Share Posted March 27, 2016 Nice cockpit, but I see what you mean about the seat belts. I would recommend the Eduard 'super fabric' belts rather than the etched ones, I find them easier to work with and they hang more naturally. Cheers Johm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted March 28, 2016 Author Share Posted March 28, 2016 Bit more progress. Fuselage all primed up, and I've done a bit of work on the engine. Added a bit of wire I stripped from a pair of dead earphones to it - not the most accurate job, but it at least adds a bit of interest to the radial. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 Well I truly screwed up today. Got the white underside sprayed nicely and masked it off for the intermediate blue. Moved onto spraying that and I thought all was going well... until I pulled up a picture of someone else's build to compare mine against, and to my horror realised I'd sprayed the Navy Blue in place of the Intermediate Blue. How I managed to not realise this sooner is beyond me. Looks like re-priming and redoing my preshading will be tomorrows task, and then maybe I'll spray the correct blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) Time for some updates. So the Corsair is now painted. The colours in the photos aren't 100% accurate due to the bad lighting, so I'll make sure to remedy that next time I upload. Now it's time for a nice gloss coat for the decals, then another coat on top of them in preparation for some messing around with oil washes. Edited April 4, 2016 by Alex_110 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 That is a lovely paint job rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeoman1942 Posted April 11, 2016 Share Posted April 11, 2016 Great looking paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted April 13, 2016 Author Share Posted April 13, 2016 Decals on and a quick wash done. I had some real trouble with getting a nice coat of gloss varnish down this time. I use Vallejo's stuff that comes in 60ml bottles - usually it works fine, but it was refusing to give anything more than a satin coat this time. Ended up having to spray it down much thicker than I would like, so if any of you guys have got suggestions for an idiot-proof gloss varnish, I'd love to hear. One side effect of the heavy coats was that the paint on the canopy frame peeled up slightly along the edges when I was removing the mask, though that shouldn't be too hard to clean up with a blade. Anyway, next up I'll be attempting some chipping with a Prismacolor pencil - hopefully it'll look half decent this time - and I'll be getting the landing gear sorted. And after that I think I'll be calling this one done. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Looking good Alex! The decals look like they've settled down perfectly! Joss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_110 Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 Well that's another one finished up, I'll throw some more pics up in the gallery and RFI. Fun builds these Tamiya kits. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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