René Martínez
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F4U-4 Academy 1/48 Wrong carrier landing
René Martínez replied to René Martínez's topic in Work in Progress - Aircraft
Sorry for the late reply. I am actually selling the decals on eBay, you can check them out on this link: https://www.ebay.com/itm/304721757431 https://www.ebay.com/usr/moixmodels?_trksid=p2047675.m3561.l2559 -
Of course, I didn't forget the first aid kits, I painted them and glued them in place, now I'm ready to close the fuselage. Finally...
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Well, Finally all the finishing touches to the cockpit... UV Resin to simulate the glass on the instrument bezels, seatbelts, and pilot seats glued in place. I made the seatbelts using thin masking tape and painted them with gray blue Vallejo model air paint
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I noticed in some pictures the first aid kits hanging from the pillars, so I printed them, I need to paint them olive drab and make the little red cross. At first I thought it was too small, but after looking at references, I think they are alright.
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Oh well, I didn't think the B pillars were so evident from the inside... My conscience won't feel good if I don't do it, so here it is, made the pillars with styrene sheet, it was very time consuming, but it's totally worth it.
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Glad to hear that! I have a few models recorded already, I just haven't found the time to edit the videos yet, I want to upload mor regularly this year.
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Thank you! For the seatbelts I am planning on doing them with tape, I will thread them on the printed buckles.
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Well, after some dry brushing and detail painting the cockpit looks like this, Maybe that amount of color is not completely accurate, but at least gives more color and interest to the cockpit. I am planning to simulate the instrument dials cristal wit UV resin, it works in my head, I will see how it turns out, if I don't post more pictures is because I messed up hahaha
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Continuing with the work! I finished painting the interior, now onto the details to give everything a gloss coat.
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I don´t think there's a lot more detail I can fit on this cockpit, so I just primed it black and see how it looks
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Little details matter, looking at the model from the bottom I noticed a lack of spice, it seemed pretty empty for me, so I decided to make the wiring behind the instrument panel, I don't know how accurate is this, because I couldn't find any exact reference picture for this, but whatever is better to leave an empty and visible hole behind the panel. Also, in this picture you can notice I removed the oversize door hinges and fitted some styrene to cover an ugly gap, I decided to leave the cockpit doors completely closed, since they are very hard to fit.
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- Thanks for the tip! I will certainly end up changing the pitch on the rotor, it's a nice touch. Also thanks for worrying about the armoured seats, I made them because of two reasons, I had the opportunity to see these helicopters up close and noticed the armor on the seats, also some friends has told me the same, plus... Pictures doesn't lie
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The printed seats lacked the armor plates, so I made the templates cutting a styrene sheet, I don't know the thickness, but it was thin enough to my eye.
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The bench is finished! Using aluminium paper from chocolate hazelnut spread cap, which has an interesting feeling, it can wrinkle, but resists to become a mess in your hands, it's thick enough that you can work with it and leaves nice texture for seat cushions and in this case, the canvas on the bench seats, every time a bottle is opened in my house, I save the paper hehe.
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Wow, thank you! Didn't notice that detail on the picture, I could try to modify the rotor head, but I'm worried It will compromise structure or something, I will have to take a better look at that further into the build. Hope it helps. It was fun to do hahaha Thankfully it's not so complicated, almost no curves.
