Thom216 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 (edited) This is the Tamiya kit. I've waited until I was far enough along to not court a hanging thread with an incomplete build. As is, she's going into paint right now. But, from the start... This has been a real neat kit to build. Nice detail and mostly tight seam lines. Good for you Tamiya! Would I do things differently if I could? Sure. Will I build another one? Definitely! To start, we have the cockpit, which I did in zinc chromate green and black. Also on board is an Eduard PE set for the cockpit, a Vector set for the cowl and engine and some scratching for further engine detail. I detailed up the gear with some wire for the break lines and some guitar string for the springs. I have no pictures of the night when one of the gear legs became three in a spray of parts. Suffice to say - all fixed!! Detail in the gear wells is restrained, but I think busy enough. Here's the cowl detail from Vector. And the engine flaps. I had initially had them secured with Flat Clear Acrylic. It held good too - until I did a wash of Tamiya smoke and thinner and the resin parts started to pull off. They were resecured with CA. For the engine, I was going to use the rear of the kit engine in order to somehow still be able to use the pollycap for the shaft. But I ended up not to doing that, as the fit between the shaft and the resin gear housing is firm enough to hold it steady. I just won't be flicking the prop for fun! I then added to it. Push rods and ignition wires as well as an egnition ring substitute found at the Agway I work at. I used a dremel to grind away the inner square sections where the holes are, and with a little widening it fit really good. I bought several more for when I do another piston aircraft. The wires are glued to the cylinders only and are bent and then just propped under the ignition ring. I know there should be a second set going behind the cylinders, but I was just too tired at 2AM and couldn't get the wires to anchor down. Next time I'll pre-drill some holes before the engine goes together. But for this one, it looks good. It'll get a flat coat to tone the shine down. Here she is with the wing center wing section fitted. When I do another one, I'll be joining the wing outer sections first, before joining upper and lower. Those joins at the wing fold gave me enough trouble for two builds while trying to get the completed assemblies trued up. The armored glass atop the cockpit coaming is supplied - but mine ended up being bent and crazing, so I made another from packaging plastic. It was cut to size and bordered with a black marker for framing. Then it was secured with Flat Clear Acrylic. It won't be bearing any load, so that'll do the job and without the build-up of material more common to CA. And the windsheild in place. Sadly for Tamiya, the marker lights are solid plastic. I would think in this day and age, they could give up some clear platic for them. So, this is my first attempt at scratching some clear marker lights for the wing tips. I used a section of clear sprue, and sanded down oposing sides with a metal nail file for flatness. I also cut a corresponding notch in either wing. Then with a small drill, I drilled the 'lights' and filled both with color, red and green. Once dry and tight, I sanded them to shape, then went to finer grit to get back as much clarity as possible. After painting, I'll dab some Pledge Future to fil any little scratches and for shine. Not too bad IMHO. I think I used too much paint and it bled out some with the glue, but I'm not doing it again. There's a deadline here! And this last pic is before primer. I've been cleaning up some seems and hope to get a preshade on in the morning. Maybe even main color on by tomorrow night! Who knows!?!?! Thanks for watching! Edited October 17, 2016 by Thom216 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brahman104 Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Looks nice mate! It will be good to see it finished. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Nice Corsair some nice looking details look forward to seeing this completed. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Thanks for the good words, Gents! Hit a little problem though. As usual, once I get to the painting stage something mucks up. In this case, it's my air compressor spitting moisture out of the nozzle! It happened during the shading process, but I thought it was okay after, as it did fine on the Cosmo Falcon. Guess I used up it's good luck... Will have to sand it back and probably redo the primer and preshade again, as I went too heavy anyway. Still building, but this won't be going to the show this weekend... Time to think happy thoughts! Edited October 16, 2015 by Thom216 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Sorry to hear about your problems do you have a water trap (filter) on your compressor ? Keep at it though liking this build. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudolf24 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Very nice build, looking forward for next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Thom, EXEMPLARY work ... hope all goes well. keep it coming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 It looks pretty good so far. That's a nice touch with the snap ring. Which AGWAY do you work at ? Just curious. I have been in a number of them. Keep us updated. Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 The Agway in Ithaca, upstate New York. And finally some more work done. The new water trap in the compressor seems to work fine. I redid the primer coat and then the preshade. And then I primered the fabric areas of the tail, to give it a lighter base for the main color. Hopefully tomorrow - now later today - I can start putting the main color on. If not, then this weekend definitely! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted October 30, 2015 Share Posted October 30, 2015 Looking good Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Thanks for the update. Things are looking good so far. Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 A little more paint and little more snafu... The paint went on pretty good. I like the slight shading in it. It's easier to see in person of course... I rubbed it down with a soft cloth to help smooth out the barely there roughness. then as I was trying to fit the cowel flaps, the resin replacement wouldn't seat properly and finally snapped... I'm glad I still have the kit part and was able to save eleven of the actuators. And yes, after seeing the pic, I fixed that one actuator that's got all wonky! Nothing to be aggrieved about and I'm in no rush! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VonkeyVong Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 Hello Thom, A little technique that I use is to use black as a base colour for everything. When you airbrush your colour over it don't go for 100% cover and it leaves shadowed areas in corners etc, I then exadurate this by dry brushing with a lightened enamel paint version of the colour of the part to give contrast and make the detail stand out. Give it a try some time and see what you think. The build is progressing well and it should turn out to be a nice Corsair. Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted November 1, 2015 Author Share Posted November 1, 2015 Thanks! Actually, next time I'm thinking of black panel lines and white panel centers before main paint. I bought a new Vector set for the cowl flap actuators. I'll do them over when they arrive. The salvaged pieces just weren't looking right. And there's no reason to rush. I'm not on a schedule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Thanks for the update ... keep on keeping on !! Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racer53 Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Beautiful job, a great likeness of the real plane. I especially like the snap ring for the ignition harness. Can't wait for more updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Good progress shame about the cowl flaps but keep up the good work. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Great work on the engine, i like the details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted November 16, 2015 Author Share Posted November 16, 2015 Finally got some more work done on my Corsair! She now up on her main gear and sitting pretty! Still needs tires, but I'll get to that. As well as the gloss coat and decals and then weathering and then adding on all the nefarious little bits. And paint touch up. Always paint touch up... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 It's looking pretty good !! Good luck on the weathering. It is always lots of "Fun".( sometimes not ) Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 Looking good. Guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GAF Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 She's beginning to take shape. Nice work on the landing gear. I might have missed it, but what color are you using (body)? Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Decaling! She'll be a fighter off the Franklin. As for color, I used Tamiya's Field Blue, XF-50. Edited November 19, 2015 by Thom216 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 It looks pretty good !! Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thom216 Posted November 20, 2015 Author Share Posted November 20, 2015 Thanks. It's been a while since I've done anything WWII. Usually sci fi, which means minimal decals. I'm having to relearn what to do when putting on decals - and what not to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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