WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Hi, This is my first build in about 15 years. Chose a Tamiya kit as a I knew it would go together without too much fuss. Built OOB, painted with Vallejo acrylics - the blue came out too light I think? Thanks for looking WildWeasel 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low flyer Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Always like a Corsair and that's a good one. You're right though about the blue it does seem a bit light. But only just, besides with all that wear it's obviously faded. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 15, 2016 Author Share Posted January 15, 2016 Yeah the idea was to get a faded paint finish of sorts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudi Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Great build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Looks good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janremco Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Great one I like the chipping effect on the nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philtn Posted January 15, 2016 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Not at all, the sun fades away everything! I like it. Do you want to post some more pictures, maybe some of the cockpit? Really like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 looks great, nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stosh65 Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Don't think it's too light at all. With the finish you've achieved it just looks worn and faded and I like it a lot. Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lam Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) I like the blue! Exactly which Vallejo blue did you use? Did you apply a whitish grey wash for the panel lines? With oils? Edited January 16, 2016 by lam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 I like the blue! Exactly which Vallejo blue did you use? Did you apply a whitish grey wash for the panel lines? With oils? I used model air 71087 Dark Sea Blue with a dash of white to try and give a faded look. (approx 30 to 1) For the panel lines I gave the whole model a wash made up of a light sand weathering powder with water, this was then removed with a damp paper towel. (This was after coating the model with gloss Klear). This also helped dull the overall finish back down. The panel lines were also pre-shaded black over the vallejo grey primer. The reference phots I 've seen of weathered corsairs do show the blue getting fairly light, especially when subject to the sea air/dust of the Pacific theatre. However I cannot work out if the insigina would also weather to the same degree (a lot of photos show the insigina looking fairly dark still) - maybe these got repainted? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Not at all, the sun fades away everything! I like it. Do you want to post some more pictures, maybe some of the cockpit? Really like it. Thanks for the comments, I'm going to get some more photos tomorrow (after I've been to Bolton Model show) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lam Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) Is Vallejo model air 71087 Dark Sea Blue the same as Vallejo Mode Air 71087 Steel Blue? Thanks again! I do like the finish! Edited January 16, 2016 by lam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildWeasel Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Is Vallejo model air 71087 Dark Sea Blue the same as Vallejo Mode Air 71087 Steel Blue? Thanks again! I do like the finish! I think so - are you looking at the Vallejo chart - it refers to 71087 as Steel Blue on there, on the bottle it says Dark Sea Blue...? The Spanish is the same on both - Azul Acero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lam Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 (edited) yes - and i just did a google translate and azul acero = steel blue; a few of the stores i looked at also list 71087 as steel blue i hope it is the same? Anyone know? Edited January 16, 2016 by lam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Looks very nice too me, lovely work Rgds, Eng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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