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2 hours ago, giemme said:

I did struggle working on two kits at the same time (and being HASEGAWA Folgore and Veltro in the same scale, they were basically the same model too), working on 6 would drive me crazy!! :frantic:

 

Please finish off one of your Corsairs, CC -. for your own sanity ... :rofl:

 

Ciao

Sanity ?? What's that ??

I'll quote @perdu There ain't a no sanity clause :rofl2:

Thanks for the kind words Giorgio !

I take advantage on the fact that I'm already crazy.... Since 56 years to date :rofl2:

These rocket stubs are a nightmare for my big stubby fingers !!

I lost 2 in the process, I'll ask HB to buy a sprue, because they are accurate but too tiny to be replicated easily !

I'll finish at least one this year...

The 2 Seafires 17 are pushing too, already started the painting !

Sincerely.

CC

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Hello Dears !

Did you ever get in these so-called restaurants, where one can eat some Junk food and get out with a gift ???

You know ? The one with a scary clown as a mascot ??

Up there, there no real food at all but Something of a gem for modellers...

Next time ask for a ballon and save the handle !!

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Tatzaaam, it's not the first time for me to use it, it dissolve very well with Tamiya green cap !

Those are not @giemme plastic yoghurt jar (already used) but not so far !

SWMBO get crazy when she saw what I picked up for further use in modelling :rofl2:

 

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Outer wings panels finished and ready for the -2

Aaaaand

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The HB -4 is ready for priming and painting !!

Good, good, GOOD !! I will finish a Corsair this year :yahoo::yahoo:

Not a Korean one but will be fun too with a background story !!

Have a great modelling time

Cheers :beer:

Sincerely.

CC

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Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only Corsairphile who seems to never quite finish one. I have a box of various F4Us in various scales mostly partially finished and painted not to mention the unstarted kits. 

I think in part I'm afraid to mess up and ruin my pet aeroplane.  

So I avoid them counterintuitively. 

I slobber over the Tamiya 1/32 Corsairs but won't buy them because it would be like giving a baboon a...... well a Tamiya Corsair.

But it looks as if a finish is on the cards for you.

Go for it.

BTW, why is there a pink cast on a lot of the photos? At least on my phone.

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8 hours ago, noelh said:

Well I'm glad to see I'm not the only Corsairphile who seems to never quite finish one. I have a box of various F4Us in various scales mostly partially finished and painted not to mention the unstarted kits. 

I think in part I'm afraid to mess up and ruin my pet aeroplane.  

So I avoid them counterintuitively. 

I slobber over the Tamiya 1/32 Corsairs but won't buy them because it would be like giving a baboon a...... well a Tamiya Corsair.

But it looks as if a finish is on the cards for you.

Go for it.

BTW, why is there a pink cast on a lot of the photos? At least on my phone.

Hello Dear and fellow Corsairologist !!

Yes, there are Corsairologist and Spitophiles

I think the pink cast is coming from my mistake habit of checking and (improve)  (hum at least )the pics through my PC.

I already have 2 finished Corsairs, a Mk I for my "Tungsten" serie and the -1 of John T. Blackburn...

The Corsair is not so easy to improve, The engine is rarely well moulded, the interiors are frequently wrong on mainstream kits.

Take your time and let us see your Corsairs !

Sincerely.

CC

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11 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Hello Dears !

Did you ever get in these so-called restaurants, where one can eat some Junk food and get out with a gift ???

You know ? The one with a scary clown as a mascot ??

Up there, there no real food at all but Something of a gem for modellers...

Next time ask for a ballon and save the handle !!

 

 

 

Ha ha! It's funny that you have mentioned this restaurant - a few years ago my ex-fiance was living with her sister in Colchester and when I visited her she told me that some friends had recommended a very nice restaurant with special offerings for two. So, I thought what the heck let's go and find out what's all the fuzz about it.

 

Well, I can't say much about the food except that the portions were very large even for one person however, I didn't get a gift😮

 

 

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Sorry Guys ! I can't resist that one !!

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I'm a poor lonesome cow boy

I've a long long way to go….

:rofl2::rofl2::rofl2:

 

Or how to have SWMBO really depited !! :doh:

Sincerely.

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19 hours ago, corsaircorp said:

Up there, there no real food at all but Something of a gem for modellers...

Next time ask for a ballon and save the handle !!

Looks like not all the junk food comes to hurt.... :rofl: :rofl2:

 

Great going, CC! :clap:

 

Ciao

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Hello Dears,

Some progress before leaving for SWMBO's show

I must finish a Corsair this year , Now one more step done look !

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And the -2 is on her way too, I will make an oïl cooler now since HB has opened the flap full down….

It give you a visual on …. Nothing….

Cannot let it that way, poor girl...

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Ok now Guys, I'm going for 2 days of pet care….:tumble:😩

Have a great modelling time, sad that I stay in rainy Belgium….

I would have prefered SMW.... 😩

Sincerely.

CC

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2 hours ago, Shalako said:

Hi CC,

 

Have a great time at Tellford and please, don't forget to take some pictures for us the "misfortunate-ones" who can't attend it!!!

 

Cheers

Shalako

Snif snif, I don't go to Telford this year.

It's only next year for me !

Today, I help SWMBO in a pet wellbeing show !! IRL is demanding sometimes !

But even here I wear my poppy with pride.... And that raise a lot of question here in Belgium 

Sincerely.

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2 hours ago, Shalako said:

Hi CC,

 

Have a great time at Tellford and please, don't forget to take some pictures for us the "misfortunate-ones" who can't attend it!!!

 

Cheers

Shalako

Yep, it's official! I have to quit drinking!

 

I wanted to ask this from another fellow modeler but instead I've asked this from you CC!!!

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2 hours ago, Shalako said:

 

Yep, it's official! I have to quit drinking!

 

I wanted to ask this from another fellow modeler but instead I've asked this from you CC!!!

Honestly, I wonder why ?? 

I stopped drinking 18 years ago, when I divorced. Now I help myself with a good beer when I'm modelling.

Out of this, I drink a glass of wine when eating and not everyday..

SMW is a bit different since, I came up with rocket fuel from my friends, otherwise I must say that I did'nt get drunk for years.

I know that this can be hardly believable when one is reading my threads....

As I'm not at home, I can't access the emoji, it's frustrating !

now pm me if I can help.

sincerely

PS I MUST stop smoking once again.... 

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Hello Dears,

Some foodporn to welcome back my friend @TonyTiger66

I received a crate of apple from the garden of my friend Soooo !

 

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cut some little cubes, cooked a bit and the "Flambée" With a bit of Scotch

Should I have some Calvados, it would have been better but, I just do with what is at hand !

Then some apple slices and Tatzaaaammm !

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Adding maple leaf syrup when still cooking in the oven !

Glad to see you back in the arena Tony !!

Hope that everything is all right !!

sincerely.

CC

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Hello Dears,

Ok scary day for me today, I'll have a scanner of my coronarian arteries… I dread the result… The docs are searching the Reason of my hearth disorder

In fact, yesterday, I commited 2 apple pies or so...

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And I cleaned up the center wing of my -2

There was putty and sanding…

 

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I'm back in a few minutes !

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As I am home alone, nobody will complan about fumes Sooooo !!

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The -4 received some painting and one of the Seafire too

I'm sad that I'll miss SMW this year...:tumble:

Let's say that SMW 2019 will be Exxxxtraordinary !!

Have a great nmodelling time !

Sincerely.

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Let's the fun continue !!

:bangin::bangin:🤬🤬 I'm glad with the painting of the -4, far less glad about the Seafire but that's my mistake….😩

First of all, I found back my bible and restart to read it for the 4th or 5th time….

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When I finished my -1 last year, I was'nt sure about the words Big Hog on the tail of this one

Since it was used CONUS for training only and moreover, the adventure started at Norfolk where there are and still is load of high brass

But J.T. Blackburn was not a Spit & polish officer so my -1 is now fully corrected ! See !

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Now , back at Hobby Boss !!!:mg:

Seriously Guys !! Is this a Skull and Crossbones ???

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So I took back a Jolly Roger from this decal sheet

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But now if the shape is right since on the pictures, the Jolly Rogers is a bit wavy, I must make these tiny white dash on the border….

That will be funny with my 5 O hairystick !!

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Now !!! What is this blue on the stars and bars, on the scheme it seem to be darker than the Non Spec sea blue….

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Here's my answer to this glirch !! :tease::tease:

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It's official, the -4 is now a Jolly Roger !!

:yahoo::yahoo: One more for my collection !!

Thanks for your comments and have a great modelling time !!

Sincerely.

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Hello Dears,

🎶I must finish a Corsair this year 🎶 And here I'm or at least almost 🎶

Painted and decaled (that's a brand new verb for the harrap's)

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Now, I'm glad with the engine, look can one do with the OOB engine and a bit of scratch

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Now, correcting the propeller, the blade are too wide and the trailing edge is to be corrected !

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And a view of the ones I did take care today… A way for you to see what's down the pipe ...

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Sooo, Thank for watching, or wasting your time on my lunacy...:frantic:

I wish a very good SMW for the ones who get up there ! :cheers:

Have a great modelling time and take care !!

Sincerely.

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1 hour ago, Shalako said:

Is this a really dark blue paint that you've used or, you have added black to the Glossy Sea Blue that the Corsairs were painted with?

Hello,

It's Xtracrylix Gloss sea blue, now, I'll fade it a bit.

but, it's pure XA1121

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Hello Dears,

Some news from the 1/48 Hartford,

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The desk for the -4B start to look the business I think,

And I opened up the cooling flaps for a bit of improvement !

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I also bored the rocket end for the -4, I think that it look far better that way, when compared with the last one on the left .

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And the Prop' has been rectified too, now, it's right on the plan !

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Ok Dears,

Thank for watching and have a great Week end !

Sincerely.

CC

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