Pierpaolo 1,555 Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 Hi! This is the model I made for the F4U Corsair STGB Vought F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair -VMF 213 - 1st Lt R. Foy "Poncho" Garison - Guadalcanal 1943 Tamiya 1/48 Tamiya, Mr Hobby and AK Real Color paints Ultracast Wheels , Eduard PE zoom set 40 2 Link to post Share on other sites
John Laidlaw 1,558 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 That is a beauty! Excellent finish. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Wulfman 1,175 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Great looking Corsair, nice work ! Wulfman 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bjorn 2,353 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Lovely! Great finish, fantastic weathering! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rob K. 1,032 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Very Nice, looks just right with regards to weathering. Great job. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mark Joyce 671 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Excellent build, Pierpaolo. I like the color you used for the topside, and the weathering underneath is especially well done. Nice little Jeep too! Cheers, Mark 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Shark444 179 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 ...and the proper salmon-coloured primer from the old birdcage models, too! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BlueNosers352nd 706 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 She's a beaut Clark! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pierpaolo 1,555 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 Thank You all! The jeep is a little jewel from Tamiya, it"s lovely to build Link to post Share on other sites
noelh 2,184 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 I like it......but, but I think maybe you've overdone the weathering and fading.........Oh wait, I don't think you can overdo the weathering on an island based Corsair. I think it's brilliant. If anything you've underdone the weathering on the propeller. But maybe Poncho tipped his Corsair on it's nose lately. So it's a new prop. Definitely one of my favourite Corsair models. Great stuff. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pierpaolo 1,555 Posted August 25 Author Share Posted August 25 Thank You! @noelhYou are right! prop was changed a few days earlier, "poncho" got a good reprimand Seriously, I should have done at least a few scratches on the prop for uniformity with the rest 1 Link to post Share on other sites
noelh 2,184 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Remember the back of the propeller gets the most weathering, back to bare metal, sometimes on the Corsairs. But Poncho was so careless. I've never bent a prop....sliced a bit of the tip maybe, probably almost certainly. Damm those rabbits. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mountain Modeler 11 Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Wonderful work. I love the salmon color in the wheel wells — how did you make that? 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pierpaolo 1,555 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Thank You @Mountain Modeler , I've found the recipe of salmon red on a magazine (how to build Tamiya's 1/32 F4U-1 Corsair) : 2 part of XF10 Flat Brown 2 part of XF2 Flat White 1 part of XF4 Yellow Green 1 part of XF7 Flat Red I made a jar that I will also need for the 1/32 Birdcage 1 Link to post Share on other sites
matteo44 553 Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Great work! Congratulations... I like the general weathering, very nice 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pierpaolo 1,555 Posted August 28 Author Share Posted August 28 Thank you Matteo Link to post Share on other sites
Gary Brantley 1,979 Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Wow! That is really great! A real beauty of a scale model. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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