Elias Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 (edited) Hello, here are some photos of my latest build,a Tamiya F4U -1A Corsair in 1/48 scale converted to a FAA Corsair II using MDC resin set for propeller and external tank,True details wheels,shark fin pitot from Master,Quikboost resin engine and Eduard pe set for cockpit. Painted with Xtracolor paints.Decals came from xtradecal range except the roundels above which I painted and stencils came from Techmod. Edited July 16, 2021 by Elias 58 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 What's not to like? it's a Corsair; it's a Tamiya kit, and it's in TSS! Beautifully built, painted, and weathered, too. I have read that the belly window was deleted beginning with F4U-1A BuNo 500066 and FG-1A BuNo 13892. I don't have any data on the Corsairs supplied to the FAA- did you find information regarding the belly window on the -1A you built? Mike 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 That...................came out pretty darn good!! Great work on this Elias. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick b Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Excellent model Elias, deserves more images posting? Which squadron do the markings represent? Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 That’s a great price of modelling. Well done one and thanks for sharing. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 did not know there were Corsairs with British roundels on! great work! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Stunning work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Really nice Corsair there, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 WOW,.... that is most definitely one of the best Fleet Air Arm Corsair`s that I have seen,..... the finish is especially brilliant. One slight niggle,.....or nit pick,..... sorry,.. I`m sure you`ll understand that I`m not willy waving or trying to get one up, jus trying to help ,...... especially as I`ve actually missed them off myself plenty of times too in the past,.... but you`ve not represented the air vent intakes in the rear fuselage sides and underside,.... which is so very easily done. This post cover them; That very small issue aside,...... what a superb model! Cheers Tony 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Thats a lovely corsair. I agree with some of the points raised above but you have done a great job👍.Good old 1833 Sqn a/c flown by the boss. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) 28 minutes ago, tonyot said: WOW,.... that is most definitely one of the best Fleet Air Arm Corsair`s that I have seen,..... the finish is especially brilliant. One slight niggle,.....or nit pick,..... sorry,.. I`m sure you`ll understand that I`m not willy waving or trying to get one up, jus trying to help ,...... especially as I`ve actually missed them off myself plenty of times too in the past,.... but you`ve not represented the air vent intakes in the rear fuselage sides and underside,.... which is so very easily done. This post cover them; That very small issue aside,...... what a superb model! Cheers Tony Thanks for your comments Tony! I know about the present of the air vents and have the MDC set but i couldn't find out where to put them.The MDC instructions were a bit confusing,so i let them out. Can you provide me some photos that clearly shows their position? Edited July 15, 2021 by Elias 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) Agree with Tony, that's a superb finish. I'm a Corsair fan anyway but that's a particularly well finished one. Edited July 15, 2021 by noelh 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, exdraken said: did not know there were Corsairs with British roundels on! http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/weapons_F4U_uk.html Some research later... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 1 hour ago, exdraken said: did not know there were Corsairs with British roundels on! It was the FAA pilots that figured out the best way to land a Corsair aboard a carrier, which allowed Vought to make some modifications to the undercart and permitted the Navy to deploy them on our carriers, instead of just being land-based Marine aircraft. Good show, chaps! Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Posted July 15, 2021 Author Share Posted July 15, 2021 7 hours ago, mick b said: Excellent model Elias, deserves more images posting? Which squadron do the markings represent? Mike Thanks for your comment! It represents an aircraft from 1833 NAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 9 minutes ago, Elias said: Can you provide me some photos that clearly shows their position? IIRC, we had a good discussion on that very topic with good photos- you could look for it...curse you, maddening Britmodeller search engine! (Now I've done it- Julien and/or Mike are going to give me such a pranging!) Mike 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nachtwulf Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Oh,that is pretty! Now I will have to poorly replicate that using my meager skills. Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) 54 minutes ago, Elias said: Thanks for your comments Tony! I know about the present of the air vents and have the MDC set but i couldn't find out where to put them.The MDC instructions were a bit confusing,so i let them out. Can you provide me some photos that clearly shows their position? That post that I sent to you has diagrams,..... also look on line for pics of the Corsair at Yeovilton. Some good pics here; https://www.largescaleplanes.com/walkaround/wk.php?wid=103 https://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?t=17589 This book is also a superb reference; https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-KD431-Preserving-Capsule-Revisited/dp/0750990414 Cheers Tony Edited July 15, 2021 by tonyot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Nachtwulf said: Now I will have to poorly replicate that using my meager skills. Well done! Nah- piece of cake! For the LH and RH intakes, clip the tip off of a suitably sized spare bomb half and turn the front end to face forward- the rear will be open, just like the real thing! Or, you could cut a piece of plastic tubing and round the back off. The bottom vent is a little harder- a carburetor scoop from a Do-17Z looks pretty close, or make one out of three suitably shaped pieces of plasticard, rounded off. They re pretty small, even in 1/48 scale! Mike This just in! Now that I have had a chance to examine the closeup photos that @tonyot posted of the FAA Museum Corsair, I amend my suggestions for making them. They are not true 'D' shaped intakes/vents as they appear in the profile views, but are more 'L' shaped, so the bomb half method won't be accurate. The intakes from a Do-17Z are closer, but I think if you take an 'L' shaped section of sprue from a kit runner, it could be re-shaped to the proper contour and the opening drilled/reamed out. I apologize for my ignorance! (Been doing that a lot, lately!) Mike Edited July 15, 2021 by 72modeler added text 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Great work, I love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Very nice! Looks sharp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 Sweet model and fantastic finish. Nicely done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 What a lovely build!.. Simply perfect... Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 What a wonderful Corsair, you have created an excellent model and great timing, I have just received my quickboost engine for mine, now I have to sort out a prop, see what I mean about timing. Great work Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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