Reini78 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 #26/2021 Here´s my dad´s newest model. Tamiya kit, Eduard seatbelts, EZ line for brake lines and antenna wires, painted with a blue-gray selfmix /Tamiya XF-18 + XF-2) and Gunze H51 Light Gull Grey. Wanted to use HGW wet transfers. My dad tried them out for the first time. It´s a 50/50 chance to get them off the carrier paper intact, onto the model and the carrier film off again form the model without damaging the ink. In the end my dad only applied some stencils and half of the lady. The girl comes as two part transfer, a white background and the coloured body. Sadly only the background went on well, so my dad painted the lady. The rest of the stencils and the stars are from the kit, The dices, elevens and the kill marks are decals from the Kagero Monographs Corsair Vol.I. Usually my dad is no fan of heavy weathering. But these Marines Corsairs were flown until they almost fell apart. So my dad decided to do a worn, beaten and corroded aircraft, playing around a bit with paint shading, oilpaints and chipping. For the latter he initially tried the salt method but got no satisfying result, washed it off again, did some repainting and chose the hairspray method. Regarding the cockpit paint, we read too late, that the early Corsairs had a Dark Dull Green or Bronze Green cockpit colour. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235100054-flying-leathernecks148-vought-f4u-1-corsair-vmf-213-usmc/ Aircraft of 1st Lt George C. Defabio, VMF-213 "Hell Hawks", Guadalcanal 1943 DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 45 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volksjager Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 Beautiful Corsair. Love the custom blue grey & the weathering work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted November 19, 2021 Share Posted November 19, 2021 This lady looks really realistic. 🙂👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share Posted November 20, 2021 23 hours ago, Volksjager said: Beautiful Corsair. Love the custom blue grey & the weathering work 23 hours ago, Remus389 said: This lady looks really realistic. 🙂👍 Thanks for your comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 There have been a lot of Corsairs presented here recently, all of very high quality. I'm glad to say that you are maintaining the standard very well. This is gorgeous! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share Posted November 21, 2021 20 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: There have been a lot of Corsairs presented here recently, all of very high quality. I'm glad to say that you are maintaining the standard very well. This is gorgeous! Thank you Bertie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonj Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Wow, great job - great weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 13 hours ago, simonj said: Wow, great job - great weathering Thanks Simon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 This Corsiar looks really stunning. I love the weathering effects that clearly show that this aircraft has been deployed on a forward airstrip at the Solomon Islands for some considerable period of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted August 28, 2022 Author Share Posted August 28, 2022 16 hours ago, 112 Squadron said: This Corsiar looks really stunning. I love the weathering effects that clearly show that this aircraft has been deployed on a forward airstrip at the Solomon Islands for some considerable period of time. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Magnificent finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russmeister 101 Posted August 28, 2022 Share Posted August 28, 2022 Fantastic Corsair!!! No other words needed! Bravo that man!! 👏🏆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted August 29, 2022 Author Share Posted August 29, 2022 18 hours ago, stevej60 said: Magnificent finish. 18 hours ago, Russmeister 101 said: Fantastic Corsair!!! No other words needed! Bravo that man!! 👏🏆 Thanks gents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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