shortCummins Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Having finish my “naked” Hurricane which had a very “clean” finish (zero weathering), I’ve decided to go to the other extreme and build a “well used” war weary aircraft. My victim will be a Tamiya 1:48 Vought F4U-1D Corsair… After seeing @Dansk Corsair build, I am in awe of his weathering skills, I thought I could have a bash at the same sort of thing, salmon, zinc chromate, aluminium chipping, faded blues and very dirty surfaces, right up my strasse. As far as I’m concerned Tamiya has only one problem, their decals, so I’ve plump’d for some aftermarket “wet transfer” ones from HGW… I’ve not used these before and it’ll be interesting to see how they perform as I think they’re a half-way house between “decals” and “painted” masks?, you peal off the “carrier layer” once cured leaving behind "painted look" markings. Other aftermarket includes some Montex glazing masks, anything for an easier life… …an Ultracast seat and harness, sometime ago I build a FAA Corsair and I purchased this, the set came with two of these so I had this one in my “spares”, any excuse to build another Corsair. I’ve also ordered a Quickboost engine… …and some Brengun resin wheels. Next I’ll be making a start on the cockpit. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I hereby claim the prize for first reply. Spoiler 😜 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 I tried to edit the above post but my machine wouldn’t let me! The edit was :- Nice collection of AM parts. I do like Ultracast bits, particularly their seats. I think a well cast and well painted harness is much preferable to PE. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunny Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 John, Nice choice - will look forward to a masterclass in weathering! Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, Biggles87 said: I tried to edit the above post but my machine wouldn’t let me! The edit was :- Nice collection of AM parts. I do like Ultracast bits, particularly their seats. I think a well cast and well painted harness is much preferable to PE. I agree John, I'd choose a resin seat and harness 99 times out of 100, the only issue would be availability, often resin parts go out of production however I think that with the advent of 3D printing we'll be seeing far more choices 1 hour ago, Dunny said: John, Nice choice - will look forward to a masterclass in weathering! Cheers, Roger thanks Dunny if you want to see a masterclass in weathering go look at Dansk's build... a larger scale than what I'm doing but I'm using his build for inspiration rgds John(shortCummins) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 The HGW wet transfers are really nice, and leave no clear film (unlike traditional decals). I used them for the stenciling on my 1/48 F-4J: You’ll need a pair of sharp tweezers, bright light, and perhaps a magnifier to help when you remove the film. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 8 hours ago, billn53 said: The HGW wet transfers are really nice, and leave no clear film (unlike traditional decals). I used them for the stenciling on my 1/48 F-4J: You’ll need a pair of sharp tweezers, bright light, and perhaps a magnifier to help when you remove the film. thanks for the tip 👍 rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 I'll pull up a pew for this one. 🍿 James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 24, 2022 Author Share Posted May 24, 2022 As “normal” the build starts with the cockpit, well sort of, in reality the build starts by identifying what parts, if any, can be glued together and super-gluing various bits onto cocktail sticks in preparation for painting. So I spent an hour or so snipping sprue, fixing to sticks and then giving them a coat of Stynylrez black primer Next I’ll be adding some paint. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 The primer was left overnight to fully cure, I didn’t really need to leave it that long but I wanted to be sure of the paint base and as I plan to use hairspray to chip the airframe I thought that I’d practice on the cockpit, if I really mess up 99% of it will be hidden so I thought this would be a good place to start. I added an aluminium “base” with Xtreme metal AK 479 aluminium… Next I’ll be adding interior green colour. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 25, 2022 Author Share Posted May 25, 2022 After a coat of hairspray had dried the cockpit was given a coat of MrColor 364 aircraft grey green (from their WWII US Army, Navy & RAF aircraft interior color set CS681)… …approx. 20 minutes later this layer of paint was attacked with various tools, stiff brush, toothpick, blunt pin, and water to try an create “controlled” small(ish) chips… Next I’ll be adding detail paint. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 It's looking good to me, John. Subtle and not over the top. James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 20 hours ago, 81-er said: It's looking good to me, John. Subtle and not over the top. James thanks James its always a balancing act and with hairspray chipping is very easy to go over the top as large chunks of paint can easily be removed if your not paying attention. rgds John(shortCummins) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 Starting the detail painting with vallejo 70.995 German grey. After a light dry-brush of vallejo Panzer Aces 305 light rubber, vallejo 70.918 ivory was used as a base for 70.937 transparent yellow (I didn’t realise I’d bought transparent paint!) and 70.957 flat red, other switches were picked out with mig steel. The resin seat harness was picked out with 70.976 buff. Next I’ll be attempting the salmon pink primer. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted May 26, 2022 Share Posted May 26, 2022 The details are showing up nicely there, John James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 1 hour ago, 81-er said: The details are showing up nicely there, John James thanks James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 26, 2022 Author Share Posted May 26, 2022 As I’m using @Dansk’s excellent build for inspiration I want to add some salmon pink primer to various parts of the airframe, I’m not convinced that this would be strictly correct for this aircraft, possibly only used on early version however I like the idea of using a different colour. Before I add the salmon pink primer, a base colour Xtreme metal AK 479 aluminium was used. Unfortunately my favourite MRP supplier is on holiday until the end of the month so rather than using their pre-made salmon pink I’ve had a go at mixing my own. I used: MRP-042 red (3 parts) MRP-004 white (1 part) MRP-122 marking yellow (1 part) this was then sprayed over a hairspray layer and then chipped. Next I’ll be weathering and assembling the cockpit . until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 I think you’re right John and the salmon pink probably was only used on early models but it looks good, and I won’t tell if you don’t. John 🇺🇦 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 Looking good so far John , looking forward to seeing this develope and keen to see how those HGW transfers turn out too, used them before on a Spitfire build and they went on easy enough, they were lines of rivets . Only some came off when the carrier film was removed, but that could have been user error. Great work Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Biggles87 said: I think you’re right John and the salmon pink probably was only used on early models but it looks good, and I won’t tell if you don’t. John 🇺🇦 ha ha, thanks John my excuse, just in case anyone asks, is someone found an "old" paint store and, as there's a war on, didn't want to see it go to waste? sounds good to me 😜 2 hours ago, bigbadbadge said: Looking good so far John , looking forward to seeing this develope and keen to see how those HGW transfers turn out too, used them before on a Spitfire build and they went on easy enough, they were lines of rivets . Only some came off when the carrier film was removed, but that could have been user error. Great work Chris thanks Chris this'll be the first time I've used these, funnily enough I've some of their rivets lines that I've not got around to using, I think because I got a "Rosie the Riveter" anyhow HGW have put up a YouTube video... and make it look straight forward. we'll see rgds John(shortCummins) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 3 hours ago, shortCummins said: ha ha, thanks John my excuse, just in case anyone asks, is someone found an "old" paint store and, as there's a war on, didn't want to see it go to waste? sounds good to me 😜 thanks Chris this'll be the first time I've used these, funnily enough I've some of their rivets lines that I've not got around to using, I think because I got a "Rosie the Riveter" anyhow HGW have put up a YouTube video... and make it look straight forward. we'll see rgds John(shortCummins) Hi John they are quite easy to apply I was using them for the raised rivets on the Spitfire fuselage after of the cockpit but the disappeared under psint pretty much, yours will be okay as they will be on top of the paint!!! Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 I had the same problem with the rivets ( disappeared under paint ), so I used Micro Mark rivets on my last 1/32 scale Spitfire. They are actually HO railway scale and probably a little too prominent for 1/48. Hope yours work out OK. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Before adding a panel liner the interior pieces were given a coat of aqua gloss. Tamiya dark brown panel liner was used to enhance the shadows. I used the kit supplied decals for the instrument panel settled down with MrMark softer NEO. Next I’ll be applying a flat coat and then assembling the cockpit. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted May 30, 2022 Author Share Posted May 30, 2022 After a coat of aqua flat I added some AK gauzy agent to the instrument dials. Then the various parts were glued together. The cockpit sub-assembly was nailed into the fuselage which then had both halves joined together. Next I’ll be making a start on the engine. until next time as always, any suggestions, criticisms or comments will be gratefully received. rgds John(shortCummins) 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted May 30, 2022 Share Posted May 30, 2022 Great progress! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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