Mick Drover Posted August 13, 2022 Share Posted August 13, 2022 G'day all. Another finished in time for our annual show next weekend. It's the 1/48th Tamiya F4U-1A as an RNZAF machine with 1 Servicing Until while at Henderson Field at Guadalcanal in 1944. This one is an interesting one as it is a spliced airframe from two crashed aircraft, hence the different schemes fore and aft. A bit of aftermarket was used; Eduard belts, a Yahu instrument panel and markings from Xtradecal. I had to make a new pitot as the sprue it was on was thrown out thinking that it was empty...doh. There's lots pf layer of paint, oils and weathering effect to get it appearing as it did. In the reference photos I've found it appears that the forward half had a lot mor wear and tear than the rear. Certainly a subjective interpretation but there's lots of scope to weather it up. Cheers, Mick. 41 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskySierraKilo Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Hi Mick, a beautiful rendition. The weathering just draws the eyes. Annual show in Brisbane next weekend ? Plz tell me more. w. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted August 14, 2022 Author Share Posted August 14, 2022 37 minutes ago, WhiskySierraKilo said: Hi Mick, a beautiful rendition. The weathering just draws the eyes. Annual show in Brisbane next weekend ? Plz tell me more. w. Thanks! QMHE (Queensland Model Hobbies Expo) is on next weekend 20/21 August at the Ipswich Events Centre. The Queensland Scale Model Championships are held at the event. The show details are here -> https://qmhe.com/ Stop by the St Edmund's Old Boys Model Club and say hi. The Corsair (an a heap of others) will be on our display. Mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskySierraKilo Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 2 minutes ago, Mick Drover said: Thanks! QMHE (Queensland Model Hobbies Expo) is on next weekend 20/21 August at the Ipswich Events Centre. The Queensland Scale Model Championships are held at the event. The show details are here -> https://qmhe.com/ Stop by the St Edmund's Old Boys Model Club and say hi. The Corsair (an a heap of others) will be on our display. Mick Mick - thank you. I'm in Ipswich and I keep missing the show every year. I'll be there. Cheers & thanks again, William. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Oh, but that's nice. You had fun getting her dirty, didn't you? 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I like that, it looks very convincing to my mind. Nicely done. 👍 Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shortCummins Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 very nice, did you paint the rivets individually? I really like the use of slightly different blues on the fuselage along with the white panel and fuel tank. Also the "dusty/sandy" appearance works very well, not an easy effect and its difficult to imagine how you could have done it better. rgds John(shortCummins) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Looks like it belongs right there, in a Servicing Unit! A very evocative model, very believable. Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 That's a belter! Lovely job sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russmeister 101 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 What a cracking Corsair! Bravo that man! 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Looks very nice, Mick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Masterful job on the weathering! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Mate, this is so good! Bravo 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 On 8/14/2022 at 12:12 PM, WhiskySierraKilo said: Mick - thank you. I'm in Ipswich and I keep missing the show every year. I'll be there. Cheers & thanks again, William. That's great to hear William. Please do stop by and say hi. If I'm not at the display just ask for me and the fellas can point me out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Drover Posted August 15, 2022 Author Share Posted August 15, 2022 20 hours ago, stevehnz said: I like that, it looks very convincing to my mind. Nicely done. 👍 Steve. Thanks Steve. 19 hours ago, shortCummins said: very nice, did you paint the rivets individually? I really like the use of slightly different blues on the fuselage along with the white panel and fuel tank. Also the "dusty/sandy" appearance works very well, not an easy effect and its difficult to imagine how you could have done it better. rgds John(shortCummins) Thanks John. The rivets carry a light coloured wash, a much better way than individually go over them with a paint brush. This model was a lot of fun to weather and being a dark airframe difficult to make appear interesting. There are lot of layered oils and some fiddly applications in areas to achieve the look. I'm very happy with how it turned out. Cheers, Mick 16 hours ago, Troffa said: That's a belter! Lovely job sir! Cheers Troffa! 16 hours ago, Russmeister 101 said: What a cracking Corsair! Bravo that man! 👏 :bows to the crowd: Thanks Russ. 13 hours ago, David H said: Looks very nice, Mick! Thanks David 13 hours ago, wellsprop said: Masterful job on the weathering! 👌 10 hours ago, Roberto said: Mate, this is so good! Bravo 👍 Thanks Roberto. 7 hours ago, RMCS said: Excellent 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacificmustang Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 This just looks brilliant Mick . Great modelling and photography. Good luck at QMHE Bruce 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 It looks lovely! I found it shocking at first look. Not shocking as in terrible, but shocking as in it hit me right between the eyes and my first thought was gosh, this pile of worn out junk is what the winners were going to war in? It shocked me into imagining a pilot climbing into that and trusting it with his life when it looks like not all of it will make it to the end of the carrier deck. But that's what the pilots did. My mind got used to the idea and I thought about the pilot that was climbing into that faded, scratched, worn Corsair knowing it was the same aircraft that had carried him safely through battle yesterday and the day before that. An aircraft he trusted implicitly and had built a relationship with. So, thanks and well done for posting a build that set my imagination alight! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitchen Modeller Posted August 15, 2022 Share Posted August 15, 2022 Very nicely done - a very realistic finish from top to bottom. Can I ask how to achieved the chipping effects? Hair spray or sponge or brush.? Or all of these? They look great 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ngantek Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 Wonderful job. So many techniques and ideas to learn from on this build, thank you so much for all your commentary on here and the WiP. Really inspirational! Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model cobber Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Great model. I particularly like the the parched paintwork- faded by the harsh tropical sun. You've replicated that look superbly. MC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 On 8/15/2022 at 11:44 PM, kiseca said: gosh, this pile of worn out junk is what the winners were going to war It's important to bear in mind that these aircraft were "Owned" by the RNZAF Servicing Units (SU) and "Loaned" to the Operational Squadrons to fly them The RNZAF SU's maintained high levels of Maintenance to keep these airframes flying. Yes, prangs did happen, but not due to SU lack of maintenance. The finish on this model as shown would be more toward the end of WWII. Note in this RNZAF photo, NZ5307/NZ5272 as rear aircraft (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) When these two airframes were spliced, they both had less than two months flying time each, so the paint finish would not have been as worn (except getting a sun tan while sitting in an RNZAF Bone yard) as their contemporaries in operation (RNZAF Official - Air Force Museum of New Zealand - Used with Permissions) The Environment (Sun etc) did their number on the paint, but note also, the SU's used Aviation Spirit (fuel) to clean the airframes, as it was the only thing that was effective in removing coral dust Regards Alan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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