Vought F4U-1A Corsair by Edwardkenway - FINISHED - Revell - 1:32

[Edwardkenway]

53 minutes ago, Canute said:

Of course, plan B is the wings folded option

I was thinking of wings folded, for space saving on the shelf 😉.

[popeye the sailor]

a sliver of plastic will fill the gap in,  but if your going that route,  cut off the antenna put it back after the repair.  good to see her closed up......gull wings are so cool!  

[Edwardkenway]

Thank you Denis 

antenna duly cut off while filler applied, dried and sanded, some minor rivet detail lost, I will try to replicate them with tiny dots of CA.

The antenna was glued back.

As I was sanding the filler, the wing hinges snapped, (the kit plastic is quite soft) and the outer wing sections fell off.🤨🥺

the uppermost part was carefully removed and the hinge stub drilled and a brass pin inserted and glued, a corresponding hole was done in the other part the pin pushed through and bent over and again glued.

Hopefully this will give it a bit of sturdiness. 

Thanks all for looking in etc...

Cheers

[CDW]

Very nice progress Edward. You've come a long, long way to get this far. 

This is a kit I have seen on the hobby shop shelf many times in the past but have never owned or tried to build one. As a consequence I cannot offer any specific comment on the quirks of the build but it looks as though you are figuring it out quite well. Most of my best work came on my 2nd attempt on kits I really liked. The first one provided a basic training of sorts and the second kit allowed the improved techniques learned from the first.

[Edwardkenway]

A small update, not a lot of progress. Painted the engine,  the instructions say to use steel colour, I've not got steel so l  used flat aluminium, with a citadel armour wash

the other parts are dark iron.

also made a mask for the canopy and painted the framework

cockpit green first followed by sea blue

I'm happy how it's turned out 😉

thanks for watching and the likes.

Cheers 

[Egilman]

57 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

Painted the engine,  the instructions say to use steel colour, I've not got steel so l  used flat aluminium, with a citadel armour wash

Well, according to my Aunt, the cylinders were made of cast aluminum in the first place.... Dark cast aluminum would be appropriate, the fins were cut into the casting on a special lathe.... But making that distinction would be difficult....

[Danstream]

Hi, if you want to bring up the details of the cylinders, you might try to touch the fins with a fine brush loaded with Tamiya black liner. Capillarity should pull the ink into the slots between the fins. If you do not have that product at hand, you might try black aquarelle out of the tube diluted with water. Adding a drop of dish soap to the water, will break the surface tension of the water and the color will run better into the slots.

Good progress with your big Corsair.

Best regards,

Dan.

[popeye the sailor]

yea....folding wings and such makes the model all the more delicate.  for myself,  I've only been able to adequately repair a couple......the others I simply abandoned the idea and fixed the wing,  attempting it again on another model.   in my younger days,  I had a lot of models on the shelf  

 

looking good......love the repair job with the gap   

[Edwardkenway]

Well, it's been a while since I worked on this one.

I'm hoping to get a bit of colour on her and get the wings fixed on

I'm thinking something similar to this one

But any suggestions are welcome. 

thanks for your patience.

Cheers 

[CDW]

Glad to see you're back on this big, beautiful bird!

[Egilman]

On 10/8/2022 at 4:58 PM, Edwardkenway said:

But any suggestions are welcome.

You going to spray her or brush paint her?

[Edwardkenway]

4 hours ago, Egilman said:

You going to spray her or brush paint her?

I'm going to have a go with my airbrush and try to give the transition of the Colours a softer edge than the ones on my SBD

[Edwardkenway]

A bit of colour on her

first coat of sea blue.

I'm waiting for some acrylic putty to be delivered and the wings will be attached and then get another coat on.

this is Mig/ammo sea blue, it's not as flat as the same colour by tamiya.

Thanks for the likes and looking in.

Cheers 

[king derelict]

I've been finding that the Mig acrylics have a sheen rather than dead flat like Tamiaya. I thought it was just me

Alan

[Edwardkenway]

 

14 hours ago, king derelict said:

I've been finding that the Mig acrylics have a sheen rather than dead flat like Tamiaya. I thought it was just me

Alan

No, it's not just you😊😉I assumed they were a flat/matt finish

but it doesn't mention on the bottle, anywhere that I can see. 

personally I quite like the finish of the Mig colours. 

[Edwardkenway]

Just a little update, I've had a bit of a practice run on the transition of the colours.  the engine cowl was the perfect practice piece. 

this was a freehand experiment, with no masking. Between the two blues I have touched it up with a brush. From the white to intermediate blue it's left as was sprayed.

I'll be interested in your opinions, for or against, any suggestions as to wether there are better methods to achieve a softer line between colours will be gratefully received. 

Thanks for the likes and interest. 

Cheers 

 

[AJohnson]

1 hour ago, Edwardkenway said:

Just a little update, I've had a bit of a practice run on the transition of the colours.  the engine cowl was the perfect practice piece. 

this was a freehand experiment, with no masking. Between the two blues I have touched it up with a brush. From the white to intermediate blue it's left as was sprayed.

I'll be interested in your opinions, for or against, any suggestions as to wether there are better methods to achieve a softer line between colours will be gratefully received. 

Thanks for the likes and interest. 

Cheers 

 

Hi Edward, 

 

For a fuzzy edge, as I don’t have the requisite airbrush skills, I would still mask, but lift the paper mask off the surface by use of small blobs of blu-tac to allow some under spray. You’d have to experiment a little to find the height of mask you need for a given “fuzz”. 
 

Is this kit the the old Matchbox one, rebranded?

 

nice work!

[Egilman]

4 minutes ago, AJohnson said:

Is this kit the the old Matchbox one, rebranded?

Nope it's the venerable Revell corsair, builds into a great model, but it's still the old Revell corsair.... (just reboxed to Revell of Germany)

[king derelict]

4 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

this was a freehand experiment, with no masking

That's great freehand work. If you want to try masking I concur with Andrew as above and stand the masks off on small pieces of blue tack or equivalent.

Alan

[Edwardkenway]

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll have a try on the fuselage as I don't like the freehand attempt I've tried on it

it is a bit too fuzzy

the wings are glue on and the gaps are filled

 

Also I've put a coat of intermediate blue on the underside of one wing

Thankyou for all the likes, comments and looking in.

Cheers

[Edwardkenway]

Done a little bit more, intermediate blue on the other wing and a coating of white

had to stop as I'm having trouble with the airbrush clogging up. So it's having a full clean with the parts soaking in cleaner fluid.

Thanks for dropping by and the 👍.

Cheers

 

[Canute]

So far, so good on your painting. Unfortunate to clog your a/b.

[CDW]

Airbrush clogs most usually come down to the ratio/mix of paint to thinner. With acrylic paints, a flow improver additive is sometimes needed to stop needle tip drying. Play with your mix ratios on scrap until you find the correct mix. It's a problem that happens to all of us, particularly when you go from one brand of paint to another because each have their own peculiar quirks it seems to me. 

[Landlubber Mike]

That soft line between colors came out really well.  Nice job on this one!  

 

As much as I like using Vallejo, I have issues at times with the nozzle getting clogged.  Flow improver and thinner help a lot.  Also, make sure you really clean your airbrush.  Vallejo I think leaves a trace amount of clear residue that you might not see.  So, you think you have your airbrush cleaned out (needle, nozzle, etc.), but it's still a bit clogged.  I try to remember to spray water to test if the nozzle is clogged before filling the paint cup, but I forget sometimes and it's a pain to then have to dump the cup, and really clean things out if it's clogged.  Using something like a bit of lacquer thinner will really clear things out.  It could also be older paint that has just clumped a bit.

 

 

[king derelict]

I thought I was having the same problem this morning. I would get a short puff of paint from the sir brush and then hardly anything. I cleaned the nozzle a number of times and then gave up and stripped the airbrush and cleaned it. After three cleanings it still wasn't getting any better. It was then that I noticed that I had somehow accidently screwed the shut off valve in the quick disconnect almost fully closed. 😁

Alan

[Egilman]

8 hours ago, king derelict said:

It was then that I noticed that I had somehow accidently screwed the shut off valve in the quick disconnect almost fully closed.

It happens to the best of us brother...

[Edwardkenway]

Small update, after rereading EG s post on the interior colour and the discussion over on Doc Robs tamiya corsair log, 

I did a repaint on the wheel wells.

This my version of salmon pink, one part tamiya flat red to 3 parts tamiya flat flesh.

Whilst painting the wells, the repair to the hinge I'd done decided to fail😶😬😔 so now the wings will be glued in the down position 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

Thanks for the likes and comments. 

Cheers 

 

[Egilman]

4 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

This my version of salmon pink, one part tamiya flat red to 3 parts tamiya flat flesh.

That's actually a very very good match.... And the only place you will see it without panels removed.... And, after mid '43, they went to hard shell gloss white for all landing gear bays... It was easier to spot and clean up the hydraulic leaks...

[Edwardkenway]

I've been plugging away on the little bits, like the wheel well doors and touching up the paint.

the engine is fitted. 

Prop on a dry run

just a few little bits to do and soon the canopy will go on!

a reminder of the cockpit before it is never to be seen again!!!!

Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments. 

Cheers 

[Edwardkenway]

Still doing the tidying up, paint touch ups etc..

Started to put the decals on

Thanks for the likes and looking in.

Cheers