Tamiya 1:32 Vought F4u-1A Corsair

[colin m]

Your desk is too tidy

Tidy - what a slur on my character, I give you THIS. Actually, that's not looking too bad.
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A little test fit of the fuselage, doesn't look much like a Corsair.
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Under carriage nearly assembled.
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And then a bit of paint / weathering. You can probably guess, this is going to be a well worn machine.
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And then some larger bits, ready for the big push. The cockpit isn't actually glued in. There's about 7 different connections between the fuselage halves, so I left the 'pit floating to make things easier.
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[BarryW]

Brilliant work Colin..... You are a really 'tidy' builder with not a sign of overspray!!

[papa 695]

Tidy - what a slur on my character, I give you THIS.

Thats better Colin a working desk top. :smiling2:

[papa 695]

Great work so far Colin, really liking the undercarriage work.

[Steve Brodie]

Top notch 'Danglies' :-)

[rickoshea52]

Cracking stuff, the gun - is that a flare pistol, or an 'actual' fighting pistol - i.e to shoot people with

Looks like a Very flare piston to me on a fixed downward facing launch tube. Flare pistols like this were (and might still be in use today) on certain RAF aircraft, they were definitely on Pumas and Seakings as I recall checking them as part of an AF/BF.

[rickoshea52]

Tidy - what a slur on my character, I give you THIS. Actually, that's not looking too bad.
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A little test fit of the fuselage, doesn't look much like a Corsair.
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Under carriage nearly assembled.
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And then a bit of paint / weathering. You can probably guess, this is going to be a well worn machine.
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And then some larger bits, ready for the big push. The cockpit isn't actually glued in. There's about 7 different connections between the fuselage halves, so I left the 'pit floating to make things easier.
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Those landing gear shock struts are looking well compressed, must be a heavy kite and jockey on board!

[colin m]

not a sign of overspray

Most parts were sprayed individually. Which with hindsight has probably added a fair bit of time to the build. That's something

must be a heavy kite and jockey on board

She is a big bird !

[tr1ckey66]

This is looking really nice Colin. Flawless.
I don't have too many American WW2 aircraft (just the usual suspects: P-51, P-47, Wildcat and an Avenger) but I've always thought that make very good builds. The cockpit colour is bright, the landing gear tends to be nicely complex and the schemes are quite interesting whether it's a natural metal finish or (in this case) the US Navy blue which can have some nice subtle weathering applied. Seeing this is making me want one!

Looking forward to the progress Colin it's a cracking build so far.
Cheers
P

[BarryW]

This is looking really nice Colin. Flawless.
I don't have too many American WW2 aircraft (just the usual suspects: P-51, P-47, Wildcat and an Avenger) but I've always thought that make very good builds. The cockpit colour is bright, the landing gear tends to be nicely complex and the schemes are quite interesting whether it's a natural metal finish or (in this case) the US Navy blue which can have some nice subtle weathering applied. Seeing this is making me want one!

Looking forward to the progress Colin it's a cracking build so far.
Cheers
P

These are superb builds, utterly flawless kits, well the plastic anyway, I would recommend afternarket decals or, better still masks. I thoroughly recommend this kit and if you only build one 1/32 kit in your life this must be the one (well,.... maybe the Tammy Mossie instead!!!)

[colin m]

The cockpit colour is bright

I mixed this shade following Tamiya's instructions with their own paint, and I really like it. As you say, it's bright. But of course, H78 cockpit green is, and always will be my favourite cockpit colour.

subtle weathering

Subtle isn't the plan for this one, when I get to the end of the build, better look away !

[colin m]

The big bits are all stuck together. There's a tiny gap near the stbd gun ports, well it's a Tamiya kit, so that gap is obviously my fault. I shall write to the manufactures and apologise.

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[Ian M]

Nice work going on here.

[flyjoe180]

Excellent work Colin

[yak face]

Nicely detailed with a bit of kit PE, but what is it for ? The engine is air cooled.

Theyre Oil coolers Colin , and the slats inboard of them are the intercooler intakes for the supercharger. Great work on this one so far , it looks amazing as do all the other Tamiya 1/32 weve seen. When they come down to £20 i might get one !! :smiling5::smiling5::smiling5::smiling5::smirk::sm irk: