OT's Corsair Calamity

[Old_Tonto]

This beastie has been hanging around for years, since I was a kid in fact. The box is faded & the plastic yellowed in places!



I did try to resurrect it a while back but the rather poor engine and a vac form canopy deterred me. I was converting it to an F2G version built by Goodyear as used in Japan post war by the Commonwealth Occupation forces.

So it will be midnight blue all over with full colour RAF markings. That's the plan anyway.

[Stuart]

Hey OT -it'll be nice to see this done!

[Dazzled]

It's certainly a worthwhile build given the amount of time it's been languishing. Is this the longest delayed build of the GB I wonder?

[ShaunW]

This is ready for a resurrection then OT - who is the kit manufacturer?

[Old_Tonto]

This is ready for a resurrection then OT - who is the kit manufacturer?

Sorry guys, I should have said. Its the old Airfix 1/48 kit.



Not really my scale, maybe that is why I stumbled on the build.

[Chris]

Its really Otaki's Corsair from the late 70s OT, Airfix leased the mold.

[AndrewR]

Blue Corsairs always look good. Are you going to detail up the engine?

cheers

Andrew

[Old_Tonto]

Its really Otaki's Corsair from the late 70s OT, Airfix leased the mold.

Good titbit of info, thanks.

Blue Corsairs always look good. Are you going to detail up the engine?
Andrew

Better than that, I bought this quickboost replacement:



Never used any of their stuff before but it looks so much better than the original kit part:



YUCK.

The engine is now attached with epoxy resin. This is the second time I have attached it. It fell off when I used super glue.
I think that is why the build stalled last time. This build has stalled a few times over the years!.



I visited the Fleet Air Arm Museum this summer & took some snaps of the real thing.



I noted that the wiring was very visable so have started to add some to the new engine using fuse wire.



I think we can all agree that it will look much better than the original.

Now just need to get the wiring finished, cowl on then fettle the vacform canopy. I hate canopies.

[Stuart]

That engines looking good OT - nice work on the wires.

[AndrewR]

That's a big improvement!

[ShaunW]

The Quickboost engine has made all the difference OT, I can't believe how bad that OOB effort is!

[Dazzled]

Absolutely awesome looking engine OT. It certainly was worth replacing the kit item and the extra wiring is the icing on the cake. This Corsair is going to be a stunning model.

[AndrewR]

The Quickboost engine has made all the difference OT, I can't believe how bad that OOB effort is!

Having dog bones as cylinders adds a certain cartoon quality to the model... I suppose they made a dog's breakfast of it...

cheers

Andrew

No dogs were deprived of their bones during the making of these jokes

[Old_Tonto]

The Quickboost engine has made all the difference OT, I can't believe how bad that OOB effort is!

Having dog bones as cylinders adds a certain cartoon quality to the model... I suppose they made a dog's breakfast of it...

cheers

Andrew

No dogs were deprived of their bones during the making of these jokes

Don't give up your day job Andrew.

[Ian]

I agree with all the above. You'd have thought Airfix would have made more of an effort on the engine in 1:48....