Chip's "Ace" build...F4U Corsair.***Finished***

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » March 22nd, 2014, 1:03 am

Nice work so far.

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » March 22nd, 2014, 9:58 am

Quite a few problems with the fit of this one. On assembling the wing there is a gap around the top of the air ducts:

These were filled with PVA glue to alleviate the problem of sanding back any filler.

Fitting the wings to the fuselage revealed a huge gap in the starboard wing root:

And a smaller one in the port wing root:

These have now been filled with various thicknesses of plastic card, and smoothed over with a bit of filler.

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » March 23rd, 2014, 5:47 pm

Construction complete and ready for a coat of primer:

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » March 23rd, 2014, 10:00 pm

Looking good, Chip!

regards,

Martin

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » March 25th, 2014, 1:12 pm

Cheers Martin. Progress has been coming along quite nicely, with the painting completed:

I have made a move from my usual Acrylic Revell paint to use Humbrol White and Humbrol 96 RAF Blue Matt. First time using these and I am quite impressed with how well they airbrush on (once I figured out how to get into the pot

).

The top colour is Vallejo Model Air Insignia Blue.

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » March 25th, 2014, 6:30 pm

Cracking finish there, Chip.

The bombs look good too. I'm looking forward to seeing the decals on.

regards,

Martin

Jagewa · Post by **Jagewa** » March 25th, 2014, 8:10 pm

Lovely paint work.
Cheers
Jim

shangos70 · Post by **shangos70** » March 25th, 2014, 10:09 pm

Nice paintwork. What did you use to thin the paint?

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » March 27th, 2014, 11:00 am

shangos70 wrote:Nice paintwork. What did you use to thin the paint?

I just use water, it has always worked OK for me.

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » March 27th, 2014, 11:06 am

And she is finished:

A very clean, factory fresh finish at the moment, I may give it a bit of weathering later, but I am happy with the way it is for now.

martin hale · Post by **martin hale** » March 27th, 2014, 12:17 pm

Another nice build! Thus far you have been responsible for me buying an Airfix Hellcat and another Airfix Corsair as well as associated decals and AM stuff to tart them up a bit!

Martin

Martin R · Post by **Martin R** » March 27th, 2014, 10:20 pm

Molly-new wrote:And she is finished:

A very clean, factory fresh finish at the moment, I may give it a bit of weathering later, but I am happy with the way it is for now.

Now that is really rather special. Well done!

regards,

Martin

despondman · Post by **despondman** » March 27th, 2014, 10:33 pm

Very nice - like it!

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » March 28th, 2014, 12:01 am

martin hale wrote:Another nice build! Thus far you have been responsible for me buying an Airfix Hellcat and another Airfix Corsair as well as associated decals and AM stuff to tart them up a bit!

Martin

Post by **JohnRatzenberger** » March 28th, 2014, 1:03 am

It looks very good !
Well Done !

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