Barry's F4U-2 Finished

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Barry's F4U-2 Finished

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I'd like to come on board with this:


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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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This is a True Details resin cockpit, bought long ago,

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Painted the engine and stuck a few pieces together......There's an airplane already. I've got a good feeling about this one.

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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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These Hasegawa kits slot together very easily. Mine was the same.
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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Moving right along: The bugaboo of any kit that mates wings to fuselage in this manner is a step right here.

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and trying to minimize that step resulted in a little space opening up here.

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Same on the right, plus see the little foot step in the flap that should be filled.

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Then, there's this to deal with on both sides

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plus a few spots on the leading edge

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and, of course, all centerline seams

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and this little bit where the lower wing insert butts up against the wing tip.

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The wheels have two little ejection pin marks on the inner side which i'm filling with plastic,,,

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Like this.

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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Good Lord, there's a lot of filling needed on this :shock:
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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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I managed to get everything reasonably aligned on my Hasegawa Corsair apart from big gaps just in front of the wings. Maybe clipping the wings helped!
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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Barry,

Love the finish you've got on the resin cockpit. Damn fine painting.

regards,

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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Thanks Martin. The green filler makes it look worse than it really is Iggie ( except for in front of the wing and on the belly).
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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Smashing build so far.
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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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So, a little rubbing down gets rid of most of the filler

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Doesn't look half bad now.

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On the left, the kit stock landing gear, on the right...my efforts to make it a little more authentic.

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Likewise with the tail wheel. The -2 had the later, taller tail wheel retroactively fitted. My particular plane wase land based, so the tail hook will come off too.
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Getting rid of the fabric effect which Hasegawa incorrectly put on the outermost flap sections.

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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Nice work with the wheel improvements.

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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Liking this one a lot.
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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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Added landing light and wingtip nav lights

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and some paint.

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Re: Barry's F4U-2

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well, the little decal sheet has gone for a walkabout before I could get the '201' on the forward landing gear bay door. Hopefully it'll be back one day. Other than that though, it's finished.



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SaaaaaaaaaWeeeeeeeeeet Barry. 1/72? I'll check my spares for the 201
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