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02-29-2008, 01:09 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island New York Home of Grumman's,and Republic aircraft.
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| F4u Corsair 1/48 Hasegawa's original kit! This is the Hasegawa 1/48 scale first offering of a Corsair. It had raised panel lines and came in a dark blue plastic ,unlike todays standard gray.original purchase price was $5.00 us back in 80's.I scribed all the panel lines and borrowed the rockets from Academy's P-47.The cockpit even though its hard to see is from Squadron true details.the paint used is Testors model masters gloss sea blue. |
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02-29-2008, 03:18 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| wow man! Seriously superb Corsair 
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02-29-2008, 03:44 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Queensland, Australia
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 | gotta agree with heinz! nicely done mate!
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02-29-2008, 06:59 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass   Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Very very nice detailing.....
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02-29-2008, 07:20 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
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| Very cool! I remember making that model when I was a kid.
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02-29-2008, 07:28 AM
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| Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| The one thing that strikes me tho, is how bright the panel lines are... Ive been all around the Corsair, including some pretty beat up machines, and I dont really recall them being so well defined.... As far as the decals are concerned, I noticed that ur panel lines are etched through the decals... Is this a correct view, cause if it is, Im gonna start doing that then...
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02-29-2008, 07:49 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Adelaide Sth. Aust.
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| Very Nice TT have built a couple of them in my early days! many moons ago. Les, you go for it, it will make a difference! |
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02-29-2008, 08:30 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island New York Home of Grumman's,and Republic aircraft.
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| Yes Dan of course the weathering on panels is also gonna be Highlighted through the aircraft markings especially due to them being painted on the real aircraft."GO for Broke"  And as you see the wash is a grey instead of browish black due to its a dark base color, if it was a lighter camo i would use a dark wash to bring out the panel lines. |
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02-29-2008, 03:09 PM
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| “Archive”  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wisconsin
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| Now thats one bad a** corsair thunderthud. Great job!!!!!!
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02-29-2008, 03:24 PM
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| Minister of Whoopass Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Long Island Native in Mississippi
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| Cool beans.... Ive yet to try the wash idea, as it frightens me slightly to so it...
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03-01-2008, 12:02 AM
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| aka Dickcheese  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Beautiful airplane. Too bad the canopy is not more clear. Excellent job. I have heard that you can use a floorwax on the clear acrylic parts. Anyone tried that trick to clear up scale windows?
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03-01-2008, 12:07 AM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| MinWax?
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03-01-2008, 03:27 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria
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| Future floor polish I believe is the brand?
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03-01-2008, 11:34 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Long Island New York Home of Grumman's,and Republic aircraft.
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| Yes ive used future many times .The kits canopy was a bit thick. Dan just do some experimenting with the wash. rememeber a little goes a long way, you can allways add but cant take off with out complications. also i like to use acrylic washes over oil based enamels. its allways a little riscky using enamel washes on enamel finishes.Allthough it can be done once you get used to the system. |
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03-01-2008, 03:50 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas
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| nice bird |
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