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Read more about the article And then there were two

And then there were two

Look, two F4U Corsairs!

I was fairly close to finishing the 48th scale Corsair about mid September but never really got around to posting anything since I moved right into working on the 72nd scale kit; or rather, finishing what I started on the 72nd. I did drag my feet for about a week or so since I really did not want to take the time to work on the seams and redo details. But I ended up finishing both kits so here’s the final processes done for the 48th first.

Getting right into the work we got the decals for the kit. They are pretty thin and delicate and I ended up breaking a few, but nothing a little pushing and pulling won’t fix. And in some cases, some paint and weathering to hide things.

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Read more about the article It’s a plane! An F4U-1D Corsair to be more specific

It’s a plane! An F4U-1D Corsair to be more specific

Long time no post, but since I have this on my bench; why not. I started working on this two years ago after getting inspired at my local IPMS club’s annual contest with the intent that I’d get this done for the adjacent IPMS chapter’s following competition and this was 2 years ago in around Oct 2023. I actually started two Corsair kits, a 72nd birdcage and the 48th 1D with the intent that I could work on both at the same time. That was sorta true up until things just got simpler if I focused on one kit first. The last time I built an airplane kit was probably 35+ years ago when I was a wee lad. I’m pretty sure I built a Corsair back then too; I religiously watched Black Sheep Squadron on TV and loved the look of the wings. Over the years, I’ve collected a fair amount of Corsairs in different scales and from different makers – I just never actually did any work, until 2 years ago.

I’d lost the original pictures I took when I started this so I had to screen shot some posts I made 2 years ago from my Insta account. Apparently I completely built the two cockpits. (more…)

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