JohnB

Thank you Kevin.

Thanks. "Light weathering" Peter? I thought it was fairly heavy without going overboard. 🙄 How about a old Hasegawa 1/32 Hellcat next? Right now that's the plan.

Done. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/19377-rnzaf-corsair-completed/

Another Tamiya Corsair in the books! I figured it was high time to do one of the New Zealand birds so here we are. After market was tires, some Barracuda cockpit details, and Eaglecals decals. Painted with several shades of Testor's, Mr. Color, and some of my own "mixes". I hope y'all like it! Remember, click on the images to view them with best resolution and as a slide show.

Outstanding Peter. Really nice!!!

New to me also. Hopefully the quality is good!

Thanks but I'm not through weathering it just yet........

LOL Phil!

These look to be some nice kits so I guess I'll have to pick one up. I especially like the -2 birdcage night fighter(s). As we've been saying, ya just can't have too many Corsairs even if they are 1/48.

The pilot was a lucky fella for sure! I expect he was due for a set of fresh underwear. LOL🙄

I wonder if the LSO had given him a wave off. Since he had declared a emergency maybe not.

Thanks for the additional photos and info Martin! I wonder if they dumped the F6F overboard. Probably.

I've seen the 1st photo before and the other three also but had never put 2 and 2 together that they are all the same Hellcat (as near as I can tell). He landed on the USS Cowpens on fire. The fire crews had their work cut out for them. You can see in the 1st photo the a/c number on the fuselage is #3. The 2nd photo is a/c #3 also as is the 3rd photo (and you can see in the background the stacks of the carrier which shows it's a light carrier which Cowpens was). Can't see any numbers on the last photo but it obviously is the same a/c. Very interesting I think! It would be great to see other photos of this incident.

Coming along on the weathering but still a bit to do.

Thank you!

Thanks Peter. We'll see how it goes with the weathering as it's easy to overdo it, etc. The RNZAF birds were usually very weathered and ratty looking. 🙄

Just finished applying the base camo. Now I can begin to add some faded/weathering, etc.

Thank you! The seat is Dull Dk. Green.

Thanks!

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I think the Testor's gets more stringy as it ages. I guess Testor's made it that way so we'd buy new tubes LOL.

At least they aren't stringy. That drives me nuts!

Thanks Peter. If that's the one in the little blue bottle with a brush I've been using it instead of tube glue lately. Just brush a little on where you want to put the part (or on the part itself). It works well but you have to be careful not to use too much as it will run even though it's not thin. And NO stringyness!!!

I use some Testor's tube glue and some Revell Contacta tube glue. Both are very stringy and it has gotten to be such a aggrivation I need to find out if any of you know of a tube glue that is NOT stringy (or minimally stringy). I use a lot of liquid cement also but those are not stringy. Tube glue has a lot of uses but the stringiness is driving me up the wall! LOL Any help is appreciated!