Peterpools

Thanks John I like the color mix and the overall gloss blue finish should look pretty cool when done. Peter

Ron Terrific progress on the engine - details look great Keep 'em comin Peter

John Beautiful work as always and will be following your progress each step of the way. Nothing like a Corsair build to jeep the juices flowing Keep 'em comin Peter

Terrific idea for a memorial group build in honor of Des. will be following with great interest Keep 'em comin Peter

Bill Going to be a fantastic build thread to follow and enjoy and glad your Lanc is underway. I've pulled up my chair, am buckled in and along for the journey Keep 'em comin Peter

Ernie Simply beautiful work and she sure looks gorgeous. I'm pretty much an OOB guy and awesome approach to the build. Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Awesome work ... cammo and paint work is supremely done. When it comes to weathering or very slight weathering: No mystery as I'm in the slightly weathering camp all the way. Keep 'em comin Peter

UPDATE: 2/10/19 BASIC PAINTING IS DONE My apologies for being both absent and off line but I've been just so limited in time, yet alone finding time at the bench was a tough go. To pick up where I left off, John's emergency set of spars showed up right on time and I started to formulate a few plans on how to remove the original spar that I broke with the new spar. Of course, that didn't go well, as every plan I came up with had serious complications and I just couldn't figure out how to get it to work. The major issue is the lap joint of both the center section spar and the outer wing spar, which is buried inside the center section and I just couldn't figure any way to actually get to it and start the surgery. Odds are, I would have destroyed the Corsair trying. So, I went with my simple back up plan: Do absolutely nothing but reinforce the repair with Gorilla Super Glue (A thick CCA) and hope for the best. Of course, there is no way of knowing is it will hold until the very end but I'm rolling the dice and moving forward. With all the major priming done, it was time for the color coats with Mr Color. Two full mixes were needed (Yup, I still count drops): C326 Thunderbird Blue (50 drops) and C328 Blue Angels Blue (50 drops) Mr Color Leveling Thinner (175-20 drops) Mr Retarder Mild (10 drops) All set to go and my Iwata Dual Piston Compressor started going on and off in the clear blue sky and no matter what I did, I could stop it. After a close inspection, the air hose between the compressor and the airbrush split in half and would have to be replaced. A quick call to Iwata and they pointed me in the direction of Hobby Lobby and the next day, a two hour trip to Hobby Lobby I had a new air hose. I also decided to finish and paint the cowl as well. And of course, I couldn't find one of the two cowl halves and I went crazy ripping the Man Cave apart; all to no avail, as I thought I lost the part. I went on line, found the entire G fret with the cowls for sale and bought it. Of course, I only saw one cowl in the bag, not two but I figured I could make it work. I checked a number of build reviews and every photo of Fret G: only showed one of the two cowls was there? Some surely was wrong. I sent John another email letting him know I bought a replacement fret with the 'missing cowl half. Of course, John responded the the cowl parts are stacked on top of each other and not as shown in the instruction. Yup, sure enough, it was there. What an ass I am but who knew! So as the photos show, the parts were primed with Mig 2002, Gray Primer my favorite acrylic primer and neither Mr Color or MRP has any effect on it at all – just works perfectly. The fuselage, wings and flaps are painted and will be given one final very wet top coat in a few days. The gear is ready for the paint, wheels and tires are primed. BTW, the Brassin wheel/tire fit was just fine. So that's my story of woe but at least all the issues are hopefully resolved and the Corsair is once again moving down the line. Thanks for checking in Next Up: finishing the gear, drop tanks, cowl assembly and starting the rockets.rockets. Peter The light blue/white on the lower fuselage s just the reflection of the paper towel in the gloss finish. The while panel lines are rivets are just the depressions catching the light - no panel wash or filter was used Next up for painting: The Missing and found cowls:

Thanks Ron and I completely agree. I've even reinforced the repaired joints with Gorilla Glue (CCA) after letting the Tamiya Extra Thi dry for a good week. I'm hoping the wing hold bar added at the end of the build will do it's thing. See what happens Peter

Thanks gaz Sure hope my lick changes around but getting ready for my next update and it seems Lady Luck still isn't flying with me Peter

Thanks Harv and if my repair works, your Corsair has to be removed from the SOD and back to the bench Peter

CB Much appreciated and I have my fingers crossed Peter

John Appreciate all the help, guidance and parts. I'm hoping for the best and moving forward and with a lot of luck, the repair will hold. See what happens. Next Corsair down the road will absolutely be: wings down and locked plus it makes painting a whole lot easier without the spars getting in the way. Peter.

Thanks Pjil. much appreciated the offer. Only plan I could finally figure out with the least amount of risk, is what I already did: glue the broken parts back together, then reinforce and hope it all works at the end. Peter

Thanks Frank, much appreciate the offer. I have a set that John sent me and after banging my head against the wall for a good week plus, I just can't find a way to remove the broken/repaired spar at the butt glue joint, which is buried inside the center section. Every plan/idea if it didn't work perfctly would have resulted in a shelf queen for sure.I'm hoping my repair will work and I won't really know until the very end when I attach the outer wing panels Peter

Peter I'm always amazed not only at your modeling abilitites but your engineering genius in figuring out what and how to do it. I'm right with Hubert Eeeeeezy Peeeeeezy .... as they say Keep 'em comin Peter

Hi John Geez, what a surprise and I really am glad to see you digging into another Birdcage. I have no doubts you will blow right by me as I'm working a a snails pace these days but love following all your builds especially Corsairs. Actually I just posted an update, as all the priming is now done and then disaster struck. I went over it in the update and am hoping my fix works r I'm dead in the water. Keep 'em comin Peter

Rob Holy Cow - your Jug's NMF is looking fantastic and just love the weathered. anodized effects you were able to achieve. Keep 'em comin Peter

Frank Detail work is looking mighty good and each bit just keeps raising the bar Keep 'em comin Peter

Ernie Glad you caught the AB blemish now and a quick fix for sure. Have to confess, been there, done that - seems it just happens time to time. Just love the cammo work .. just so very well done Keep 'em comin Peter

Holy smokes, the rigging looks fantastic .. well done, so very well done Keep 'em comin Peter

NIge Awesome work my friend - just lov'en the detail work. I've also been following your progress on your channel, as it's a blast listening to you explain the hows and whys Keep 'em comin Peter

Nice progress. Keep 'em comin Peter

Gaz Looking so good - mighty nice progress. Any reason why the paint lifted with the masks? Keep 'em comin Peter

Super work on the riveting and the gear - looking real good Keep 'em comin Peter