Peterpools

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

Mark Nothing like progress and for me this is the least fun part of any build - sanding, sanding and sanding Keep 'em comin Peter

Mark Nice choice for a break in the action and the detailing sure looks good Keep 'em comin Peter

Carl Nice progress and the color match looks real good. Keep 'em comin Peter

Nice progress on a very interesting subject Keep 'em coming Peter

UPDATE: 1/27/19: DISASTER STRIKES IF IT WASN'T FOR BAD LUCK I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY LUCK AT ALL! My apologies for it being so long again between updates but it just seems the older I get, the longer it takes to bounce back from what I thought was a simple winter cold. I thought a few days and I would be feeling like new and three weeks later and I was nearly as miserable and felt horrendous. Finally, I started to feel a bit better, day by day and found the much needed energy to sit and work at the bench for how long my energy lasted. I'll leave the disaster for last. After all the major assemblies were completed, all the glass lenses were added and masked, the armor plate added to the cowling after masking and painting the frame and then the front windscreen was installed, sanded a bit and blended in to be on the safe side. During construction sanding is accomplished with various sanding sponges, getting the offending areas close to a smooth finish. Now it was time to go the full route: all the seams and mating surfaces were wet sanded starting with 320 or 400, then 600, 1500, 2000 and 12,000. Lastly all the Corsair assemblies were wiped down with a lint free paper towel and 91% alcohol and when dry, followed up with a tac cloth. I did remove the front cowling assembly which made it a lot easier to handle the Corsair at this stage and I would paint it separately. From here, the last of the masking was done and it was priming time; finally! Nothing new here, as my all time favorite primer for preparing a model for a lacquer based paint top coat: Mr Surfacer 1200, thinned out with Self leveling Thinner and four drops of mild retarder to keep the primer wet, allowing it to self level on the model surfaces. A few hours later the Corsair was primed and looking good. Time to put the Corsair down to dry over night and it was here my bad luck struck full force. I accidentally banged the left vertical wing spar on the side of the spray booth and broke it in two. My heart sank – I was just mortified! This is my second Corsair and I've been so careful to avoid just this both times around, as the wing fold hinge is TERRIBLE!!!!!! It has no strength and couldn't have been designed any worse. Believe me, there is no bigger Tamiya Fan Boy then me but this is just a bad design. If ever Tamiya should have incorporated a metal hinge for strength and protection; this is it. The Corsair sat for hours as I tried to come up with a plan I was capable of doing. For now, I glued the spar back in place with Tamiya Extra Thin. Tonight, I'll try to reinforce the weak joint with CCA Gel. There is no way to know if this will work or not until the very end when the wing is slipped over the repaired spar. I know a brace will hold the wing in place and add some strength but I have no idea if the repair will support the weight of the wing itself or is square to the right hand vertical spar. I'll keep moving on and hope for the a miracle at the end. Next up: It's painting time and I'm taking a break from any more building until the Dark Glossy Blue is on and done. Thanks for checking in Peter

Ryan Nice going. Fit looks perfect Keep ‘em comin Peter

John Of course I’m willing to bet there are always a few Tamiya Corsairs hanging out in your stash Nothing could better Peter

Martin Much appreciated Looks like it's colored lenses and I'm off to the races. Peter

MIke Not a problem and I'll sit tight Peter