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    With the fuselage all closed up, I decided to work on one of the mids made to the actual plane. Being a purpose built land based Corsair, the tailhook was omitted. Also the rear halves of the tail wheel doors was fixed shut. Although not mentioned in the instructions, Tamiya includes a recess on the closed doors to show where to cut them. I made the cut and attached the doors in place along with the rear fairing. Then I used thin sheet styrene to cover the remaining opening. Thankfully I found a pic of it in Dana Bell's book on the Corsair so knew what it looked like. This was then riveted to finish it off.
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    Kai, I'm using Mr Color C365 Gross Sea Blue (well, that's what it says on the label). It's part of their WWII US Naval Color set. I have added a bit of Intermediate Blue to lighten it a bit as the actual plane was quite weathered.
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    Looks great there Tony. Always nice to see a real world use of these new products. Carl
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    The new Resin2Detail Lancaster seats arrived today. All I can day is wow.
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    Beautiful model there Rob, and think it's so small too. Thankfully my boys keep taking my 1/72 kits from the stash and build them themselves. Saves my eyesight.
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    Yup, Justin Bieber, Nickelback and Celine.
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    You forgot the Zamboni. Not RCMP but since we're hitting on Canadian stereotypes, a few years ago a friend and I were heading to his cottage. It was about 3 in the morning as we got close and passed the local Tim Hortons. There was about 6-7 cars in the parking lot and they were all OPP cruisers.
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    I'm almost afraid to look.
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    It's paid already thankfully. The city is linked to the province with regards to parking tickets and won't let you renew your license plate until they're paid. A friend found this out the hard way when he went to renew his plates and found he had $1200 in outstanding parking fines. There's no statutes on them either. So the fines don't expire.
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    Not really a recent purchase. I was going through my AM bin trying to find some seat belts. Found them but also found I have a lot of Master Model brass details. I need to do a better job of cataloguing my stash. I also found in the same bin a parking ticket. Possibly my first.
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    Looks good there Gaz. Did you swap out the barrel?
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    Very nice cockpit there John. Up to your usual high standards. Carl
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    Before I closed up the fuselage, I painted around the cockpit opening. This should help with the masking later on. Then it was time to close her up. Here's a view into the cockpit. I still need to add the gun sight and headrest.
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    Thanks Gaz! Thank you Harv!
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    Thanks Kai! That was my plan with the belts. I even though of leaving them loose until the plane was finished and having them dropped over the fuselage sides. Yup, they're staying the way the are. Especially since they're glued in place now.
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    Id forgotten to paint the coaming so I did that next. Since I had to load black into my airbrush, I did some other parts at the same time, namely the engine pipes. The seams were all cleaned up and then I sprayed everything in semi-gloss black. I'm almost ready to close up the fuselage.
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    Anyways, after I got the belts sorted I finished off the cockpit. I attached the belts to the seat and then fitted that to the rear bulkhead. I left the shoulder belts loose until I had the bulkhead joined to the front half. Then I draped them over the sides and glued them in place.
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    Thanks Mike and Kai! I think I'm finally getting into a rhythm with the build. One thing did slow me down slightly. I'm using the HGW belts for the cockpit and I ran into an interesting problem. I think HGW made an error in their belts. The shoulder belts have a buckle on the end, parts 6 and 7. They're handed so only fold one way. The problem is they've made the loop for the belt smaller in width than the belt itself. They did this as they made their belts have a narrower lead to make it easier to thread in. But it looks odd. This is the first time I've come across this problem with HGW belts so I'll have to check them in future before I get them.
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    Stunning work. There's so much to see in the details. Carl
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    Infinity is the plastic model division of HpH. So it wouldn't surprise me if they used their resin kit as a basis for this kit. I think they said going forward they will nol longerdo 1/32 resin kits except for very limited releases. Whether that means they plan to re-do their catalogue in plastic or just some kits I have no idea. Carl
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    Brett mentions in the video a couple times that the sets are add-ons so hopefully no one gets caught unawares.
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    I've only ordered once from Kitlinx. The service was fine. Unfortunately they mislabeled the box contents and I got hammered on duties when it came across. Plus they didn't mention that they used UPS so on top of that, got hit with UPS' outrageous brokerage fees when it arrived. Sprue Brothers are great but due to COVID, the shipping costs to Canada from just about any where are crazy unless you can slip it into an envelope. Carl
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    Thanks Jeff! Although it's a bit slower than I had thought. Thanks Gaz! Thanks Tim! Your Sherman is looking fantastic too.
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    Thanks Phil! I find it interesting that for all the folks that say a Tamiya kit is a shake and bake model that there's enough of us with one on the SoD. Makes you wonder what it is that catches us out. Thanks Rob! I'm trying to think if I glued the cowlings onto my other builds or not. As for the flaps, I didn't have any issues there. I've definitely got an FAA Corsair IV to do, and probably even a II as well.
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    Thanks Kai! I actually had a couple where the drill bit went through the side. I had to fill the hole and start over. Thanks Peter.
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