F4U-1D completed

[JohnB]

Another Tamiya Corsair for the collection. VMF-351 off of USS Cape Glouchester escort carrier at Okinawa 1945. After market items are Barracudacast wheels and cockpit details. The FF51 decals are MicroScale and the one kill marking is from my decal stash. All the other decals are from the kit. Painted with MM GSB with a over spray with Alclad semi-flat. Quite a enjoyable build as are all the Tamiya Corsair kits! I hope y'all like the results of my efforts.

[KevinM]

That came out quite Nice John.

[JohnB]

45 minutes ago, KevinM said:

That came out quite Nice John.

Thank you Kevin. Nice and colorful.

[GazzaS]

Very well done, John.  Gonna need your own carrier, soon.  Better build more USMC stuff.  They're happy with a little chunk of coral.

[JohnB]

43 minutes ago, GazzaS said:

Very well done, John.  Gonna need your own carrier, soon.  Better build more USMC stuff.  They're happy with a little chunk of coral.

Thank you Gaz. I'm glad you like it.

[Peterpools]

John

So well worth the wait for the addition AM decals. perfectly built and finished. Beautiful work.

 

[JohnB]

44 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

John

So well worth the wait for the addition AM decals. perfectly built and finished. Beautiful work.

 

Thanks Peter! I think it turned out well.

[Peterpools]

John

Absolutely did.

 

[Bomber_County]

Perfect as ever…..

[JohnB]

3 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

Perfect as ever…..

Thank you Phil. Very much appreciate the nice comment.

[PanzerWomble]

On 5/5/2023 at 10:52 PM, GazzaS said:

  Better build more USMC stuff.  They're happy with a little chunk of coral.

Don't you have to remove 50% of the paint though ? The pictures of them always look sand blasted .🤣

[JohnB]

2 hours ago, PanzerWomble said:

Don't you have to remove 50% of the paint though ? The pictures of them always look sand blasted .🤣

A lot of the island based Corsairs suffered from bright sunlight and sand which was tough on the finish. Carrier based didn't have that problem.