Tamiya F4U-1A (FG-1A) Peleliu

[JohnB]

Time for another Corsair build. This colorized photo decided me on this build. Ought to look pretty neat!

[Peterpools]

John

Nice start as always on your newest Corsair ... no question she is going to be a beauty.

 

[JohnB]

Good progress on the cockpit this morning. Coming right along.

[BlrwestSiR]

Coming along nicely. Definitely the white accents on the fuselage will pop 

[JohnB]

6 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Coming along nicely. Definitely the white accents on the fuselage will pop 

Thanks Carl. Agreed, they should add a little something to it.

[JohnB]

Rear cockpit bulkhead and seat installed. You might notice the info printed under the head rest is black, not red as supplied on the Tamiya decal sheet. I just re-printed them in black using my laser printer. I've never seen any red one's in color photos, just black. Not saying there never were any red ones, I just never have seen anything but black.

[Peterpools]

John

Nice work on the front office and correcting the caution placard on he bulkhead was a nice touch for sure.

 

[JohnB]

50 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

John

Nice work on the front office and correcting the caution placard on he bulkhead was a nice touch for sure.

 

Thanks Peter. I did that correction on all my Corsair builds but just never mentioned it.

[JohnB]

Todays progress.

[Peterpools]

John

Looking good and I should be trying to keep up some type of steady bench time as yours ... just a bit too much going on right now to sit and work with a clear head.

 

 

[JohnB]

8 hours ago, Peterpools said:

John

Looking good and I should be trying to keep up some type of steady bench time as yours ... just a bit too much going on right now to sit and work with a clear head.

 

 

I know what you mean except keeping busy building helps me to keep my mind off "things". 🙄

[Peterpools]

John

Right on the money for sure.

[KevinM]

1 hour ago, JohnB said:

I know what you mean except keeping busy building helps me to keep my mind off "things"

Good work on the office and yes clears the mind relaxes the soul,

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, KevinM said:

Good work on the office and yes clears the mind relaxes the soul,

Thanks Kevin. My mind needs LOTS of clearing! 🙃

[JohnB]

Some more progress. I'll close up the engine later on.

[BlrwestSiR]

Looks good John. This being a land based Corsair, did they remove the tailhook? I'm got a stalled one with the tailhook removed and the opening plated over. 

[JohnB]

2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Looks good John. This being a land based Corsair, did they remove the tailhook? I'm got a stalled one with the tailhook removed and the opening plated over. 

Thank you Carl. I'm pretty sure the tail hook was removed as most land based Corsairs had that done. I will leave off the tail hook on this build.

[harv]

Another excellent John build! Looking good....

[JohnB]

30 minutes ago, harv said:

Another excellent John build! Looking good....

Thanks Harv. Coming right along.

[Peterpools]

John

Looking so good and I'm so accustomed to your steady progress after all these years, that I'm always finding myself knowing the next update is normally just a day away. Nver knew that land-based Corsairs had their arrester hooks removed - learn something every day.

 

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, Peterpools said:

John

Looking so good and I'm so accustomed to your steady progress after all these years, that I'm always finding myself knowing the next update is normally just a day away. Nver knew that land-based Corsairs had their arrester hooks removed - learn something every day.

 

Thank you Peter. It's nice to learn something new! Can come in handy.

[JohnB]

The white undersides, etc are done. The Intermediate Blue is next then the Sea Blue.

[jep1210]

Cool, Love me a Corsair. Count me in to follow along.

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, jep1210 said:

Cool, Love me a Corsair. Count me in to follow along.

Corsairs are one of my favorites for sure.

[Peterpools]

John

Nice progress - underside white looks perfect.