Peterpools Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 FG-1D Corsair HQSS-2 le Shima June 1945 “Skipper's Orchid" After starting the F4B-4 and waiting for the Lone Star cockpit resin set to arrive, as luck would have it, a few days after it was delivered, Diane and I were off to glorious Bar Harbor, Maine for two weeks of vacation and photography: what a fantastic fantastic vacation. Since coming home, I managed to banged up my knee and with each passing day, I'm feeling better and getting around like my old self. Of course a few days after injuring my knee, I cracked a posted and crown and it needed to be that taken care of – oh what fun and what a run! Finally I managed sit at the bench and get to work on the little Boeing and my run of bad luck (rats) continued to stick with me. After grinding off all the cockpit interior detail, I opened up the resin set and was very disappointed in the quality of the castings. Back in the box everything went and I'll be buying an other F4B down the road and giving it another try but going with bits and pieces to detail the cockpit the next time. I needed a major mojo injection and after discussing my happenings with John B plus following John's Corsair build, I ordered a Corsair F4U-1D (I've already built Tamiya's Birdcage and what a kit it was) and insanely tracked my order's progress until she arrived on time. Finally back at the bench. As most of my builds, I'm going pretty much Out of the Box with the following AM to enhance the Big Guy: Eduard Resin Wheel set – just not a fan of vinyl/rubber tires Eduard PE Seatbelt Set Cutting Edge Decals – allowing a Gloss Navy Blue finish as a FG-1D Barracuda Cockpit Stencil and Decals set. Paints: Mr Color #14 Navy Blue for the exterior gloss finish – looks perfect to these old eyes Vallejo Model Air for the Interior Green The National Naval Aviation Museum Corsair will be my basic guide for colors (seems Tamiya had used this restored aircraft as well). http://www.navalaviationmuseum..org/nnam/virtualtour/?s=pano690 Following the instructions I went to work on the front office correcting a few colors here and there and even weathering – now for me, ain't that something! Photos show the side consoles to be black with the right hand side a semi gloss black, the side walls above the consoles flat black and so it is. I loosely followed Tamiya's painting instructions and combined the NAM's panoramic photo plus Barracuda's color instructions as well. I spent a good two week plus of bench time on the front office with a lot of time devoted to applying the zillions of Barracuda stencils and placards; not all but a whole lot of those little devils. Just nothing like a Tamiya kit to get the juices flowing and finally they are flowing! Next up the front office glare panel and details and cockpit side wall details. Thanks for checking in Peter 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Looking great Peter, I am always amazed at what a difference those cockpit stencils make. I have not tried them yet, the thought of hundreds of small decals really tries my patience... A question though, shouldn't the group of parts sticking out the left side be turned around 180? With the tall handle facing inwards? I am about to start my Tamiya F4U-1D kit, after finishing both the -1 and -1A. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Incredible detail Peter, just lovely. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Franks Yikes, you'r a 100% correct and thanks for pointing it out as I have time to correct my blunder Peter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Martin. very much appreciated. Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Frank Just pulled off the offending assembly and glued it in correctly Thanks so much for pointing out my mistake Peter 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grunhertz Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Wow!!!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Sure looks good Peter (as usual)! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daywalker Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Glad I could help Peter, looking forward to seeing more of this one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 That looks amazing, Peter! Your details always make those parts come to life. Gaz 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Great looking cockpit Peter. You've definitely got your groove back. Carl 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Nice work on the pit Peter, it looks absolutely great. You are right, there is nothing like building a Tamiya Corsair to get the Mojo stirred again. No need for grinding in the cockpit area, but I did anyway with my Birdcage, using the even better Brassin cockpit, but actually this was only a vanity thing, the provided one is absolutely great for a non-resin one. Sometime ago I did a little walkaround right here, with some pics I made in Pensacola of the mentioned plane. https://forum.largescalemodeller.com/topic/4925-f4u-1a-national-naval-aviation-museum-pensacola-fl/?tab=comments#comment-63136 Next build should be a F4-Phantom to stay in the F4 pattern . Cheers Rob 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Peter absolutely sublime build as usual, wish I had the bench time,I think it took me around 4 months to get to that point on my Corsair. Hitting follow now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Grunhertz Thank You ..nothing like a Papa Tamiya kit Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Thanks John Been putting in the bench time as the fun and joy is back - Corrected my little blunder and the fuselage is now glued up and drying. What a dream. Checking in on your engine build as I'm about to start my Big P&W and need to see how you did yours. Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Thanks Again Frank for pointing out my blunder and saving me a bunch of time fixing it a bit later on. I sure I would have known something was wrong when I was up to gluing the fuselage together and that pesky assembly was on the wrong side of the sheetmetal Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Thanks Gaz, much appreciated Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Carl Much appreciated and it does feel so good that the old juices are flowing and the mojo is finally back Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Rob Much appreciated the very kind words and those Brassin cockpits are truly amazing. Thank you for the link to your photos as they will come in very handy Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Much appreciated Phil and glad you're along for the journey. Speed doesn't count - joust enjoyment and fun. Any chance of posting a few photos of your Corsair, would love to see them? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 1 hour ago, Peterpools said: Any chance of posting a few photos of your Corsair, would love to see them My week for modelling or even spending 10 minutes here is none existent. I’ve got Telford next Saturday, I’ll try a dig some out...... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 Phil Got ya and fingers crossed Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harv Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Meh, its ok....just kidding ! Looks awesome.....Harv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 Thanks Harv Chipping away slowly at the build and each assembly; step by step. Finally have the fuselage glued up, another update by this weekend and moving onto the Big P&W Radial Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJTX Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Looking fantastic Peter. My Tamiya Corsair was without a doubt my most enjoyable build to date. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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