1/72 Tamiya F4U-1 Corsair

Gallery Article by Hal Marshman Sr. on Dec 15 2010

 


Here's my Tamiya 1/72nd scale F4U-1 Corsair. Seat belts are scratch built from tape. MV reflectors have been used in all positions except the wing tip nav lights. 

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Upper color is Model Master Enamel USN Blue/Gray, lower color, MM Lt Sea Gray (A much better substitute for USN Lt Gray, than is Lt Gull Gray). Weathering was accomplished with lightened and darkened shades of the base colors, with colored pencil, lead pencil, and Micron pen accents. Fading and carbon/exhaust stains are eye makeup. 

Replicates a Corsair flown by Lt Ken Walsh, USMC, in the Solomons in 1943. 

Hal Marshman Sr.

Photos and text © by Hal Marshman Sr.