Another
beautiful bird by Tamiya. I always liked fighters which are
interesting. One of them is definitely my lovely "corsair
". With a powerful engine and strange shape to the wings,
it was one of the most beautiful planes from WWII. As usual,
Tamiya has done a great job on it first as 1/48 and then in 1/72 scale.
However, my "scale" is 1/72 so I decided.....
First a little
bit about this version, Tamiya has offered us F4U-1D, there are just
little differences are between the 1A and 1D.
1. Late
versions of 1A didn`t had a landing light above left wing. Detail
and Scale part 1
2. The foot
step on right wing was introduced for the 1D version only.
These are the
main differences between the two versions. Now a little bit about
building it. Everything fit together perfectly, I didn`t use filler
anywhere, just the radiator flaps made me bit angry, but I solved this by
cutting a piece from the back of engine, because between engine cowling
and flaps was a small spare. The cockpit is build OOB and just
seatbelts were added from Eduard colour photoetched set of USN WWII.
In the wheel wells I added some pipes and brake lines. The arrester
hook and rear undercarriage was rebuilt and some holes were added.
Gunze
paints was used for whole model, except the undersurface where Tamiya was
airbrushed.
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images below to see larger images
For weathering
I used technique which I first red on ARC :) as first I used metallic
AGAMA paint and after it was dry, certain areas of the surface was covered
in salt. Result as you can see is quite good. I was
impressed by this. Highly recommended. For other weathering I uses
chalk and artificial mud. Eagle Strike decals were used for
this "patriot" plane.
It`s Doris "
Chico" Freeman`s plane from VF-17 " Jolly Rogers" squad.
Probably late summer / or autum / 1943 Guadalcanal. Freeman was
killed in 1945 by an attack on Bunker Hill aircraft carrier.
Hope you like
it.
Peter
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