Recent content by carpediem

Beautiful job! Your attention to detail is incredibly man...

Oh yeah, totally agree... While I'm dying to attempt some camo/mottling techniques with the airbrush, I still see myself using the brush for mostly everything else. Fact is, there is no other way to achieve detail other than become proficient with a paint brush. While I wasn't completely...

Mmmmkay... My F4U is done and I'm mostly happy with the outcome, considering it's my first attempt. Honestly, I built about 25% of an F18A Hornet when I was a kid and a recent fascination with warbirds and WWII history got me into this. Be gentle... A few lessons learned: -Thin paints and...

First post... I found this site about a week ago and have been flipping through this thread every day since. I was so inspired, I went out and bought the Hasegawa F4U-1D in 1/72. It's the first model I have built since I was maybe 10 years old. I'm loving it... Today I picked up the...