Hotntot
Senior Airman
Also known as:
Whistling Death; Bend-Wing Bird; Bent-Wing Ensign Eliminator; Bent-Wing Monster;
Horseshoe; Super Stuka; U-Bird, Hose Nose; Hog Nose; Sweetheart; Hog.
I was looking around for a US plane to attempt and chose the Corsair after some initial reading up. From the outset there seemed to be some variation with the interior colour scheme with the very early versions and so I went for a dark green for the cockpit (although there's some evidence that cockits were also painted black) and salmon pink for the other areas after finding some compelling research carried out by Larry Webster and Wiiliam Reece. I tried to find out if this was correct for an early Corsair serving on the USS Bunker Hill which is the version I've plummeted for from Tamiya's decal options. Some documentary evidence and the recovery of an F4U-1 from lake Michigan, US (after it went down on June 12, 1943, when its pilot, Ensign Carl H. Johnson, unsuccessfully tried to land on the USS Wolverine, a steamship that had been converted into an aircraft carrier for Navy pilots to practice takeoffs and landings) suggests it's probably correct for the period I'm depicting. Others will know a more definitive answer. The salmon pink's an interesting colour if nothing else.
Progress so far;
I sprayed aluminium onto the wings and their leading edges and around the cockpit first. Afterwhich went on a protective glosscoat before using some Humbrol Maskol to hold back the top coat for some paint chips. Soon found out that the smaller the blobs of Maskol - the better. (When lifting them off with tweezers some extra top coat paint sometimes came away so I used a needle to put it on with - keeping the blobs as small as possible).
The camo curves above the wing look a bit angular - will have to 'smooth' them out a bit if poss.
They didn't give it the nickname 'Hose Nose' for nothing.
One day when I know what I'm doing I'll have a go at detailing an engine...
From the back;
The eagle eyed will have noticed that the intrument decal has split and peeled. Very annoying to say the least. Will have to look into some sort of a repair.
From above;
And the side;
And the underside;
Onto the landing gear, canopy and other bits next.
Whistling Death; Bend-Wing Bird; Bent-Wing Ensign Eliminator; Bent-Wing Monster;
Horseshoe; Super Stuka; U-Bird, Hose Nose; Hog Nose; Sweetheart; Hog.
I was looking around for a US plane to attempt and chose the Corsair after some initial reading up. From the outset there seemed to be some variation with the interior colour scheme with the very early versions and so I went for a dark green for the cockpit (although there's some evidence that cockits were also painted black) and salmon pink for the other areas after finding some compelling research carried out by Larry Webster and Wiiliam Reece. I tried to find out if this was correct for an early Corsair serving on the USS Bunker Hill which is the version I've plummeted for from Tamiya's decal options. Some documentary evidence and the recovery of an F4U-1 from lake Michigan, US (after it went down on June 12, 1943, when its pilot, Ensign Carl H. Johnson, unsuccessfully tried to land on the USS Wolverine, a steamship that had been converted into an aircraft carrier for Navy pilots to practice takeoffs and landings) suggests it's probably correct for the period I'm depicting. Others will know a more definitive answer. The salmon pink's an interesting colour if nothing else.
Progress so far;
I sprayed aluminium onto the wings and their leading edges and around the cockpit first. Afterwhich went on a protective glosscoat before using some Humbrol Maskol to hold back the top coat for some paint chips. Soon found out that the smaller the blobs of Maskol - the better. (When lifting them off with tweezers some extra top coat paint sometimes came away so I used a needle to put it on with - keeping the blobs as small as possible).
The camo curves above the wing look a bit angular - will have to 'smooth' them out a bit if poss.
They didn't give it the nickname 'Hose Nose' for nothing.
One day when I know what I'm doing I'll have a go at detailing an engine...
From the back;
The eagle eyed will have noticed that the intrument decal has split and peeled. Very annoying to say the least. Will have to look into some sort of a repair.
From above;
And the side;
And the underside;
Onto the landing gear, canopy and other bits next.
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