F-104nut
Staff Sergeant
Luis That cockpit detail is looking fantastic !!! That pilot is going to look awesome !!!! Look forward to the cockpit and pilot painted up 
CORSAIR F4U-4; 1/48, Revell
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Doom!
Recruit
Very nice work. I really like what you have done with the pilot, I never would have thought to use the copper wire to reposition him. Pilot figures are hard enough to come by considering most kits don't include them. Enjoying your progress.
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks Doom!, you'll be surprised, like me, of everything you can learn and discover. It's all a matter of putting it into practice and enjoying what you do.
Saludos desde México.
Luis Carlos
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Hello Brian, I can see and I'm enjoying your B-25J, you've also been infected by the interior detailLuis That cockpit detail is looking fantastic !!! That pilot is going to look awesome !!!! Look forward to the cockpit and pilot painted up
. I'm motivated with this pilot and his pit, let's move on !!
Saludos compadrito.
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
I have been reviewing images on the net regarding the rear of the Corsair and how it looks in flight.
Initially I thought of making the tailgate closed, but the original parts of the kit did not help me do a good job.
I thought I would make and use a piece of styrene sheet, but it would be an uncertain adventure ...
... 
There are some photos of Corsairs flying with the front landing gear retracted and the rear sluices are open, allowing to see the interior detail ... so I preferred to take advantage of the parts of the kit and work a little on making some improvements.
With jeweler's files, I started by thinning the edges of the rear tire gates ... you can see the difference, right?
Put in place, I still have to work a little inside.
It will be a question of studying the best way to cover those gaps and fix those gates.
The mechanics of mobility of the rear tire, will allow me to work on it and make some improvements, that make it look better ...
Having this ready, I will be able to apply zinc chromate to the interior, both the rear tire wall, the interior of the cabin and sides.
This is an overview of the work area of my nascent Corsair !!
See you around here soon. Saludos
Initially I thought of making the tailgate closed, but the original parts of the kit did not help me do a good job.
I thought I would make and use a piece of styrene sheet, but it would be an uncertain adventure ...
... There are some photos of Corsairs flying with the front landing gear retracted and the rear sluices are open, allowing to see the interior detail ... so I preferred to take advantage of the parts of the kit and work a little on making some improvements.
With jeweler's files, I started by thinning the edges of the rear tire gates ... you can see the difference, right?
Put in place, I still have to work a little inside.
It will be a question of studying the best way to cover those gaps and fix those gates.
The mechanics of mobility of the rear tire, will allow me to work on it and make some improvements, that make it look better ...
Having this ready, I will be able to apply zinc chromate to the interior, both the rear tire wall, the interior of the cabin and sides.
This is an overview of the work area of my nascent Corsair !!
See you around here soon. Saludos
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Interesting approach! Looking forward to seeing how that comes together.
Well done LC. However the kit tail wheel/hook bay doors have the incorrect hinges. Therefore you should have cut off the two square pieces of the door that are going to be the hinges.Then these should have been attached to the fuselage in order to fill the notches at the fuselage bottom side. I would say it would be easier to do that just by sticking of these doors to the fuselage halves as the closed ones. And then cut off these doors along their top edges for farther work on them eg. for making them thinner
The pic source: the net...
The pic source: the net...
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
I had already seen a picture further away and the open gates show the fuselage attached to that side.
The photo you share Wojtek is excellent and although I had already attached each side to its gate (I thought I could live with that separation between fuselage and gates)
... I will carefully repair it, I will cut each door in the two sections (I did not know, but thanks to your picture and diagram I can see), and unite every pair of pieces on each side of the fuselage ... the surgery begins ...
Thank you very much for all this kind of advice and recommendations, always welcome!! They make me reconsider and try to make the correction in order to do the right thing and to make a better performance in the improvements to this kit.
Gracias amigo
The photo you share Wojtek is excellent and although I had already attached each side to its gate (I thought I could live with that separation between fuselage and gates)
... I will carefully repair it, I will cut each door in the two sections (I did not know, but thanks to your picture and diagram I can see), and unite every pair of pieces on each side of the fuselage ... the surgery begins ...
Thank you very much for all this kind of advice and recommendations, always welcome!! They make me reconsider and try to make the correction in order to do the right thing and to make a better performance in the improvements to this kit.
Gracias amigo
Lovely work so far!
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Nice catch! Good you can address it now before too much time has gone by!
turbo
Staff Sergeant
Nice one Luis! Looks like a few modifications required for this kit...
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
That is Robert, I'm already in the "patching" of those holes where the hinges were (very rough and out of the reality), ... it would have been more complicated to do this correction later ... ( thanks again for the notice W )
I agree Kirby, the degree of work required will always depend on the taste of each person and the requirement to do the best job possible.
All work is respectable; The one that someone else enjoys and make comments and suggestions, is something that motivates and I am grateful.
Saludos mis amigos y colegas.
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
The story of my first pilot continues:
With super glue drops I fixed the pilot's final posture. Then with the Plastic Putty of Vallejo I filled all the spaces and with homemade instruments and bought, moldie to leave the minimum to file and to sand ...
After a few hours and sleeplessness, this is how the young little guy looks ...
I'm waiting to finish detailing the gates and interior of the wheel / hook bay, to paint zinc chromate along with the cabin.
So the pilot will wait a little.
...To be continued ...
With super glue drops I fixed the pilot's final posture. Then with the Plastic Putty of Vallejo I filled all the spaces and with homemade instruments and bought, moldie to leave the minimum to file and to sand ...
After a few hours and sleeplessness, this is how the young little guy looks ...
I'm waiting to finish detailing the gates and interior of the wheel / hook bay, to paint zinc chromate along with the cabin.
So the pilot will wait a little.
...To be continued ...
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Very nice job on the pilot! If that is your first effort at doing a figure you have nothing to worry about, very nicely done!
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SANCER
Senior Master Sergeant
Gracias Robert por el comentario halagador... 
... returning to the progress of repairing the tail area ...
I cut the gates to separate them from the fuselage. I also cut each one according to the image that Wojtek shared.
Those protuberances, they have no reason to exist ... so ... out!
... with bits of styrene cut to size, I patched each of the holes ...
To reinforce the union from the inside, I used some green putty from Squadron Products. It is a little rough finish, but it hardens like a stone !!, then it is simple to file (in this case I will use my Dremel with a diamond powder emery to thin the area), then be able to sand it until feels smooth to detail the sides a bit.
On the outside, I first lowered the styrene surplus with a jeweler file and sanded it evenly with respect to the surface of the fuselage.
Then with PP of Vallejo rersané the joins and after to sand them again with sandpaper of the 3600, 4000 and 6000, I applied a little of Mr.S. 1200 to make the traces of surgery disappear as much as possible ...
... tomorrow I will proceed to leave the area ready to paint the interiors, ... I hope so!
So far advance, have a good night. (From this part of the world)
Saludos
Luis Carlos
... returning to the progress of repairing the tail area ...
I cut the gates to separate them from the fuselage. I also cut each one according to the image that Wojtek shared.
Those protuberances, they have no reason to exist ... so ... out!
... with bits of styrene cut to size, I patched each of the holes ...
To reinforce the union from the inside, I used some green putty from Squadron Products. It is a little rough finish, but it hardens like a stone !!, then it is simple to file (in this case I will use my Dremel with a diamond powder emery to thin the area), then be able to sand it until feels smooth to detail the sides a bit.
On the outside, I first lowered the styrene surplus with a jeweler file and sanded it evenly with respect to the surface of the fuselage.
Then with PP of Vallejo rersané the joins and after to sand them again with sandpaper of the 3600, 4000 and 6000, I applied a little of Mr.S. 1200 to make the traces of surgery disappear as much as possible ...
... tomorrow I will proceed to leave the area ready to paint the interiors, ... I hope so!
So far advance, have a good night. (From this part of the world)
Saludos
Luis Carlos
Crimea_River
Marshal
Love the pilot figure L-C.
Robert Porter
Senior Master Sergeant
Nice repair job! Be interested in the detailing to come!
turbo
Staff Sergeant
Nice repair work Luis. And well done on the figure too - he looks reasonably happy for somebody with a large pole stuck up his rear end
I agree with all above.
Luis, just a tip here... if you have already decided to cut off the hinges you could use them for filling their notches at the fuselage, unless these didn't fit properly then your way for filling was fine. Having them fixed you should have applied some putty and then sanded them with these bulges there together simultaneously. It wouldn't be the double work on the fuselage and would allow you to save some of time, IMHO.
Luis, just a tip here... if you have already decided to cut off the hinges you could use them for filling their notches at the fuselage, unless these didn't fit properly then your way for filling was fine. Having them fixed you should have applied some putty and then sanded them with these bulges there together simultaneously. It wouldn't be the double work on the fuselage and would allow you to save some of time, IMHO.
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F-104nut
Staff Sergeant
Luis as alway looking super fantastic my friend . Looking forward to more of your awesomeness
