**** DONE: 1/48 Corsair II - Pacific Theatre of Operations II

[Crimea_River]

Cheers Geo but I think I may have the answer. From discussions at Britmodeler, sounds like the tall wheel happened from BuNo 50080 onwards and my rig is 50341.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks good Andy, and those clamps………………….yes, I'll be hunting a set.

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far Andy!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Beautiful!

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks guys. No new work to show tonight.

 

[Catch22]

Sorry I'm late, tall for sure. Most -1As had them. I see you've found it out without me though!

And thanks for the source Andy, my parents do enjoy Lee Valley! I'll probably have to go pick one up.

 

[mikewint]

Vic, Ebay. Mine arrive on Friday

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Vic, Ebay. Mine arrive on Friday

Thanks Mike, sadly though for some reason these eBay guys will not ship this item down under. No worries though as I've found a local supplier.

 

[Crimea_River]

They come in threes Cory.

 

[dneid]

Looking lovely as always.

 

[Crimea_River]

Cheers Dale. Landing gear work is the theme of tonight's update. The Tamiya struts are of reasonable detail but had some clunky bits and some annoying ejector pin marks that had to be dealt with.

Below is one of the main struts with slices of rod added to the ejector pin marks. Note also the large, flat blocks that are supposed to represent the attachment points.

The same strut after filing down the plugs and removing some of the plastic at the larger attachment point.

,,and again after final painting and wash. Also added were two bits of clear stretched sprue with a light wash of oil paint to represent the small springs within the strut linkages. The paint is Alclad Dull Aluminum with Testors silver on the retraction jack.

The tail wheel also got some attention. Here's the assembly before modification:

..and now with lighting holes added and a new towing shackle made of solder. The latter was once again represented with a solid blob of plastic which is now in the bin. Also drilled out the plastic between the tire and frame.

Here are two pics of the finished tail wheel with the same paint and the stripes added to the hook. White paint with black decals.

 

[parsifal]

that is nice work Andy. looks terrific.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks Michael.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

You done good there Andy, some nice additions and mods.

 

[dneid]

Damn, Andy! Beautiful work there. You sure smoked me on the gear.

 

[Wayne Little]

Looks great Andy...

 

[Wurger]

With all above.

 

[Crimea_River]

Thanks very much guys. Off to Nanton today to work on our Mossie.

 

[Airframes]

Nicely done Andy.