**** DONE: 1/48 F4U-1 Corsair, VMF 124 - Carrier Aircraft GB

[rochie]

Before you get too far, see if you can pop off the "convertable" part and pinch the body with a clothes pin, (I carve them to fit the shape of the fuselage) then re-glue the rear part back on, to get a better fit. I tried Terry's (Airframes) white glue method for the seams and, whatta ya know, it works! It is a good way to fill the front seams. The color is bang on, in my book.
She's looking good over-all, and there is plenty of time in this build.
I learn new stuff everyday, and everone here is with you!

cheers mate, i'm thinking the canopy will hide the gaps on the pilots head rest / armor, as i've made a mistake in lining up the cockpit parts so the fuselage is a little wider than expected.

and i do like the colours, i think Vallejo got them spot on and they go on very well with a brush !

thanks guy's

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Colour is good Karl and I like the smoothness of the Vallejo. Hoe did the upper seam go!

 

[rochie]

left it as is mate, good enough for me !

 

[Catch22]

Wow Karl, nice work!

 

[woody]

Very nice work Karl.

 

[Crimea_River]

Great looking paint work Karl.

 

[Gnomey]

Good work so far Karl!

 

[rochie]

thank you all.

got the rather crappy Academy decals on last night !

 

[Wayne Little]

Not bad at all Karl!

 

[rochie]

cheers mate

 

[Crimea_River]

Frustrating dealing with off register decals but looks pretty good Karl.

 

[Catch22]

Had I known they were bad I could have sent you one my extra Tamiya sheets Karl. Offer's still there if you want, but it does look pretty good.

 

[Lucky13]

Looking right spiffy old bean!

 

[Airframes]

Looks good to me. If you feel up to it, you could always re-touch the white areas around the edges of the decals.

 

[brucejscott]

Very nice Karl.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice Karl and Terry has a point.

 

[N4521U]

Lookin rather spiffy......

You have another offer for decals if you needem!

 

[Jayl]

Looking good Karl.

 

[rochie]

many, many thanks Cory / Bill but i can live with them, they dont look quite as bad in real life and wont really be seen once on a shelf, but thanks anyway.

and thanks to you all for the nice comments

 

[ccheese]

Lookin' real good...

Charles