<> **** DONE: 1/48 F4U-7 (BuNo. 33710) - WW1 / WW2 over Water.

[Airframes]

Here's a couple more of the wing fold stuff.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Micdrow]

Great shots there Terry, the green really makes thing stand out easier

 

[fubar57]

Great shots, no problems now if the outer wings don't fit properly. Hope to start in earnest later today

 

[A4K]

Great info and photos guys! Will come in very handy for my builds too

 

[Crimea_River]

Oh, why not. Here are a few more:

 

[fubar57]

Thanks Andy, maybe I'll keep one wing folded even if the fit is good. That spring intrigues me

 

[Wayne Little]

pretty damn fine closeup shots....

 

[Wurger]

Nice stuff here.

 

[fubar57]

Right...let's get started....or prepare to get started on the innards.

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This must be rectified first...

 

[Crimea_River]

Well, it's a start.

 

[fubar57]

While that was drying I attacked the engine, 26 attachment points for 3 parts

 

[Wurger]

 

[Robert Porter]

Yowch! That is a lot of attachment points!

 

[Crimea_River]

Keeps you busy.

 

[fubar57]

Oh I was busy in more ways than one. First the parts....

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.....now the next busy. Searching through all of my paint for interior green, I could only find a half full bottle of old Model Master Acryl. No instructions on how to thin it so off to the interwebs in which I found one article saying it was airbrush ready but could benefit a few drops of "Universal Thinner". WTF is universal thinner, quote I? Another quick search and I found it is something I don't want for half a bottle of paint so trusting the first site I sprayed full strength. So far so good but when it came time to clean the AB... First I rinsed everything with water and then used lacquer thinner for the first time. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG, everything jelled up so I spent the next hour running Tamiya Thinner, Vallejo Airbrush Cleaner, lacquer thinner...repeat repeat repeat until everything started flowing again. Anyhoo.....this is also my first attempt at pre-shading.

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I also did the floor and joystick part, but promptly forgot the seat parts. Not wanting to go through the cleaning nightmare again I added 2 parts Tamiya Lemon Yellow XF-8 (Flat Yellow XF-3 would probably be a better choice but this is all I had on hand) and one part Flat Green XF-5 and the end result was very close.

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That's it for me, camp bus in 25 minutes. Have a good week gentlemen.

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[JKim]

Looking forward to your work on this one Geo. Off to a good start I see.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Good stuff Geo. Those sprue attachments must have been a real pain.

 

[vikingBerserker]

Holy moly, the engine is a model all by itself!