And so it begins!
I did the customary post model cleanup, as I finished both the Avenger and Corsair II last night. I'll post final pictures of the Corsair (such as it is) on the weekend, and the Avenger when I get my Helldiver and I know where I'm sitting for weapons.
Wayne's great link is no longer any good as the person's photobucket account no longer works! I found this one though, which seems to be a good substitute, even if it's a different plane:
Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1 Corsair
There's a lot of confusion to what colours things in the cockpit of the early -1s were painted, but I ended up going with Cleaver's method for painting mine as it was the most detailed I could seem to find. A personal coup: I got those stupid control panel decals on, and they really do look good. I spent about 2 hours on it today, and I got a lot accomplished. You'll notice I didn't paint the wheel wells, as they will be painted in the bottom colour (I have it, I just can't recall the name right now!), as Walsh's Corsair would have been in-theater long enough to have seen some repairs and therefore some repainting.
I'm quite pleased with it so far, I could have gotten most of the construction done tonight if I didn't stop myself! I guess that's what happens when this is your fourth of the same kit, you know all of the ins and outs and possible problem areas (with this kit, there really aren't any, just slightly trickier parts).
Sorry for the pic quality, my camera's not so good at closeups! Though that last one is exceptionally bad, as normally I can get shots like those without any issue...