F4u Corsair 1/48 Hasegawa's original kit!

[ThunderThud]

This is the Hasegawa 1/48 scale first offering of a Corsair. It had raised panel lines and came in a dark blue plastic ,unlike todays standard gray.original purchase price was $5.00 us back in 80's.I scribed all the panel lines and borrowed the rockets from Academy's P-47.The cockpit even though its hard to see is from Squadron true details.the paint used is Testors model masters gloss sea blue.

 

[Heinz]

wow man!

Seriously superb Corsair

 

[Screaming Eagle]

gotta agree with heinz! nicely done mate!

 

[lesofprimus]

Very very nice detailing.....

 

[Wildcat]

Very cool! I remember making that model when I was a kid.

 

[lesofprimus]

The one thing that strikes me tho, is how bright the panel lines are... Ive been all around the Corsair, including some pretty beat up machines, and I dont really recall them being so well defined....

As far as the decals are concerned, I noticed that ur panel lines are etched through the decals... Is this a correct view, cause if it is, Im gonna start doing that then...

 

[Wayne Little]

Very Nice TT have built a couple of them in my early days! many moons ago.

Les, you go for it, it will make a difference!

 

[ThunderThud]

Yes Dan of course the weathering on panels is also gonna be Highlighted through the aircraft markings especially due to them being painted on the real aircraft."GO for Broke" And as you see the wash is a grey instead of browish black due to its a dark base color, if it was a lighter camo i would use a dark wash to bring out the panel lines.

 

[Micdrow]

Now thats one bad a** corsair thunderthud. Great job!!!!!!

 

[lesofprimus]

Cool beans.... Ive yet to try the wash idea, as it frightens me slightly to so it...

 

[Matt308]

Beautiful airplane. Too bad the canopy is not more clear. Excellent job. I have heard that you can use a floorwax on the clear acrylic parts. Anyone tried that trick to clear up scale windows?

 

[Matt308]

MinWax?

 

[Heinz]

Future floor polish I believe is the brand?

 

[ThunderThud]

Yes ive used future many times .The kits canopy was a bit thick. Dan just do some experimenting with the wash. rememeber a little goes a long way, you can allways add but cant take off with out complications. also i like to use acrylic washes over oil based enamels. its allways a little riscky using enamel washes on enamel finishes.Allthough it can be done once you get used to the system.

 

[DBII]

nice bird

 

[Negative Creep]

So how exactly did you get that effect on raised panel lines?

 

[ThunderThud]

Those are not raised i sanded all the raised panel lines and scribed new panels. all are now recessed .

 

[Negative Creep]

Ah ok. You must have a lot of patience and a steady hand!

 

[ThunderThud]

yes it does take a while but Like a statue from a marble slab one chip at a time produces results!

 

[Heinz]

I take it you used a scriber of some sort? Got any suggestions of what to get for this type of work?