Ira Kepford's F4U-1A - Tamiya 1/48

zaxos345 · May 31, 2010

Hi Guys, my name is John and i come from Greece and this is my third model on the row. I have been working on this baby for about a couple of months now and there are a lot more to come.
This is the aircraft i am building, the one with the 16 kills

and these are the items that i am using

So far i have come to this point

Lucky13 · May 31, 2010

Looking great John! What's your other two birds?

magnu · May 31, 2010

zaxos345 · May 31, 2010

My other two are a Hasegava spitfire and a P47D-1-RE (tamiya 1/48) of Steve Pisanos, a greek american who flew with USAAF dyring WWII. I wil post some pictures of this one on the finished section.

Crimea_River · May 31, 2010

Pretty nice work. Looking forward to more.

Tony Hill · May 31, 2010

Very nice start John, keep the photos coming!

Wayne Little · May 31, 2010

Very Nice work there John!

Airframes · May 31, 2010

Nice work John. I've read about Steve Pisanos in Col. James Goodson's books about the 4th Fighter Group.

T Bolt · May 31, 2010

looking good :thumbright:

You should size the pictures bigger so we can see them better. 800x600 would be good.

zaxos345 · May 31, 2010

T Bolt if you click on them you can see them bigger, thanks, John

zaxos345 · May 31, 2010

A little update before i close the cockpit. The instrument panel is from Aires as well as the internal detail of the canopy and windscreen which both of them have been painted inside with the cockpit color.

T Bolt · May 31, 2010

Thats much better, now I can see!

Looking good, Great detail :thumbright:

Crimea_River · May 31, 2010

Pics look same to me, unless I grew tenfold!

Airframes · May 31, 2010

They're working for me, but take time to load, and need to be scrolled, which is a bit irritating. Better if they can be loaded direct to the forum.

Crimea_River · May 31, 2010

Yeah, I agree.

John are you using a "Big Ed" detail set from Eduard?

javlin · May 31, 2010

Works good for me Guys and some nice work there John be interested in the other builds for sure.Cheers

vikingBerserker · May 31, 2010

Very nice work John.

zaxos345 · May 31, 2010

Guys thank you very much for your comments. Crimea, i am using the Aires resign cockpit set and i have added some details from the cockpit eduard set and placards. i am also going to use Aires wheel bay set, ultracast seat, flaps to be molded in up position, blade prop and spiner and wheels.
The same photos but ready to see them