1/48 Vought F4U-1A Corsair

[onemac]

So, I believe that everybody and his dog has built one of these? Well, woof!

I shall aim for second in this build with a combination of inexperience and distance photography as my main tools but nobody will have as much fun as I will over the next few months. So, onwards and sideways......

1. The box and its contents. I shall be building the version as depicted on the box art.
DSC_0314_F4U-1A_01 by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

2. Deeeekaals.
DSC_0315_F4U-1A_02 by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

3. Unopened sprue bags (oh the excitement).
AMAC2767_Bags by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

4. The naked sprues (except for the small bag of rubber thingies - don't want to lose those).
AMAC2769_Sprue by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

5. And with instructions as well. Please be aware of the handwritten notes as dictated by that Paul bloke on the live prog!
AMAC2770_Instructions by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

6. There is no pic 6. My wife made me tidy up the breakfast bar just as I had detached the pilot figures, some cockpit bulkheads and both fuselage halves. I then read the instructions and discovered I still need 10 pots of Tamiya paint (list available on request) - and that's without the three I need to paint the outside of the thing!

Are you having fun yet?

[Les0012]

Looking, what shall I say, interesting Al

Good luck mate

Les

[onemac]

What can I say Les - it's the photography that has you stunned isn't it? You giving it a go?

Al

[Les0012]

Yup I got one nearly done, the SAS Landrover so I got time to do yet another, not sure whether to go with a flying thing or a rubber wheeled road thingymajig

Les

[onemac]

Nice one Les but you know how I feel about anything non-aviation

A small update on progress. Whilst I await a cheapo Litecraft headband magnifier on the slow boat from parts far east, I have taken to wearing TWO pairs of reading specs. Anyway, cockpit just about finished - some weathering still to do but coming along as they say. Took several hours to mask the canopy glass as I joined the hangout last night - that Preston lad needs to be shown the highlights (or lowlights) of Telford

Enjoying this build a lot as I think it's not just a model build but it's forcing me to evaluate every step and quite frequently go back and repair shoddy workmanship.

Onwards and sideways.....

Al

DSC_0325_Cockpit by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

DSC_0326_Engine by Al MacNeish, on Flickr

[Les0012]

Looking good chappy, Keep it up only 99 sleeps until this GB closes

Les

[Twokidsnosleep]

99 sleeps??!! That is a lot of sleeps away like three months worth
I watched a good video on the Corsair's history on the weekend
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