AREA 88 : "Shin Kazama" (F4U-1 Corsair)
1September 30, 2016The Box...
2September 30, 2016A bag of sprues
3September 30, 2016Nice clean sprues
4September 30, 2016Cut and dry fit
5September 25, 2016Cut out and scratch built the exhaust port
6September 25, 2016Drilled some exhaust pipes
7September 30, 2016Some small parts painted
8September 30, 2016Exhaust ports installed
9September 30, 2016$#%?! 1/72 photo etched parts!
10October 1, 2016Drilled out vents, ready for PE
11October 4, 2016Should've dry fit the mesh
12October 4, 2016Cockpit coming along
13October 4, 2016Instrument panel too
14October 6, 2016Photo etched all attached or painted
15October 7, 2016Cockpit painted and assembled
16October 7, 2016Cockpit side views
17October 7, 2016Cockpit glued into half the fuselage and dry fitted to cure
18October 7, 2016Cockpit installed and waiting for wash
19October 18, 2016Coat of Future and ready for a wash
20October 26, 2016Slight do-over on the wheel wells
21October 26, 2016Scratch built better wheel wells
22October 27, 2016Scratchbuilt vent flaps
23October 27, 2016Improved exhaust, vents and wheel wells
24November 4, 2016Putty applied to the seams
25November 19, 2016Sanding complete... will check for mistakes after primer is applied
26November 19, 2016Wing joints look good. Added a bit of copper wire to the tail.
27November 19, 2016More sanding, and I drilled out a landing light... mainly because John did.
28November 23, 2016Engine details added
29November 27, 2016Puttied, sanded and primed.
30November 27, 2016Good enough is good enough. 🙂
31November 27, 2016Had to do two rounds, but no more seams now.
32November 27, 2016Leading wing edge looks good to go.
33November 27, 2016A little pre-shading... let's see if this'll work.
34December 21, 2016Painted the engine and added a few details along the way... last stop, some itty bitty copper wire...
35December 21, 2016Engine finished... except for a accent wash.
36December 21, 2016The picture is a bit dark, but the wash worked well and added depth to the details.
37December 21, 2016Would you believe the cowl didn't fit!? I had to pull off all the little caps, trim them and glue them back on. I was freaked that I was going to lose a piece, but I managed to get back on track and everything fits now.
38January 1, 2017Undercarriage given several coats of white paint. I hate painting with white... but I think I survived.
39January 1, 2017I'm trying to decide if I need a few more coats of white or not.... hmmm...
40January 3, 2017First coat of blue paint on... but the tape marks are highly visible. I'll need to fix that somehow.
41January 5, 2017Ok, a coat of grey and another coat of blue. It looks better, but that cowling looks like way too much white. Maybe just the prop should be white... with blue trim?
42January 5, 2017I do like the two-tone canopy though. I think I'll keep that.
43January 5, 2017It seems no matter how carefully I tape... there's always some tiny masking errors. Grrr...
44January 5, 2017Needs more grey. I'm note sûre I've got this "pre-shading" business mastered yet.
45January 30, 2017Starting to come together. Cowl and landing gear glued on... other small bits waiting for more paint.
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This build is part of my Area 88 project "Shin Kazama". The build features Shin's classic Vaught F-8E "Crusader" re-imagined as a Vaught F4U-1 "Corsair".
