2 props and a Jet

[taiidantomcat]

I got this idea from the late Chris, AKA PanzerWulff on whatifmodelers, I PMed him about it and asked to use his idea way back in 2010:

I used the Tamiya "Birdcage" corsair in 1/48 for mine,the japanese didn't have a way to do bubble type canopies so the framed canopy looks more the part.the other major appearance change was adding a spinner for the prop it changes the lines of the corsair's nose and make it feel different than the unspinnered prop.Other than that I built the kit oob and painted it in IJN colors.It's cool that my "Kaizoku"(japanese for Pirate) inspired you to do one I can't wait to see it
Chris

his original thread is here:

http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,11392.0/highlight,panzerwulff+corsair.html

hoping to finish this one as a tribute to him even though he is not here to see it.

Here is the P-38/Dinah I'm entering it too:

This is also a tribute build. (more on that later)

And a 3rd what if? in Jet form:

Oh boy, I'm committed now... :java

 

[Sharkmouth]

Looks like three props and 2 jets!

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Considering what he did to that SR-71 there's no telling what we're going to end up with here.

 

[SA Dave]

Looks like three props and 2 jets!

Regards,

Of course saul is wishing them all to be sharkmouths
me 2

 

[taiidantomcat]

Make one prop driven SR-71 and you are marked for life LOL

Scheme based on this Ki-84 by Steve Hustad who does marvelous 1/72 scale Japanese fighters. Look at that!! ^

So this is kind of a weird one, because its one where I am actually "working backwards" painting everything and then going after the cockpit! Unfortunately this is just not going to be a contest winner, Its being built from spare parts from a 1/48 scale zero, (remember this is a 1/72 scale corsair!) I don't have any proper landing gear, and I am just happy to make it a solid 3 foot model/weekend project. I plan on going with an even better rendition of Chris's Corsair in 1/48 in the future where I can do it up right from the start. Its kind of disappointing but its going to look better finished on a shelf than languishing boxed in a basement.

Weekend project goes on! I picked a pretty solid color but it stayed tacky for 72 hours, so the Monday deadline was blown on step one

Masked off the anti-glare. Like all good masking there is a 60 second to 1 second ratio of masking to painting. This took about 5 minutes to mask and 5 second to paint!

Green prop on! The flat coat should tone it down a tad later on

Slightly blurry pic of the Decals. These fought me like crazy I went through 3 decal sheets and all of them fractured or vaporized. This forced me to have to use larger sized Meatballs on the fuselage than the wings which sucks because they would have been perfect reversed They are too small on the wings and too big on the Fuselage! Doh! but it is what it is, I was happy at this point to get anything. Never has been putting on 10 decals taken me 90 minutes!!

With Canopy fitted for a check to see how it all looks. noticed a lot of Japanese planes in progress in this campaign and one already finished. Interesting!

 

[taiidantomcat]

Using a pencil to "make metal"

Not as much paint chipping as on the Ki-84 that inspired the scheme, but I like it

I was shocked at how user friendly that silver pencil method was!

Brush painted the underside. This was one of those excellent bench sessions where everything worked out exactly as you wanted and it was wonderfully refreshing to be building a model.

The prop fought me a bit on the yellow tips and masking, but its looking good:

 

[moon puppy]

I'm sorry I missed your last update, really looks good here, love that subtle chipping with the silver pencil.