Tamiya Birdcage Corsair

[moon puppy]

Also that photo is reversed. notice the antenna mast? Dana Bells book has this aircraft listed as an early model, can't remember the comment about the white spots all over. Oh, and the tin canning of the surface? No thanks.
Again I'm not going for any specific aircraft.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Tin canning on anything smaller than 1/32 would be almost not noticeable. Your good to go Bob. Stop trying to fix the fixes place the main decals and do an overcoat to bleach the blue to a lighter shade, and don't forget the blue in the insignia.

 

[paddy]

I love the way that, as you progress your working space gets smaller and smaller as the clutter builds . Glad its not just me

 

[Skinny_Mike]

Looking great there pup, I love the multi-color war weary look.

 

[moon puppy]

I love the way that, as you progress your working space gets smaller and smaller as the clutter builds . Glad its not just me

The incredible shrinking workbenches

 

[jeaton01]

Pup, I'm 99% sure that photo is of a two color early war scheme, even though the blue is pretty dark for a early blue grey. Perhaps the blue grey has been over sprayed but it doesn't look like dark sea blue or the non specular dark blue.

The oil canning is a result of the way the Corsair was skinned, which was similar to the honeycomb process. It looks more pronounced in that photo than later Corsairs.

 

[moon puppy]

Agreed John, I should have pointed out the look i'm going for is that warned down paint over the oil cooler inlets. Again, this is no specific aircraft.

 

[centaur567]

Hmm, it looks to me the the pictured aircraft does not have a tri color scheme. Great looking paint job though. Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Stickers going on.

 

[iambrb]

Wow man that work is just excellent there MP!

 

[jeaton01]

Is it done yet?

 

[moon puppy]

Is it done yet?

Negative ghostrider. HVAC has failed in the shed, waiting on replacement part to be installed. It's been cold here and the space heater only does so much. I need to weather it up now,
Thinking of light color pin wash over the panels while it's still glossy, flat coat it then some muck and dirt everywhere. then a top coat of gloss and or flat depending on the location.

 

[moon puppy]

Got some weathering on and some clear coats. Some think not enough weathering.

 

[Rhino]

USMC Close air support training airplane for certain. You don't get grass stains on the cowling flying Carrier Air Patrol.

 

[jknaus]

Gorgeous.

 

[jeaton01]

Looks very nice from here, Bob. The important thing is what you think of the weathering!

 

[centaur567]

Did you do oil streaks underneath ? Gary S.

 

[moon puppy]

Did you do oil streaks underneath ? Gary S.

Not yet, getting around to it. Holyday festivities underway.

 

[moon puppy]

A little more grunge. Various washes and effects. Not much chipping though, looked through the book again and Dana Bell even mentioned that there was not much chipping, just coral sand blasting.

 

[jeaton01]

That poor tired little airplane....