Corsair DONE!

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Proof indeed that I can finish something.

1:48 Tamiya F4U-1A finished with Model Master Acryl, Tamiya and Polly Scale Acrylics.

The wire is a bit thick, but this is my first attempt at stretched sprue. I’m a little disappointed with the cockpit masking, but it isn’t horrible. Previous posts from me have the progress pics - I am bummed that the cockpit is behind the bad masking, but such is life…

Appreciate comments and thanks to all for the encouragement and advice - in particular thanks to Swanny for the patient explanations when I needed them (both on his site and in posts).

Mike Dahlstrom

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Looks great to me, Mike! Great job on the subtleties too, such as the gun smoke and the washing of panel lines… [:D]

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job well done mike. keep em coming!

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disappointed. in perfection. my god man that is a beautiful bird. it looks awesome. thankyou for the peek.

joe

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She looks great to me.
Very nicely done.

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Its lookin good to me!

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Looks great to me as well. Very well done. [tup]

For the antenna wire, instead of stretched sprue you might consider “Invisible Thread”. I got that idea here on the forum somewhere (thanks to whoever posted it!) and it works very well. You can find it at most stores that sell sewing supplies. I think it’s some sort of plastic thread, but it is very thin and works great for antenna wires.

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Other than that wire she looks fine. I too use the invisible thread and draw it across a black magic marker.

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Looks great, thanks for sharing

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Ahh, my favorite WW2 plane. And one Ive never even tried to build. Very good job, Mike! Swanny’s explanations really paid off.

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Thanks again, Swanny. I just changed out the antenna and am much happier with the look. Marrying a lady who sews pays off again.

Thanks for all the compliments - It has been an interesting, painful build, but I think I have redeemed myself for that horrible job I did on the big Revell Corsair when I was 8.

Just imagine the pics with a thin, black antenna.

Mike Dahlstrom

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Had a second, so here’s the new antenna.

Mike Dahlstrom

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Very, very good! Beautiful model!

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Nice work Mike! [tup]

Thanks for sharing.

Mike

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Nice build. The re-do on the anttenae looks a lot better. Thanks for sharing. Keep em coming.

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A great looking bird, Corsairs are my favorate US fighter.

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Very nice work. It looks better than the Tamiya corsair I made a while ago. Good work

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looks pretty gewd champ!

well done & keep up the good work!

ps - take whatever you learnt out of this model and put it into practice for all your models to come!

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Mike,
Remember, you are your own harshest critic - I happen to think your Corsair looks pretty darned good!
As with all of us, your next model will be a little better than your last.
As far as masking, for canopies, use Bare Metal Foil - it’s fool proof and works perfectly.
Cheers!!

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Nice lookin hog man. I’ve got about 10 builds that need an antenna. You know what they say about gettin around to it…