Trumpeter Corsair

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Started this last night, began painting. A few questions, I have the F4u-1D version, I think that is correct.

What is metal black or metallic black? Is it the same as gunmetal?

The interior calls for interior green or zinc chromate, again, they are different. I am using model master paints.

The fuselage interior walls are called for flat black rather than the green. Apparantly, some of the 1Ds came out of production with this flat black. I looked at color phots last night and that seems to be true.

I am going for a total blue appearance, no three color. Is that flat sea blue in model master?

When you go total blue, are the wheel wells interior green?

Also, with toatl blue, is there any flat white on the underside?

I guess my question is whether it is a flat sea blue or a gloss blue. If it is gloss, which one?

Thank you, I hopwe somebody can help me.

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The interior green/zinc chromate although is a model paint color, represents a anti-corrosive sealent and a not a paint…it was mixed at the factory and as a result, planes from different and similar production plants had varying hues of that “greenish” color for interior pieces. You could use either and still have a great effect…i think it is important to apply a wash though since the sealant collected in corners giving the corners a darker look. Wheel wells are generally the same green but for accuracy you need to look up a photo for refrence (or find a museum). Hope that helps!
—ken

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The pictures looks like black for the side panels. This is frrom detail & scale. The author is Bert Kinzey. So thats what im doing.

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I’m building the same model, and have a page on my web site with a bunch of reference links. This is the link: http://www.craigcentral.com/models/f4u-1d/default.asp

You should find plenty of pix on those links.

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Hey Music, that awsome!
I got that black box too. It really good.

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Thanks, I appreciate that. Blackbox makes some great cockpits. The level of detail is awesome. I’m also working on an F-105G and had to get the BB cockpit for it as well.

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I did an online build detailing this kit late last year/early this year, you can see it on my website, Scale Warbirds http://www.scalewarbirds.com/corsaironlinebuild.htm.
Also, a good reference is Tom Cleaver’s “Corsair 101” available at http://www.modelingmadness.com/reviews/allies/us/cleaverkep.htm. Have Fun!!

JK

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Aircraft in overall glossy sea blue generally had sea blue wheel wells, gear door interiors and gear struts but alot of them had the wheel wells painted zinc-chromate green and the struts and gear door interiors sea blue. So I think either way would be accurate.
Also the blue is gloss. It is FS 15042. Model master make an enamel called Dark sea blue FS 15042 (It says no 1717 on the bottle). It seems to be pretty accurate.

hope this helps.

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corretc me if I am wrong. If I don’t like the gloss sea blue, how bad would it be to paint it flat sea blue? My guess is, with time, the gloss finish got flat, correct?

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The two-color F4U-1’s (blue on top, white on bottom) were non-specular (flat) whereas the single-color versions were gloss sea blue. I was unsure about that since, the Trumpeter instructions showed both FS-15042 and FS-35042 styles, so I contacted Vought. I got an email back from them and that’s what they told me.

I’m sure that you are correct in that the finish dulled over time, but as to whether it actually got flat or not I’m not sure. I painted mine flat sea blue, steel-wooled the surface to smooth it out, then sprayed it with Future. Right now it is more of a semi-gloss finish, and I haven’t decided whether or not to leave it like that.

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you know…If I/we had a differant canopy that had a -1A PLUS a -D would be nice!!

Am I right or not…tell me. [?]

Luckily I have a freind who has an old crappy, bust up Revell kit.[^]