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Corsair it will be - 1/72

Started by Greg Kittinger · 27 ≡ · ↻ 10 months ago · F4U

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Greg Kittinger said 1 year, 6 months ago:

I didn't have any Sullivan books on hand, so bought a couple of Corsair books off Amazon. I do love the bent-wing bird, so I'll find something in there to whet my appetite. I do have a bunch of decal sets already for projects I had lined up, so I'm hoping I find some entries in one of the books I bought that match what I already have. I'll let you know when I determine which way I'm going.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 6 months ago:

Looking forward to your entries, my friend @gkittinger!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 6 months ago:

Looking forward to your decision, Greg @gkittinger
Allan J Withers said 1 year, 6 months ago:

Good one Greg, 1/72 rules.
Louis Gardner said 1 year, 6 months ago:

Greg Kittinger (@gkittinger)
Hello again Greg. Sorry for the late comment. I have been busy with a lot of full scale "life" stuff lately. I sincerely appreciate the entry. Jim would be proud of what ever you decide to pick, I'm sure.

Around 10 years ago, (or possibly a few more), I sold off all of my 1/72 scale stuff. My old tired eyes don't let me build them that small anymore. Too bad, because they are a whole lot easier to store.

Now I have shifted towards 1/48 and larger aircraft, and 1/35 armor stuff.

I'm looking forward to seeing your choice(s) when the time comes. Since you have a lot of decal choices, go for it, and build more than one if you can.

Take care my friend.
George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 6 months ago:

Great choice, Greg (@gkittinger). Looking forward to seeing you do your magic on this one.
Greg Kittinger said 1 year, 5 months ago:

Here's the decal sheet for the bird I'm doing - going to start with the kiwi bird built from 2 airframes, and may possibly get to another in brit colors. Using the Academy 1/72 kit.
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gary sausmikat said 1 year, 5 months ago:

Glad to see you contributing, Gregg. Hard to not join this group. This should be a nice build, especially with the RNZAF scheme.
Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

Excellent scheme choice, my friend @gkittinger! Looking forward to it, as well as to a possible Brit bird!
John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

A very nice scheme, Greg @gkittinger
George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 5 months ago:

Looking forward to your build, Greg (@gkittinger), especially with some NZ colors.
Eric Berg said 1 year, 5 months ago:

Great contribution, Greg@gkittinger. If you’ve never used XtraDecals before, you won’t be disappointed.
Louis Gardner said 1 year, 5 months ago:

Greg Kittinger (@gkittinger)
This is an excellent choice. Great pick !
Greg Kittinger said 10 months, 3 weeks ago:

Been awhile - and a 3-month hiatus due to a move - but I finally cracked the box on this build. Academy kit with some engraved panel lines. I'll start riveting next, but for now only fixes were to open the shell ejector chutes, ream off the relief detail of the "exhaust" pipes and insert sections from some old rockets and then drill them out to create exhausts, and do a little work on the tail wheel doors to allow for the wheel to show through in the raised position (per references).

I'm actually trying to finish this before the first Tues in February, to compete for our club's February theme build, "Under New Management" (subject in livery other than their country of origin). To add encouragement for folks to bring more models to our monthly meetings, we added an award/plaque for each month's theme, and both new and old builds can compete. We also have a Model of the Month award/plaque (new builds only), so this would qualify for both.
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John vd Biggelaar said 10 months, 3 weeks ago:

Good to see it finally started, Greg @gkittinger
A nice improvement on the exhausts.
You should be able to win both awards with this build.

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