Hey, All.

I just attached some tiny PE to the cockpit sidewalls. I didn't lose any pieces, and I only got a little blood on the Eduard instruction sheet. The PE are canopy sills, a throttle quadrant, and similar. I don't think I can get good photos today with the cloudy weather, I think these parts will show up better after primer and color anyway.

I tacked the parts down with Ammo Ultra Glue - I like it! - and then went back with CA, using a sewing needle and slips of paper as applicators.

PE is a challenge by itself, Anna-Elizabeth @tankgrrl
It must have felt like a victory to apply all those pices in a correct way.
Looking forward to the pictures.

The weather is still not helping as far as taking useful photos, but I've gotten more work done today - adding more PE, basic cockpit assembly, and cleaning the ejector pin marks inside the main wheel wells.

I have a couple of questions I hope Y'all can answer for me -
1) For a -1D parked and the pilot disembarking, would the cowl flaps be opened or closed?
I have looked at photos but most I've seen have the prop turning.

2) What do Y'all use for the antenna wiring? I hope to order paint on June 2-3, and I can get rigging line or whatevers if someone can recommend what to use. Thanks!

Less expensive than model rigging, too. 🙂 Thank you.

@tankgrrl - Nice kit. The start on the interior looks and sounds to be going well. It is amazing how such tiny bits of PE can bite your fingers so hard. I'm lucky enough to not have donated any blood yet, but I suppose it's a matter of time really. I've found that I've gotten pretty good at using two tweezers at the same time now. Still have a piece shooting off into space on occasion though. Toothpicks work pretty well as CA applicators as well. Secondary toothpick as Zip Kicker applicator can also be useful. As others have stated this is an amazing forum filled with incredibly knowledgeable people who like helping. I love building but I'm no historian, personally I'm all about how it looks as an art nerd. Regardless, welcome!

@eb801 - Thanks, I appreciate the recommendation and the sizes needed. This Corsair is only my first prop build, and maybe the elastic rigging with be a little more friendly to my skill level.

Thank you, George - @gblair

I have a love/hate relationship with PE. I'm in-progress on a Dragon 1/35 Tiger B "Porsche Turret" and I used the kit PE + some from Royal for tool clamps and such. It's a lot of work and burn-out. My next panzer is getting 3d print clamps.

The antenna wires on WW2 prop planes is entirely new to me, I know my way around Teen-series jets and Cold War armor, but Corsairs are sending me back-to-basics.

It has two posts, so I think it is two wires. 🙂

I have 1/72 kits as well, a few jets and a bunch of "Macross" models, which are mostly jet-like. For props I have in 1/48 this Corsair and an Eduard Profi-Pack P-400, and a few extras for it. But there are many more I'd like to do.