After the clear coat dried sufficiently it was time to finally remove the masks. Luckily they went off without affecting the paint.

John vd Biggelaar (@johnb)
This looks incredible ! One of the best Corsairs I have seen in a while. You should be very proud of how it turned out. I'm hoping to see it in the headlines section soon.

Well done !

Great work, John (@johnb). You have really captured the look, especially with the folded wings. It was great following along on this.

@tcinla, thank you, Tom

@lgardner, thanks a lot, Louis. I think I could have done better on the weathering, I might give it a try to add some dirt here and there but the wings feel quite fragile like this.

@eb801, thank you, Eric. I sure will.

@gblair, thanks, George. My first attempt with wings folded, the Tamiya engineers helped a lot in making it relatively easy to do so.

@fiveten, thank you, Spiros. No finish line crossing this weekend since we will spent our time in Belgium. But it should cross the finish line before Christmas.

@tjenks, thank you, Tom.
I was able to post it on the headlines two days ago. Here is the link:

Jim Sullivan Group Build: Vought F4U-1A Corsair "Big Hog"

@stephen-w-towle, thank you, Stephen. Not too much of a challenge for this Tamiya kit, but with the addition of some elements it builds up quite nicely indeed. An interesting yet beautiful idea to put it in such a diorama, something which still has my interest.