Vought F4U-1A Corsair (Tamiya 1/48)

Started by John vd Biggelaar · 311 · 10 months ago · 1/48, Corsair, F4U-1A, Tamiya, Vought
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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    A bit of work on the interior. Instead of using the decals for the IP, I did choose to give it a bit more of depth by only using dry brush. Button on the side still need to receive their corresponding colors.

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    David Butler said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    coming along nicely! Dry brushing is a very useful and sometimes under appreciated technique!

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    Louis Gardner said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    John vd Biggelaar
    This is looking great ! The attention to details, and careful building will show up even more in the end.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    The interior looks fantastic, my friend @johnb!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    @dbutlr, thank you, David. A technique which gives some nice depth to the details.
    @lgardner, thanks, Louis. Still some more work to be done.
    @fiveten, thanks a lot, Spiros.

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    gary sausmikat said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Well done, John. The detailing looks wonderful.
    Some Airscale instrument decals dropped into those great looking bezels would look nice.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    @gwskat, thank you, Gary. Don't have those at hand, but for sure will try those next time.

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    Tom Bebout said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Looking good John.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    @tom-bebout, thank you, Tom.

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    Eric Berg said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Cockpit looks very well executed John @johnb. I agree that some Airscale dials would really bump it up your already fine details, tedious as they are to apply.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    @eb801, thank you, Eric. I will definitely seach the internet for those dials.

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Interior looks awesome, John (@johnb). Drybrushing is really well done. I have always found drybrushing deceptively difficult and still usually manage to mess it up.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    @gblair, thank you, George. Still need to colorize the interior a bit. Always trying to keep the brush as dry as possible.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Did colorize the instrumentation a bit and added seatbelts. They are the provided decal ones but I only fixed the upper part of them, hoping to have a bit more realistic effect. Not fully succeeded in this to my opinion.



    Also filled the foot step with a piece of plastic and filled the remaining gaps with plastic putty. Next will be sanding to get things smoothed.

    Happy Father's Day to you all.

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    gary sausmikat said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    I think those belts look really good, John. Hanging away from the seat gives nice depth. Well done.
    Happy Dad's to you, as well. Enjoy!