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

Next it was time to mount the wings. Thanks to Tamiya they went on smoothly.


Now time to do some final inspection and touch ups.

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.