Thanks for the kind words. I’m feeling better each day.
I unmasked the walkway strips on the wings after I had finished painting the rest of the model. I used various shades that I had mixed up beforehand.
The landing gear were installed too.
Then I finished the engines for the rest of the Corsairs in the Corsair Kindergarten.
The intake and exhaust pipes were painted and stained accordingly. Then I glued the engine and cowling on the fuselage.
The rest of the propellers for the Corsair Kindergarten were finished too.
I sprayed on a rough shaped circle on top of the Starboard wing. I wanted it to look as though someone had sprayed over the existing US Star insignia. I did the same thing on the area where the fuselage numbers were located. I wanted it to look as though the plane was assigned to a different unit previously and then the numbers 723 were added to the side of the fuselage once it was assigned to the aircraft pool between VMF-214 and 122. The Blacksheep shared their planes with another Marine fighter group on the island.
The areas behind the US Star insignia were painted using a Flat White paint. I also painted the “wings” that were added to the Stars during the mid 1943 year. Now all I had to do was to add the kit supplied Star insignia decals. By painting the background white, it helps to keep the decals look more even in color since they are thin and slightly translucent.
Then it was time to start adding the decals and some more weathering. I paid a lot of attention to the forward fuselage fuel tank and I wanted it to look as if fuel had been spilled on the paint regularly. This is how these planes looked after a few months in service on an island in the South Pacific.
Once the decals were done and they were dry, I did some weathering on the paint. I used some Yellow Zinc Chromate and Aluminum paint and I lightly dabbled some on the areas where they would have had heavy traffic during maintenance or suffered erosion from the coral dust and prop wash.
I also used several Tamiya weathering decks to make it look dusty too.
There’s an oil wash on the underside and it represents exhaust stains, engine oil and carbon tracks from the exhaust and wing mounted MG’s.
I pushed the completed propeller in place and this is what it looks like now.
It’s almost done.
I’m sorry I missed the January 3rd date I had set for completion but it’s a case of better late than never.
As always comments are encouraged.
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