This will be my first post in a long series of posts.

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This is going to be a very cool build journal to watch... This just happens to be my favorite airplane, and I can remember building several of these monster F4U's as a kid.

Back then there was a TV show called "Blacksheep Squadron"...I would watch it once a week on TV with my Dad. The TV show was very loosely based on VMF-214. I mean it was so loosely based, the way one surviving Blacksheep member put it, "They got 3 things right... The plane was the F4U Corsair, our Squadron designator was VMF-214, and "Pappy Boyington" was our Unit Commander."

That pretty much sums the TV show up in a nutshell. But I watched it for the Corsairs and not the plot lines.

Looking forward to the next installment. Please keep us posted.

I decided to start with the engine. I havent really painted many engines so I gave my first real shot at one for this build. I'm so happy I get the pleasure and honor of building such a historically important plane.

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On your engine, with a brush dip it in dirty thinner and just place the brush over each cylinder head and it will highlight the details and cooling fins.

I have been test fitting, and I found the same issues. In almost ready to paint.

Your photos helped alot. I'm going to he doing some scratch building now, lol.

Here is some more progress. Basic assembly is done, now it's time to paint!

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That corsiar looks nice. I dont have an airbrush (yet, I'm getting there), so I hand brush all of my models.