Chance Vought F4U Corsair
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Had a lot of fun with this one. Tried new things like using pastels on an aircraft fuselage for weathering, I had done exhausts just not the whole airframe before, cut out wing tip lenses and used clear sprue for new ones. I found the [...]
Dear Modellers,
Here is my version of the 1/32 Corsair F4U-1D. It took me 10 months to build it. I spent a lot of time building the cockpit and engine. I used this time a lot of products from ANYZ and the belts are from HGW models. I used [...]
I had built this quite a while ago but did not like the orange peel in the paint so I got rid of it and bought this one which took me about four days. Krylon matte midnight ink spray paint bought at Lowe’s. Supposedly the way they looked [...]
I bought this kit for $10 at a model show and just had it sitting around for a rainy day. Well, we haven’t had a rainy day in Minnesota since May so I opted to use it for this group build. I wish I had something more unique to offer, but [...]
I used the Tamiya kit to represent an FG-1D Corsair flown by LTC Donald K. Yost of VMF-351 aboard the USS Cape Gloucester, July-August, 1945. It's my contribution to the Jim Sullivan Group Build initiated by Louis Gardner, so thanks Louis [...]
Hello everyone. I'm back after a while for this new model. Again it is a Corsair but with markings and paint used by the British in the Pacific theater.
The original kit is from Trumpeter which comes with good details and gave almost no [...]
A gift from a friend,the good old Hasegawa (Mania?) mould,finally finished after being retrieved from the 'as is' piles...
Here is my completed entry for the Jim Sullivan Memorial Build. Fittingly it is a Corsair of the VMF-223 stationed in Torokina, Bougainville, in December of 1943 Decals are from Fundekals and the main wheels are from True Details.
I [...]
This is the Hasegawa kit which was first released around 2001. I built it when it was a brand new release, but never shared it here, or anywhere else for that matter. I actually just unpacked it from a moving box last month. The decals [...]
Hello everyone. This is a short note to let you know it's official.
Our website owner / admin Martin (the wonderful fellow who has made Imodeler possible), has kindly given permission for us to have this brand new group build, held in [...]