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I took a long break from the resin Macchi M39 because I'm having trouble with boot alignment... I've been building another Corsair, the second from Magic Factory. I chose the unusual subject of Ike Kepford 😉 that others on this forum [...]
Having built a number of A-4's over the years in 72nd and 48th scale. Those kits, Fujimi, Monogram, Hobbycraft and Hasegawa pretty much had the same philosophy of assembly with some minor differences, for example the Hobbycraft kit nose [...]
It's finally finished!
Nothing in particular to add except that I followed the details of what I found online especially in reference to the nice article by Dave Hansen ( @davidhansen ) ((link) and (link)). The effect is completely [...]
I recently got round to finishing these pair of Corsairs from Magic Factory's new tooled set, this set is a dual-combo build of an F4U-1A and an F4U-2 Nightfighter but with minimal effort the -2 can be reverted to a -1 which is what I've [...]
Make another post to update on the progress of the work on my 4 Corsairs...
In particular this is the first (F4U-2).
I'm experimenting with the painting process which for now has included a gloss black base and chrome finish for the metal [...]
Hi! After a long time I'm returning to my favorite activity... I'm trying my hand at the new Magic factory box. I took two and I'm trying to make them with a combination of variously arranged wings, I hope you like it... I'll keep you [...]
F4U-2, "White 212", Midnite Cocktail. On April 14, 1944 flown by Capt. Howard Bollman USMC shot down a Mitsubishi G4M near Kagman Field, Saipan.
Wanted to try this Magic Factory kit and was very pleased. Excellent full kit [...]
The F4U Corsair was designed by Vought Aircraft in response to a 1938 BuAer RFP for a fleet defense fighter. The prototype appeared in 1940, the first fighter to be powered by the new Pratt & Whitney R-2800, 2,000 hp radial engine. In [...]
Photos to come later. This is first impressions:
Most important: don't believe the voices over at Hyperscale. The kit is not unbuildably wrong - not as much as the usual critics are unreformable.
The rivet pattern in the wings they are all [...]
New 1/35 Nato weapon sets from Magic Factory, it's said to be released May some time.