F4U-1 Project (VF-17) View: Slideshow Mosaic List 1 2 3 4 September 14, 2022
190512: Detail was simple, but very well executed.
5 September 14, 2022
190512: Detail under a black enamel wash.
6 September 14, 2022
190512: Detail under an olive green enamel wash.
7 September 14, 2022
190513: Fuselage and wings fit together beautifully. Note masks for the wheels and prop tips.
8 September 14, 2022
190513: Fuselage and wings fit together beautifully. Note masks for the two canopies (huh?).
9 September 14, 2022
190514: Instrument panel with white dry-brushing.
10 September 14, 2022
190514: No seam lines to speak of!
11 September 14, 2022
190514: Canopy also fit like it was meant to be there.
12 September 14, 2022
190514: Ready for primer.
13 September 14, 2022
190514: In grey rattlecan primer.
14 September 14, 2022
190514: In grey rattlecan primer.
15 September 14, 2022
190514: The spare canopy, too, in grey rattlecan primer.
16 September 14, 2022
190515: A coat of rattlecan flat white in the underside, and ModelMaster MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Gray (representing NS Intermediate Blue) applied.
17 September 14, 2022
190515: A coat of rattlecan flat white in the underside, and ModelMaster MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Gray (representing NS Intermediate Blue) applied.
18 September 14, 2022
190515: Topsides next.
19 September 14, 2022
190515: Topsides next.
20 September 14, 2022
190515: Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue)
21 September 14, 2022
190515: Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue)
22 September 14, 2022
190515: Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue)
23 September 14, 2022
190515: Topcoat of Future floor wax.
24 September 14, 2022
190515: Topcoat of Future floor wax.
25 September 14, 2022
190515: First flight!
26 September 14, 2022
190515: Applying the markings.
27 September 14, 2022
190515: Applying the markings.
28 September 14, 2022
190515: Applying the markings.
29 September 14, 2022
190516: After a satin topcoat.
30 September 14, 2022
190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
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190516: After a satin topcoat.
Comments 22 November 2024, 21:31 -
Album info F4U-1A assigned to VF-17, late 1943
(Academy F4U-1 Corsair in 1/72, Kit #1657 c. 1998)
Depicts F4U-1A BuNo 7640 of VF-17 flown by squadron CO, CDR Tom Blackburn, USN in the Solomon Islands.
Kit purchased 2014 at IPMS Regionals in Baltimore, MD for $3.
Colors are MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Gray (representing NS Intermediate Blue), Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue), and Flat White rattlecan.
Markings from Microscale sheet 72-314 (because I was unhappy with the kit decals)
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