1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5 (Argentine Navy)

[Bladerunner]

Ok - so I love Corsairs... and any excuse to build one is a good excuse.  This time is a Latin American Group Build - but I thought I would share with you guys:

[Bomber Boy]

Mighty fine detailing There BR, well weathered!

James

[and!e]

its a great begining!! will watch the building.

[Chris S]

Yip ....Excellent start !!  Love the IP .

Chris.

[Glorfindel]

Sweet start.

[adampolo13]

I'm going to keep a close eye on this one!!!  Great start!

[JMac]

I think Corsairs are very cool also.

And this one looks like it's got a fantastic start. I'll be following your build, maybe get some tips & pointers before I set on building my Tamiya F4U-1D.

[glennonrp]

Very impressive cockpit, seat, and tub!

[Bladerunner]

A little work on the fuel tanks:

[Myke]

Wowzah! Thats some might find detailing. Fuel tank looks great with the additions too.

[Bladerunner]

Thanks guys!  Sorry for not updating for some time....  The fuselage is not the easiest to put together cleanly.  It would have been one thing if there was no fuel/oil filler 'circle' panel on the top.  Unfortunately, the panel like was very shallow and despite my best efforts to close the fuse with no gaps or steps - I had to do some sanding.  Getting that circular panel line back (which is really a compound circle) was a pain but I think I got it. 

The fuseleage also needed a spacer near the nose to properly mate with the bottom wing.  I learned that lesson the hard way the last time I build this model.  The other 'problem' is the attachment of the cowl... despite hasegawa's obvious cleverness with this design, its not a perfect mate and some clamps, sanding, will have to be used.  But this is supposed to be a 'shake and bake' right?    

Anyhow - I think I got it back on track.  Here is my engine.  I made the ignition wires from lead thread.  The 'clamps' are tamiya tape.  The rest is just paint and some post shade with some drybrushing:


Here is the plane as it stands now - the cowl is not attached

[Myke]

Look like after your efforts, everything came out pretty clean.

[ShutterAce]

That engine is fantastic!

[PharmPhluegel]

Lovely work on the cockpit and painting the details.  Were they dry brushed or picked out by hand?

[PANZERMAN]

Terrific job. Keep up the good work.  Bill