Tamiya 1/32 F4U-D Corsair

[BarryW]

Detail painting. Some of this has decals but these are easy to mask and look much better painted

First the black walk areas on the wings and the first stage of the white stripes on the nose. All done.



Masked for second stage, black no walk lines and the last of the white nose markings.







A little bit of touching up needed. All together happy with the result.

 

[BarryW]

Decalling under way and once again the Flory Models stand comes into its own.

 

[BarryW]

Decalling done.

These Ventura decals are not very good. They are admirably thin, contrasting to the thick decals Tamiya are famous for but, like Tamiya they are quite brittle. Most of the larger ones 'broke' and had to be pieced together and in one case I was left needing to play around trying to mix paint to match the blue. The picture below shows it. I hope that when dry and I have sprayed a varnish coat over the top that it won't be noticeable.

Here is the too

 

[Edbert]

First the black walk areas on the wings and the first stage of the white stripes on the nose.

What is the white tape you are using in those photos to execute the curves? Did you just cut some vinyl into a curve?

I need to do similar on the noses of a D3A and B5N and am dreading the idea of cutting perfect (and symetrical) curves with a knife.

 

[BarryW]

What is the white tape you are using in those photos to execute the curves? Did you just cut some vinyl into a curve?

I need to do similar on the noses of a D3A and B5N and am dreading the idea of cutting perfect (and symetrical) curves with a knife.

I just used a narrow Tamiya tape for curves and filled in with normal Tamiya tape. If you look at one of the pictures posts previously you can see the white Tammy 'curve' tape.

 

[BarryW]

After a semi gloss coat to seal the decals I applied a Flory White Wash this is a sludge wash, clay based and works better for this kit than my more usual pin washes.

Above looking a mess. Once dry I will use a kitchen towel, slightly dampened, to remove surplus. After which.

I then used damp cotton buds working methodically wiping in air

After another semi gloss coat I remove the masking. Here is the result, some weathering to do next.

 

[BOATMAN]

god Barry that plane looks fab you certainly know how to do all these washes an such brilliant modelin
chrisb

 

[BarryW]

some completed photos

 

[BarryW]

more.......

 

[BarleyBop]

Gorgeous.

 

[Tommergun]

Absolutely stunning.

 

[Rob]

Great job Barry. I have never tried that clay wash or heard of it. After watching your results? I'm going to look into that stuff.

 

[BOATMAN]

BRILLIANT Barry
chrisb

 

[ambivalentmaybe]

Wow, that's pretty. Lovely plane, excellent build. Thanks for sharing it.