1/48 Hasegawa F4u-5N

[grobber]

Hi All

The Corsair has been my favourite plane since watching Baa Baa Blacksheep but I have not build on since I got back to modelling so fo my next build I will be doing the Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair with it I will be using the Wolfpack cockpit and Eagle strike Corsairs over Korea Part 2
Here is what I am starting with.

















See you soon
Rob

 

[grobber]

Hi All

This is my first build update and surprise surprise I am starting with the cockpit. I figured I wanted to try something a little different, I was fortunate to sit on a workshop by Michael Rinaldi of TankArt fame where he went through how he made use of hairspray in his armour build. The truth is I only dabble in armour but I wanted to see how this would work if I applied to a cockpit. Now I do not know what the reality is but in my mind I just have to believe that a corsair cockpit has to be beat up.
So step one remove the stubs and clean the resin



Next we prime and get it a coat of Citadel Gun Bolt Metal, this was then follow be a couple coats of hairspray



Next the base cockpit colour, I went with Tamiya XF-4 Yellow Green, it is probably too light but I figure with some washes it should darken up.



Once this dried I used some warm water and various brushes to distress the paint and create some chips. Once I had something I was reasonably happy with the details were painted







Cockpit was then attached to the cockpit



The Cockpit was sealed up



See you soon

Rob

 

[Quaralane]

Looks sharp all buttoned up like that

 

[CallSignOWL]

good start

 

[JMac]

Sharp start on the corsair cockpit. Looks great.

 

[Bladerunner]

Its a great kit except for that mold line on the fuselage - a paint to deal with that one!

Anyhow - this was a great build for me, I did it twice so good luck with yours!!!

 

[grobber]

Howdy All

Another update. I got most of the kit put together, the fit was pretty good I did need some putty but I think most of the problems were my own doing



I am planning to dress up the engine as well with some lead wire. So out comes my drill and lead wire



I drilled a whole lot of holes



And then I gave it a coat of steel paint followed by a wash



More updates to come


Rob

 

[grobber]

Hi All

Some more work on my bend wing bird. I did some more work on the engine most of which was spent threading wiring though my drilled holes



Next was to paint up the other bits



Finally put it all together and weather



With the engine don I went on to some of the annoying bits, I needed to take care of some injection marks on the gear doors



Finish building and check my seams



And then prime



I will be back with some paint

Rob

 

[Quaralane]

She's looking sharp so far

 

[CallSignOWL]

wiring was fun eh? have your eyes uncrossed yet? lol

 

[grobber]

wiring was fun eh? have your eyes uncrossed yet? lol

One good whack to the back of the head and I was good


Ok here is a quick update. I have been experimenting with a few techniques in my finish and here I am now. As I have been look at pic of Korean Corsairs the one thing is that they are pretty monochromatic, pretty much a solid colour. There was chipping but not as bad as WW2 Corsairs so here is my best attempt so far.
Let me know what you think





Rob

 

[Quaralane]

She's looking good.
Chipping looks about right for the Korean Conflict

 

[grobber]

Hi All
Not sure where you post final reveals here but here is mine .










Rob

 

[Papermodder]

Looking fine Grobber.
On this forum we usually post our final images at the end of our build thread, rather than starting a new thread.

Jim

 

[Chris S]

Looks good

Chris.

 

[JMac]

Very nice.

 

[Quaralane]

Looking fine Grobber.
On this forum we usually post our final images at the end of our build thread, rather than starting a new thread.

Jim

Right on both counts. Always disliked having to find the 'new' thread for the finished pics on some forums.

Corsair looks great

 

[Cash]

Nice one.

 

[KING57]

Very nice.

 

[letsgobrowns82]

Very impressive work you have here!