1/48 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair |
Gallery Article by Jonathan Polyakov
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Oct 17 2003
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Hi All,
This is my almost
first posting of a model on the web. This model depicts an aircraft from
VF-84 aboard the USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), Feb 1945. I built this model OOB
using the kit decals (which cooperated and conformed well). The only
deviation I made was masking and painting the walkways on the wings and flaps,
getting a good matt finish.
There are no
stencils and wires on the model for the simple reason I hate to mingle with
those things. The landing light lens I forgot about and noticed after the
shots were taken. The Spit Instructions are part of my next project
(oops).
There's really not
much more to say about the Tamiya Corsair as it is known for its quality and was
discussed extensively. The only problems I had was self created, really
(and trust me, if there is a possibility to get something wrong in a kit - I'll
find it). This said, I read somewhere that this kit is supposed to have
the wings in the folded position and I must agree that it is an easier
build that way (I use the word "easy" in a loose matter - its still a
Tamiya kit).
Click on
images below to see larger images
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Now, I want to use
this almost first post to thank a few good friends.
Moty
Palatshy - the man responsible for the pics here (was dragged from his
home after a day of hard work for this). Filippo
Rossetti - who's "airbrushing rules of thumb" I use from
the first time I airbrushed. Rob Radlein -
you won't believe what he does with hand brushes. Shannon
wham - who posted a pic of this plane (after waiting to see it for so
long that he stopped believing there is a Corsair) on the "Dave Roof
challenge" (hence the almost first post) and by doing so made work on
this post and not postponing it again and again and Danny
Such - a great WWII and armor modeler, we build models together since we
met, a long time ago.
Also, I want to
thank every one that helped me this passed 3 years, its a longer list than I can
post here.