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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #30 on: April 07, 2011, 07:32:53 PM »
Nice,nice... :-ok
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #31 on: April 07, 2011, 07:48:11 PM »
New shine on old kit :))
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #32 on: April 08, 2011, 07:38:43 PM »
Part of my restoration is to fix some of my less-than-professional results from the first time I built this kit. One of my mistakes twenty years ago was to get glue all over the sliding canopy when I fastened it to the fuselage. Here's the damage:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6661.jpg
April Group Build--F4U Corsair


To fix this I used sandpaper and a lot of patience. I started with some 400 grit that was worn from use and wetsanded the majority of the white area down. I next went to finer grits down to 8000 to get rid of as much of the damage as I could without sanding completely through the plastic.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6662.jpg
April Group Build--F4U Corsair

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6667.jpg
April Group Build--F4U Corsair


The final step was to polish the surface with the two products in my trusty Micromesh Plexiglas polishing kit. After repainting the framework the canopy will be acceptable for this model. If I'd been working towards a contest-quality finish I would either vacuform a new canopy or find a replacement, but the idea here is to show a restoration without spending much money. ;)
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #33 on: April 08, 2011, 07:47:53 PM »
Excellent work! I do the same some time ago but as well I still have Squadron clear sheets for the canopy making, I guess it would be more easy to make it next time.

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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #34 on: April 08, 2011, 08:11:41 PM »
I found my Squadron Thermaform sheets just yesterday, in the back of a drawer full of parts! :-tri
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #35 on: April 09, 2011, 05:36:49 PM »
Great mate :) I also hear that foil for laser printers can be used in same way. My kit get just black panel... lazy today to do anything more
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #36 on: April 09, 2011, 07:03:51 PM »
Great progress guys! :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #37 on: April 10, 2011, 06:46:50 AM »
Tonight I painted the tips and dome of the propeller. After that I hooked up the "good" airbrush and sprayed the blue.
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April Group Build--F4U Corsair


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I'm going to add a post to Sall's Modeling Techniques sticky thread showing how I do most of my painting.
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #38 on: April 10, 2011, 07:17:21 AM »
Clipped wings? British machine?
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #39 on: April 10, 2011, 07:30:20 AM »
Ahhhhh......someone finally noticed the tips! :-ok I thought one of you would have caught it in an earlier "in-progress" photo:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6621.jpg
April Group Build--F4U Corsair


I also added the small vents that the FAA installed in the aft fuselage to vent fumes from the cockpit. These took the place of the commonly used tape on the fuel tank seams that you see on many U.S. Navy and Marine Corps Corsairs.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w117/2AF/IMG_6692.jpg
April Group Build--F4U Corsair


I confess that I didn't modify the cockpit to Fleet Air Arm standards. By rights the sidewall panels should be a bit different and a different seat and harness were used on the Corsair IV. My propeller is correct for the particular airplane I'm building, though some FAA Corsairs used a different blade profile than the U.S. airplanes. 
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #40 on: April 10, 2011, 07:34:19 AM »
I make drawings of this plane for book about this plane some time ago and one of variants I made was FAA
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #41 on: April 11, 2011, 02:51:02 PM »
Looks nice!Good job! :-clap
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #42 on: April 11, 2011, 04:58:39 PM »
Cockpit on from my side :))
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #43 on: April 11, 2011, 09:14:11 PM »
Good! ;) :-ok
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Re: April Group Build--F4U Corsair
« Reply #44 on: April 15, 2011, 08:40:23 PM »
I have enter into the painting progress. In the box was given two options for painting and I have choose sample flown by Blackburn. Image show that camouflage pattern differ from the one given in instruction so I will continue work in regard to image. One point... I have feeling that something miss and when I painted top in the dark blue color I realized that missing thing is the aerial must on the fuselage front. Will cement this some later
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