F4U-1 Project (VF-17)
190512: Detail was simple, but very well executed.
190512: Detail under a black enamel wash.
190512: Detail under an olive green enamel wash.
190513: Fuselage and wings fit together beautifully. Note masks for the wheels and prop tips.
190513: Fuselage and wings fit together beautifully. Note masks for the two canopies (huh?).
190514: Instrument panel with white dry-brushing.
190514: No seam lines to speak of!
190514: Canopy also fit like it was meant to be there.
190514: Ready for primer.
190514: In grey rattlecan primer.
190514: In grey rattlecan primer.
190514: The spare canopy, too, in grey rattlecan primer.
190515: A coat of rattlecan flat white in the underside, and ModelMaster MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Gray (representing NS Intermediate Blue) applied.
190515: A coat of rattlecan flat white in the underside, and ModelMaster MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Gray (representing NS Intermediate Blue) applied.
190515: Topsides next.
190515: Topsides next.
190515: Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue)
190515: Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue)
190515: Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue)
190515: Topcoat of Future floor wax.
190515: Topcoat of Future floor wax.
190515: First flight!
190515: Applying the markings.
190515: Applying the markings.
190515: Applying the markings.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
190516: After a satin topcoat.
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Album info
F4U-1A assigned to VF-17, late 1943
(Academy F4U-1 Corsair in 1/72, Kit #1657 c. 1998)
Depicts F4U-1A BuNo 7640 of VF-17 flown by squadron CO, CDR Tom Blackburn, USN in the Solomon Islands.
Kit purchased 2014 at IPMS Regionals in Baltimore, MD for $3.
Colors are MM Acryl 5-O Ocean Gray (representing NS Intermediate Blue), Lifecolor 5-N Navy Blue (for NS Sea Blue), and Flat White rattlecan.
Markings from Microscale sheet 72-314 (because I was unhappy with the kit decals)
