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Stormin Normin
Norm Sheppard (Stormin Normin)
US

Building a Basic Corsair
Writing an article for FineScale Modeler

Scale:
1:72
Status:
Completed
Started:
September 13, 2016
Completed:
October 7, 2016
Time spent:
16 hours

I decided to build a simple kit and document it along the way, hoping that a modelling magazine might buy the article from me. In the end, it worked! So an old Hasegawa kit that I bought for one dollar brought home the bacon!

Project inventory

Full kits
1178
F4U-1D Corsair
Minicraft Hasegawa 1:72
1178 1981 New box
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Photoalbums

Hasegawa Corsair
7 images
View album, image #1
1:72
I finally made the cover of FineScale Modeler with an article that they bought from me a year ago. I was hoping to be th...
1:72 F4U-1D Corsair (Minicraft Hasegawa 1178)

Comments

13 November 2017, 22:53
Norm Sheppard
Easy kit to put together, easy to paint (just one colour) and kit decals. Right out of the box. Simple and fun.
13 November 2017, 23:11
Clifford Keesler
Nice.
14 November 2017, 01:44
Norm Sheppard
I was totally blown away when the 35 year old decals went on so well.
14 November 2017, 09:02

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