Korean Corsair

[EasyEight96]

Hi all this will be my first ever GB build kinda nervous I've tried my best not to screw this up...
Anyway here's the kit bought it as second hand kit but never started

Boxart

Contents



This is my progress so far





Thats all now next w.i.p will be on painting the corsair and deciding which scheme to choose
Regards
Matt

[Paul]

Nice entry and quick progress matt .

[bullgill67]

great start and good luck with the rest of the build

michael

[fly1ngdutchm4n]

Wow! your a fast builder!
Nice entry and wip mate!
Looking forward to see it painted!

[EasyEight96]

Thank you for your kind words all I've started fixing up the remaining bits and its painting time hurray will post the pics tonight don't see the timezone posted I choose the wrong one oops

[BALTA1]

Nice progress!

[Coen]

Great stuff Matt, I love the corsair. It's one of the first things that I built as a kid.
You're certainly not wasting any time getting started eh?
Just remember to have fun along the way haha. Too fast and you won't remember it.

[EasyEight96]

Noted Coen ya its fun sometimes to slow down and enjoy that's why I won't be doing the corsair today I am giving myself a good rest by doing my Sherman will post that later. And also thanks BALTA1 for your comment

Cheers
Matt

[Coen]

Haha... you're as bad as all the rest of us Matt haha.
Don't stop modelling... just change what you're modelling haha.

[EasyEight96]

ohh I am too not alone having that habit anyway I just posted my sherman's progress so have a look

cheers
Matt

[Jamesday1998]

looks cool i too am doing a corsair form the from around that time!

[EasyEight96]

Hi Jamesday thanks for the comment hope to see more of your progress soon

[EasyEight96]

Update

Sorry guys no pics for now will put it up maybe tomorrow or on Sunday .
Anyway I've painted up the main color using Mr color navy blue and masked up the parts that need to be painted as well. I did have some issue with the tail doors very flimsy and fragile .


Matt

[Coen]

I'll be tuned in buddy!!

[EasyEight96]

Thanks Coen for the support

Ok here is the progress on Saturday and today. I painted up the corsair with mr hobby navy blue but the finish doesn't look nice at all. Later in the day I've decided to do the second which belongs to the marine corp as I have a navy ver. already.. After painting the white parts including the prop its time to mask up the whole thing. Today I only manage to paint the tail gear's arrestor hook not an easy job btw and also I painted up the prop too but first I painted up the yellow parts first. Tip : To obtain a bright yellow first prime it with white then follow by the yellow. I will reveal pics of the tail gear tomorrow together with the prop unmasked and the corsair's new paint job using Tamiya's X-3 Royal Blue. I also did some pre-shading over the paint job (testing) well it's not as nice as the pro's here but I still like it..










Cheers
Matt

[T3hGuppy]

This is really coming along now.

[Jamesday1998]

this build is coming along nicely!
the pre shading looks awesome and keep up the good work!

[EasyEight96]

OK guys the moment you've been waiting the reveal of this corsair...

Today I repainted the corsair and it is just like what I anticipated. Not sure if you see the pre-shading from the pic but it sure made a difference on this build.





Once dried here's the completed paint job. I also added the drop tanks too







Here is the photo of the completed prop as promised



I've forgotten to take pics of the wheels during paint job. I used tamiya XF-1 Flat Black for the tyres and humbrol 34 for the white. I repeated this on the tail gear wheels too
Here is the photo of the wheels fitted on the corsair already





Later the disaster master came.. When I was applying the decals they just start cracking!!! But thank god I manage to save the damage from getting worst
And here is the completed Corsair!! More pics will posted at the final reveal section.




Cheers,

Matt

[T3hGuppy]

Very nice work buddy.

Shame about the decals the let down of too many kits are the decals breaking up on you.

[EasyEight96]

Thanks ya its true decals sometimes really spoils your day