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Bonsoir,

Thans again Mates!
Miss Clémantine is TOP!!
So, small progress on the rear wheel: New bolts, castle nuts from resin and brass.
Plastic card is also used to add details on the beautiful Tamiya parts









Same for the gear legs with parts scribed and sculpted as the scissors and the leg actuator









Paint and wash inside the beautiful wheels from Barracuda



Then First washes on the parts using oil and acrylic











Soon the dry brushes to tone down the first "aging" work.

Voilà, voilà!

Pascal

:John

Hi,

Thank you John

Oils out once again, but for dry brushing now.

Rear wheel:





Main gear leg:





Frisket to mask the inside of the wheels, and H77 Tyre Black:





... Then another coat of toned down black (with grey) on the top and upper sides to start the weathering process.
Great to enhance the wonderful engraved surface of the Barracuda wheels: Thanks a lot Roy!!







Sorry for the pics with the Flash, but it's not easy to show the shades (or nuance?...) but that's the aim:

That can be seen on the tire on the background



Test fit of the complete tail wheel mechanism.



That's all.

Pascal

Such a small piece of the plane itself, but the effect achieved makes for a beautiful representation of the unit as a whole.
This model is going to be stunning when completed.
Never watched an Aircraft build before, and have not built once since a kid (48 now).
Maybe I will have a go (I said maybe Will..... ).
Keep up this tremendous work.
John

This is brilliant work so far...loving watching this build!

Hi,

Thank you very much Mates!

The installation continues slowly.
Final details and additions before closing the fuselage are underway.
This is also the time to check the various adjustments.

Here are the last changes in the cockpit:

The oxygen bottle is connected



Propeller and engine control rods are added on the Dashboard



...Then connected to the throttle quadrant



Lights were quickly turned, drilled, painted in black with the front face simulated using Kristal Klear and finally equipped with their power cords before being put in place on each side of the cockpit.









Few addition in the tailwheel bay too, but more as "trompe l'œil" (fooler?...) to give the impression of a busy bay.
Basically it is representative of what is actually contained in the real one, but without really trying to represent exactly.









Finally, the rudder pedals are equipped with their adjustment knob and the footrest "ramps" detailed with photo-etched reinforcements.





Voilà, voilà!
Not much, but things that I want to be here.

Pascal

Its to much detail
The detail is exquisite, truly exquisite. You surely can't cram anymore in ..or can you
John

Hi,

Thanks a lot for kind comments John!

Started to detail the wheel wells...











... Still have a lot to do.
Flaps are also on the bench and will be detailed with PE.
Wings oil coolers will also be detailed with PE, but not the one provided in the kit.

Voilà.

Pascal

Crazy amazing work.....wish I had those skills, the equipment, resources and patience!

Good evening,

Firstly a big thank you to you to follow the WIP of the small marvel from TAMIYA.
And of course a big thank you for all your kind comments!

Wheel wells are superbly handled by Tamiya and their installation is precise and cleverly designed : a joy to build!
I find that some details can still be added very simply. It will give a little more reality to this space that is a bit empty.

The hydraulic distributor is prepared, lightly modified, drilled and finally equipped with its piping.
It was finally set up against the front wall of the bay.
Other pipes depart from the distributor through the aperture provided for this purpose.
Others from the wall, walk behind the retraction actuator to reach the small forward compartment.

Various pipes installed on the root partition side are formatted to run on the bottom of the compartment and back on the opposite to finally get lost in the passage toward to the folding part of the wing.

Well, after all this Blah Blah as preamble, pictures.
They are taken with and without flash in order (achieved or not? ..) More clearly show the details.















That's all.
Not much for today, but it's pretty long and time consuming.

More soon,

Pascal

Hello Pg265

Very nice work on your engine and on the Corsair.

C'est super ce que tu fais.

JiP.

Still breathtaking.

John

Hi,

Thanks a lot Mates

Little progress in appearance, but it's an important step that is preparing to be crossed.
Wheel wells are now detailed and will allow me to soon spary the interior color on that part of the plane.
Oil coolers assemblies are also ready to be painted "Salmon" then "Light Gray".
La baie de droite:





The hydraulic distributor of the compartment:



Installed:



I lost one and ...still does not explain to me the relentless calm that I showed face the ordeal.
This one comes from one of the other boxes; but I'll have to order a sprue to replace the part...

One of the wings oil coolers:





I replaced the original photo-etched by the one proposed by Radu Brinzan, and masked it before primer and camouflage.
The parts are much finer and detailed than the kit ... already pretty!

Everything is connected:



One of the wing root extrados:



Voilà, voilà.
More soon.

Pascal

No words required.
John

Hi,

Thanks John

To continue on the wing and the central portion particularly, I started to work on the flaps.
These "Belles Bêtes" so special and identifiable amongst all!
The Tamiya assembly is of impressive quality and rendering without external addition is already terrific.

However, I decided to replace some kit parts by few photo-etched from Eduard.
This also causes a bit of rework on some kit parts ... that will need some adaptation .
The result, however pleases me, so it's worth a little extra work.


First, inside flap:





Central flap:


You have to think to open the perforations of the original parts to give a little more meaning to these details.





Outer wing flap:



Tamiya PE parts to detail the internal sides of the flaps:






Wheel well doors: STUNNING
You just have to slide the doors on the installed actuators to finalize this step!










Perfect angle for both right and left doors:



Voilà.


Pascal 8)

Beautiful.

Wow your like a lil engine factory ! That was kool scrolling down almost like a tv show lol the cylinders pic with the 2 in it look like a transformers head dont ya think?
It is some brilliant work you have done cant wait to see it mounted!

Hi,

Thank You!

Some progress on the Corsair.

Work continues in the central section.
I sprayed a coat of "Salmon" protection in the wheel well:













Light Gray (Gunze):





Zinc Chromate on the doors:





Rims; lovely details on those proposed by Barracuda compared to those (already very thin) from Tamiya:



Oil coolers are completed:



then installed:





They can be distinguished through the cooling flap whose lip was refined:



The leading and trailing edges of the fowler are completed and all awaiting paint:









Test fit:



For assembly that suits me, I placed strips of plastic card at the "break" of the lower wing part.
This enables perfect alignment of the radiators intakes and prevents putty after assembly.
Just leave a slight backwardation(?):





Gluing of the extrados:







I finally started working on the canopy.
Internal frames are never shown or proposed in photo-etched ... it does not suit me.
I (tried) to systematically achieve this detail which seems to me rather important in a cockpit, the more so when it is on the 32nd.





Further details will round, I hope the start of detailing.

Voilà.
Questions and comments are welcome.

Pascal

Holy crap.

How did you do that? Foil, tape?... and then the rivets are punched in?...... but it sticks to the inside?...... and you've done all that without messing up the inside of the canopy?.......



Please tell us how that was done.

Willem wrote:Holy crap.

How did you do that? Foil, tape?... and then the rivets are punched in?...... but it sticks to the inside?...... and you've done all that without messing up the inside of the canopy?.......



Please tell us how that was done.

You could make money out of telling secrets......
That is superb work.
Even for a Tankie, that is superb work.
John

Hi Mates,

Thanks a lot for the comments

The metal frame of the inside of the canopy is made of self-adhesive aluminum strips.
The two lower main frames are glued in place then cut following the plastic part shape.
They are installed inside the canopy following the external frame, then "riveted" into place using a Beading tool set enhance the effect of volume.
This will also eventually allow to get some effects, representative hopefully operational use I hope.

It's not hard to do!
... And no secrets from me: Sharing is the essence of our hobby!

Pascal

Brilliant Pascal.

Thanks for the info.

Hi,

You're welcome Will

Small progress...
Time to work the same way on the windshield.





Test fitting.



Pascal

Pascal, This is truly a work of art. I have this kit in my stash and I don't think I will come anywhere near what you have done but WOW. I eagerly await future progress on this one. -Jon

Hello there,

Thank you.

Tiny update.
In order to definitively close the fuselage and install the center wing box, the latest additions are underway.
It is therefore necessary to finalize the cockpit and the engine to have no surprise during assembly of the firewall.
This last determines the successful integration of the entire front section.
The motor is thus completed to 98%:







Some details still need to be added before a light "aging" and installation of reinforcement arms of the lower window:




More shortly ...

pascal

Hi,

Small progress, but progress.

I was not really satisfied with the cockpit because of the details I had decided not to represent ... were missing!
So I removed the support of the hydraulic system to add connections and pipes.
It seems a bit raw at the moment but once painted, it will look better.

Fittings .031 "and .038"
0.3 cables pipes, 0.5, 0.6.









That's it.

pascal

Pascal, you state "That's it"......
Its more than most could handle my mate.
Still awesome, still beautiful.
John

OK, I am working on this very kit right now and after paging through this thread, my emotional state is becoming....err....unglued. I'm racing at light speed between scale modeling ecstasy and intense, depressed thoughts of inadequacy. I now have only two choices. One: throw it away and admit I am not worthy or...Two: take it to the next level and prove beyond a doubt that I'm not.

Tamiya made such a wonderful kit. Pascal, you've made even the great Tamiya look childish and toy-like. Why have you gone and ruined all our lives?

LOL! I kid you of course. You are truly a master! This thread couldn't have come at a better time. Thanks for sharing everything. I've now got so many ideas I'm literally freaking out!

By the way, I have beer...lots of beer. And snacks. And have access to high performance aircraft. Just say the word and you can move in tomorrow and begin a life of mentorship. The wife? Hell, I'm sure she won't mind. She doesn't like scale modeling anyway. Besides, what could she possibly do to compare to this?

Jeff and Pascal the new modelling buddies.......but no Jeff, I saw him first, he is my Buddha.
I know what you mean though Jeff .
Sometimes you look on here and think, "yeah, I'm learning and getting results I'm happy with",
...then Wham !
Along comes Pascal and takes the level of skill all over the shop. The feelings of inadequacy and downright loss creep in.
Its alright though, because were all as good and all skilled in our ways (except Pascal, who is a virtuoso and artist ).
Thanks both of you for making me smile.
John

Good evening,

Thanks so much for your kind comments Mates!
Don't talk to me about Performance Aircraft, or I can jump in the next liner!!
I love aircraft, perf aircraft, flying!!!
Is it a Stearman in your avatar? N2S, PT-13?
A friend of mine have one at the airclub... and a Piper J2... and a Lockheed Electra

Let me know if you need information about the Corsair.

The cockpit is now enclosed in the fuselage.
I finalized the stick adding the conduct of the "funnel". Hard to see with the center wing box in place, but I will try to take a picture tomorrow.
Lower window reinforcements are also installed, painted and slightly weatheredas well as the "bottom" of the cockpit.
The pipes have all well took their place: Cool!





Next step : Maybe weathering the wheel wells



I also paint the internal frames of the windshield and canopy.
Green for the first, to have the cockpit color on the lower area of the transparent part:



Still need to install the flap control handle on the left side, straddling the transparent part and fuselage.
Tamiya part is misplaced in my opinion. Eduard seems to have made ​​the same error on the new resin cockpit ...

The canopy is equipped with its opening handles , slightly visible at the moment, and receives a coat of zinc chromate.



The under layer will allow a possible additional small effect in the weathering process...
I know it is not really consistent in terms of color (maybe hue is the right term? Sorry for my poor English...), but ...

More soon.

pascal

pg265 wrote:Good evening,

Thanks so much for your kind comments Mates!
Don't talk to me about Performance Aircraft, or I can jump in the next liner!!
I love aircraft, perf aircraft, flying!!!
Is it a Stearman in your avatar? N2S, PT-13?
A friend of mine have one at the airclub... and a Piper J2... and a Lockheed Electra

What are you using for reference when adding all this bling? Books, internet, or just a lot of pictures? Do you have a Corsair at the airport next to Clementine?

Yep, it's a Stearman. It's actually one that was flown by the Tuskegee Airmen in Alabama. Georgeous aircraft! It's in the Smithsonian now.

Hi Jeff,

Part catalog, EMM, SRM, Flight Manual...
No, no Corsair at the Aeroclub.
Just a small Aeroclub with few wonderful planes.

Pascal

Good evening,

Progress but few pictures.
After bonding the two halves of body, the bead is removed with a  blade.
A very rapid transition from abrasive in places enough to guarantee a good surface finish, no filler.
A slight darker line at the junction area is sometimes perceptible, but it is that the weld of melted plastic.







Exhausts were drilled, refined and covered with a thin layer of "cockpit black":



Very thin layer of Alclad Black Primer in anticipation of the "Airframe alu" underlayer :



The inside of the glass parts are partially weathered:



These tasks have been an opportunity to try one of the last painting tools:



I start to stock up in anticipation of the next ... Corsair



More soon.

Pascal

Good evening,


Small update.

A very thin veil of Light Gray went on aluminum rims.
Maskol protects tires.



The Maskol is removed and black is quickly sprayed to do a touch up on the tire and slightly darken the flanks



The first weathering step:



It was also time to take care of the wings.
One word about the build quality: Perfect!





Wing tips are separate parts ...





Deadly accuracy of the assembly!!

Care should be taken not to forget to pierce the upper surface for the passage of small circular lights mounted from inside.



The propeller received his second thin coat of Alclad Black



Then ... 2 light coats of Airframe Aluminum



The blades are then taken up with a little more pressure and less paint to keep the tone, thickening the layer to make it more solid and less shiny

Time for the Black (Semi Gloss Black from Model Master Acrylic)



The layers are very thin while emphasizing the central, and the trailing edge of the blades.
Lighter on the leading and the rear end face of the blades.



The yellow should be passed quickly on the blades tips.

That's it.

Pascal

Beautiful work, Pascal

Pascal you've given us all a new higher standard to strive for, what an incredible build

Hi,

Thanks a lot Mates!

Time for Yellow!
Masking tape and a bit of Maskol on the tip leading edge:



Yellow Zinc Chromate as primer:



Insigna Yellow:





A mist of yellow is srayed on the back side:





Discreet, but that's the purpose!

Part of the hub is painted Mat Alu and the tip Airframe Alu.



First "wash":



With Hamilton Logos and instructions:



Wings done:



Test fit... Terrific!!



More soon

Pascal

that prop is friggin unreal, I can see you reflected in the hub! fantastic use of different aluminium finishes

WhiteJC wrote:that prop is friggin unreal, I can see you reflected in the hub! fantastic use of different aluminium finishes

My thoughts exactly!This build just keeps getting better and better!

Superb work buddy!

BRAVO!!!

Hi everybody,

Small progress.

Some work done on the exhausts:



With pastels:



"Test fit":





Plastic assembled on the resin P&W:







"Sewing" (Passepoil in French...) done on the headrest:





Small weathering with oils and Humbrol 144.

Second "wash" with oil on the wheels:



That's all for today.
More soon

Pascal

Hi,

Micro progress
But it was a very busy day:

- Sport early this morning (Japan GP practice),
- small flight just after the morning sport to enjoy this sunny day,
- housework (garden ...), but some connection with aviation!




Pics:

Test fitting after some corrections





Need holes! Brassin parts don't have!!



More soon

Pascal

Hi,


Bad day, sad day.
Japan GP. FORZA Jules.

I wasn't satisfy with the grey color.
Parts masked waiting for the new color.



Paint "research".

Aeromaster Blue Gray for the upper surface:





I love that paint!

Same part after post shading of Blue Grey from Gunze on the rivets + light coat of Klir + oils ( W&N Raw Umber for details, Titanium White for effects) + Micro Flat



This one after post shading of Blue Grey from Gunze on the rivets + light coat of Klir + oils ( W&N Raw Umber for details, Titanium White and Olive Green for effects) + Micro Flat



Here, just Gunze Blue Grey with a light coat of Micro Flat



Same thing for the lower surface color.
Comparison between Aeromaster and Gunze.
Heavy black pre-shade...
Gunze on LH, Aeromaster RH:



Gunze Light Gull Grey + Raw Umber + Micro Flat



Aeromaster + Klir + RU + Micro Flat



Gunze H-51





Pascal

Fantastic work and skills.

Scaring the be jesus out of me for when I decide to build mine.

Fantastic work!

Hi,

Thank you Mates.

Small progress on the Corsair.
Paint work is starting on the folding part of the wings.

Gear bay is almost done after the color was modified:





White ZP primer:





Pre shading process on the stabilo.

Dull alu from Alclad over the white primer:





Maskol for the chipping effect:



Time for Zinc Chromate (Model Master Acryl):





Quick hairspray coat:





Soon Stars:



Voilà, c'est tout.

Forza Jules.

Pascal

HI,

Small update.
I cut the front exhaust plate.









Kabuki Stars for the next step



Insigna Blue... and problem with the Gunze white



sanding with 6000



Micro Flat.



... Insigna Blue







Maskol on the ZC this time



I made my own mask.





More soon.

Forza Jules.

Pascal

Amazing work.

Jukes this is really turning into a "master class" thank you