eModels.co.uk 1/32 Tamiya Vought Corsair F4U-1 Photo Build

Post by **Paul** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 8:52 pm

Ill post the videos in the You tube section and post links to each thread, as i want to photo document this build too. The video build thread can be found here. http://intscalemodeller.com/viewtopic.php?f=64&t=2140

I had a good chat with peter at emodels today and i think we are both excited by this build, i know i certainly am

Anyway the in box review has been done and sent to emodels to upload, ill post it up once done, i know lee did a review, but i couldnt build it and not review it, im not the best at reviewing kits so excuse me if the review isn't up to standard

Anyway the kit, i haven't taken pics of the sprues as the video shows it all, but the level of detail is superb especialy the riveting.

I made a start tonight on part 1, the cockpit.

The instructions are very clear and concise.

The main cockpit parts cut of the sprues and tidied up, sorry about the iPhone pics my dslr battery had died

And all glued in position, the kit is a joy to build, fit is superb with alot of parts holding themselves together without any glue.

Next stage, priming in alclad gloss black base, can anyone see where this is going

Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 9:27 pm

Wow I'm drooling all over these photos need to get a cloth. The detail is amazing I'm really looking forward to watch this come together Paul what scheme you going to do and if possible can you post what colours you're doing. I've done a corsair before a while ago but I got the wrong colour so it would help for when I get another.

Cheers nige.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:00 pm

Nice stuff so far dude.

Post by **Paul** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:09 pm

T3hGuppy wrote:Nice stuff so far dude.

Cheers mate, part 1 is rendering now so should be up soon

Nige201980 wrote:Wow I'm drooling all over these photos need to get a cloth. The detail is amazing I'm really looking forward to watch this come together Paul what scheme you going to do and if possible can you post what colours you're doing. I've done a corsair before a while ago but I got the wrong colour so it would help for when I get another.

Cheers nige.

I'm going to do the three tone scheme, dark blue, light blue and off white.

The colours required are ANA606, 608 and 601. These convert into FS colours, mr hobby does one of the colours but only close matches for the others so I think I use the akan set below

This akan set seems to fit the bill although the FS numbers don't match on one colour (the dark blue)

http://www.hobbycolours.com/product_inf ... cts_id=177

I tried spraying akan paints the other day for the first time and they airbrush beautifully.

Post by **Daishi12** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:35 pm

Wow, the level of detail is superb and I will follow the build with anticipation. P.S. have just seen Peter's announcement on FB about the video build, so no pressure on you mate

Post by **Paul** » Wed Aug 28, 2013 10:38 pm

Daishi12 wrote:Wow, the level of detail is superb and I will follow the build with anticipation. P.S. have just seen Peter's announcement on FB about the video build, so no pressure on you mate

Nah none at all mate

lol

Post by **Coen** » Thu Aug 29, 2013 10:44 am

Oooooooo

is all I can say big guy.
This is going to be an amazing build.
Just look at that cockpit.

Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 2:10 pm

Cheers fellas.

Part 2 is underway today, I've just stopped to let paint dry before adding chipping fluid.

For anyone interested this is my camera set up now, it's in my spray booth at the moment but its similar when over my workbench.

Wide shot to the left close up on my lamp held on by a gorilla tripod

I can look at the screen directly in front of me as a reference too

So I assembled the seat and rear bulkhead with the PE bullet proof plates.

These were then primed in alclad gloss black base

I was planning to use dull aluminium but it was actually too dull so I used alclad aluminium In the end.

Next,up chipping and then the interior green

Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:44 pm

Ok so the chipping solution was applied and left to dry, two coats in total then the mr hobby interior green airsbruhed on. Once dry it was wetted and brushed hard removing some of the green paint work showing the aluminium paint underneath. i think it looks good. Next up ill be hand painting the cockpit details after chipping the front section. Just 2 hours of footage on two cameras to edit.

Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:47 pm

great work on the cockpit is that chipping a bit like the hairspray technique?

Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:49 pm

Nige201980 wrote:great work on the cockpit is that chipping a bit like the hairspray technique?

Yes Nige just its a water based product, i need to get just the normal chipping fluid as this one is real hard work to "chip"

Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:52 pm

Thanks Paul what's the difference between the two?

Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:55 pm

Nige201980 wrote:Thanks Paul what's the difference between the two?

To be honest im not sure, the one have is to replicate larger chips, which with it being 1/32 i thought it perfect, but its hard going getting the paint off, so i want to try the other one. i want to do a sinilar effect on the exterior paintwork so want something more controllable.

Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:57 pm

Right I see thanks for the info mate.

Post by **Paul** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 5:58 pm

Just had a look its the worn effects i want, i guess it gives a smaller chipped area?

Post by **Coen** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:25 pm

Holy crap that came out nice.
You thought that out well Paul and the results show dude.
Great stuff.
I'll be interested to see how you work things with that second camera too. Live at Paul's Cave... story at 11...
haha

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Mon Sep 02, 2013 9:31 pm

Nice one chipping came out great works really well in this scale.

Post by **Paul** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 12:25 am

Coen wrote:Holy crap that came out nice.
You thought that out well Paul and the results show dude.
Great stuff.
I'll be interested to see how you work things with that second camera too. Live at Paul's Cave... story at 11...
haha

Lmao cheers Michael, defo got some better close up shots with the new camera so I'm very happy about that. It should be up on you tube in the next couple of days

Post by **Paul** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:51 pm

So i spent the afternoon detaailing up the cockpit, i painted the side panels vallejo semi gloss black, as well as the two instrument panels in preparation of the glass/decal (these have been left of the cockpit for now. Ive been around the switch gear picking out buttons, the instruction and reference book helping immensely. Ive also painted and attached the headrest, as well as the rear tank too. Ive chipped away the footcontrol pedals, foot rest and behind the seat top in the same way i did it yesterday and thats about it. i havent filmed any of this as its too fiddly and boring watching me hand paint everything. Filming of part 3 starts on thursday.

Im gonna add a little more green to the footrest as too much has come off

Cockpit dry brushing, gloss coat, panel wash, matt coat and PE seatbelts in part 3, which will see the cockpit complete.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 5:59 pm

That is amazing detail mate and you have done a great job on it.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:31 pm

Fantastic work dude.

Detailing is really nice.

Post by **Coen** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 7:54 pm

Frak... That's all I can say Paul... Frak.
I'd leave those foot rests. If you put a tiny bit of an umber pin-wash or some pigments in there it would look like regular grim I think.
It's a carrier based aircraft so I don't think there'd be too much dirt or mud. Mostly grim and oily stuff. Lots of scuffing though.

Frak!!

Post by **spruecutter** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 8:00 pm

Really nice work

Post by **Paul** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:43 pm

Coen wrote:Frak... That's all I can say Paul... Frak.
I'd leave those foot rests. If you put a tiny bit of an umber pin-wash or some pigments in there it would look like regular grim I think.
It's a carrier based aircraft so I don't think there'd be too much dirt or mud. Mostly grim and oily stuff. Lots of scuffing though.

Frak!!

Lol Cheers mate it's gonna get an oily pin wash and that's it really no pigments, had enough of them for a while.

Thanks everyone else too

Website · Post by **Gav0909** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:17 pm

Looking good there Paul. If I had the cash then I would be keen to try one of these Tamiya 1/32 kits, I hear the Zero and the Mustang ones are fantastic as well.

Post by **Modelpro72** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 12:54 pm

Cooorrr Lumey!!!

I must say I'm the same shade of colour as the cockpit in envy and awe. Spot on job Paul. Following this!!!

Lenny

Post by **bullgill67** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 2:44 pm

stunning job as always Paul- looking forward to the rest of the build

michael

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 4:52 pm

Right so again ive been working on this, the cockpit is complete, i filmed part three today which get us to where we are in the pics below. Gonna put it to one side for a few weeks now as there's still part 2 to be uploaded to u tube and this one. Really enjoying the build, but i cant build it in a couple of weeks sadly lol. The kit is brilliant anyone considering buying just get it

If you already have it build it now lol

So today i decalled the two instrument panels, which was a complete nightmare, i lost one dial as they are a pig to do and such a fiddly small part.
I then Drybrushed the cockpit (with tamiya chrome silver) which brought out more of the cockpit detail, and then assembled the PE seat belts, they needed annealing to conform to the seat. Little tip, if using a chipping fluid, CA glue kicker takes the paint right off, i nearly ruined the paintwork on the seat.
The seatbelts were then painted in vallejo model colour Stone grey and chocolate brown and the metal work picked out with tamiya chrome silver.

The entire cockpit was given a wash using highly thinned tamiya xf1 and once dry, i dry brushed again returning any lost detail.

The instrument panels and seat where glued in position and then the front binnacle cover and gun sight were masked and sprayed Mr Hobby flat black.

Ive got at least 10 hours of my time in this cockpit, im happy with how it looks, looking forward to cracking on

Obviously the entire cockpit underneath isn't weathered as it cant be seen once in the fuselage.

https://www.youtube.com/user/bnealuk · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:06 pm

Wow great work just amazing.

How would you rate painting this over 1/48 scale tubs.

Easier? as it is bigger of a lot harder.

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:11 pm

T3hGuppy wrote:Wow great work just amazing.

How would you rate painting this over 1/48 scale tubs.

Easier? as it is bigger of a lot harder.

Hard one to answer, easier as its bigger, harder as it needs more attention to detail. Its quite a complex pit compared to 1/46 scale too alot more parts. This isnt even the complete cockpit yet, i still have the side walls to do on the fuselage halves lol.

Its that bloody chipping that took ages

http://www.youtube.com/user/longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:14 pm

great work that cockpit looks very sharp

great work mate

Shane

Post by **alextheblue** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:17 pm

Been through the thesaurus cover to cover, but I can't seem to find a superlative quite expressive enough, so I'm going to have to rely on my own meagre vocabulary (which once profanities are removed is 27 words)..............WOW!!!!!

Absolutely spectacular, I'm not even worthy to post in this thread!

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:25 pm

Simply amazing mate blown away at how great that looks.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:37 pm

This is chin flappingly good Paul.
I think this little cockpit is the best piece of work that I've seen you do.
It's too bad that it'll be buttoned up inside the fuselage.
I'll be looking forward to that vid dude.

theses are for you dude!

And one of these....
HOLY FRAK!

Post by **DC87** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:42 pm

Spiffingly good work Paul

The cockpit is tremendous, you must be a proud man

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 5:43 pm

Thanks guys, i can see some bits that need touching up in the pics so I'll do that, also need to get some decent pics to send to emodels for their Facebook page.

My dslr doesn't have a macro lens yet so I may have to have a muck about

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 7:54 pm

Ok so ive touched up those areas i wasnt happy with as well as added a touch more chipping in places.

Got some better close up pics with my phone (need to get a macro lens for the dslr) These pics are going to emodels too

Post by **VarianWryn** » Thu Sep 05, 2013 8:24 pm

That really is some mighty fine work there Paul.

THe cockpit alone is really something to be proud of.

Looking forward to the rest of the build.

Post by **Coen** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 2:28 am

You can get kits that are just cockpit builds Paul... I think that you would knock those out of the park Dude.
This is about as perfect as you can get.
Superlative work buddy.

Post by **Lee** » Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:29 am

Look great so far matey

Post by **Colin** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 11:53 pm

Great work Paul, were these still shots taken with your Nikon D3100?

Post by **Paul** » Tue Sep 10, 2013 12:00 am

Colin wrote:Great work Paul, were these still shots taken with your Nikon D3100?

No they were taken with my iPhone, as I still need to get a macro lens for the d3100

Post by **MakingModelsAgain** » Mon Sep 16, 2013 9:08 pm

That cockpit is stunning and that paint chipping is perfect!

Post by **alextheblue** » Tue Sep 17, 2013 4:40 pm

The level of realism is quite stunning. When you said there were some bits that you weren't happy with, I failed to see anything - but the latest pics do look even better

Talking of realism, I've thought of a way that we can save the nation a fair old wedge of the £34bn we spend on the defence budget. You and few of the other guys that I consider as "master builders" (pretty much all of the forum - you know who you are!!) get together and build some of the currently active UK military aircraft and the government can pass them off as additions to the fleet. We obviously get a cut of the savings and hold a huge ISM party with the proceeds!!

Post by **Recon1** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:29 pm

Paul,

Love this build series. I am about to start my Birdcage and I have a question. After you chipped the cockpit you did a lot of detailing off camera, including painting the black instrument clusters. Did you brush the black, mask and airbrush, or you just good enough to airbrush without masking

.

TIA,

Kent

Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:33 pm

Recon1 wrote:Paul,

Love this build series. I am about to start my Birdcage and I have a question. After you chipped the cockpit you did a lot of detailing off camera, including painting the black instrument clusters. Did you brush the black, mask and airbrush, or you just good enough to airbrush without masking .

TIA,

Kent

Hey kent.

Any parts actually attached to the cockpit where brush painted, the only black parts I airbrushed where the instrument displays.

Cheers

Post by **Paul** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 1:04 pm

Right so ive been gaging to get back to buildng this, ive been waiting for the eduard mask set and Akah paints, i know the kit has a mask set but its not laser cut needing cutting out, bit daft really. as i was waiting for the Akah paint set to arrive so thought i would get the mask set too.

Got them both now, the paint set looks great and i know it'll spray great as ive been using another set on my mig 29. i got the navy set plus an extra bottle of the dark blue as its the colour i'll use most. Again i got these from hobbycolours.com in greece, very fast postage highly recommend them. The mask set i got of ebay.

So i can get on with the corsair tonight or tomorrow

Post by **EpoxySniffer** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 2:54 pm

I have only just found this thread, glad I did because I have been missing something great. That cockpit is a pure work of art Paul, I am not just saying that, you really have done a brilliant job on it. This looks like a really awesome kit, I can see why people were getting so excited about it. Look forward to seeing the next part of the build.

Post by **Paul** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:35 pm

EpoxySniffer wrote:I have only just found this thread, glad I did because I have been missing something great. That cockpit is a pure work of art Paul, I am not just saying that, you really have done a brilliant job on it. This looks like a really awesome kit, I can see why people were getting so excited about it. Look forward to seeing the next part of the build.

Thanks mate, it is a cracking kit, looking forward to getting going again on it.

Post by **Coen** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 11:14 pm

Oh look... Paul bought more paint.
haha.
After seeing the job done on the Mig, I may have to see if I can find a source of this stuff. It's freaking beautiful.