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That thing is rich in detail and is gonna eat up any weathering you can stand to apply onto it. Nice!

I think this thing had an Argus V-8 engine in it. Cool subject and will be watching!

Man you've got that right Wayne! I've overcome ALOT of obstacles with the help of folks on the forums. This one here is one of the best I've seen for being helpful too. Every forum has a jack wagon or two in it but this one seems like its got fewer of those kinds of people.

Folks..........there just aint a whole lot to work with in the interior/cockpit of this Corsair. It's got a floor/ seat assy, a bulkhead, a control stick and an instrument panel ( which is fairly well, although inaccurate, for an old Revell kit like this). Normally I would spend "boo-coo" money here but 1) I'm on a time line with this build, 2) I'm on a $40.00 budget (to include the price of the kit) and 3) I'm not going to drop a whole lot of money into a Revell Corsair. This kit was first released in 1963 and is a pretty straight forward build like alot of the Revell kits in its day, but suffers from an overwhelming number of inaccuracies. A fairly quick build is what I'm after so this fits right into what I wanted. I shot the floor/ seat and the bulkhead with "rattle can " Olive Drab paint as a dark base coat. I'll be airbrushing a thin coat of Zinc Chromate Green on top of that to give the Chromate a slightly darker color and to pre-shade a little. The starting pic: The floor/ seat assy after painting the Zinc Chromate on, detailing and weathering: The details here aren't correct but I got the colors for them from reference photos. It's somewhat "within the limits of accuracy" The seat belts that I ordered should be here today so I hope to liven the "action" up here a liltle bit. As mentioned earlier , the IP is so-so appointed with detail so I took full advantage of it. The instructions call for a decal............what----ever! I brought out the dials with white lead pencil and the edges of the gauges with a silver lead pencil. I'll be putting a drop of future in the gauges to give them the "glass sheen" look.

That...............is a good idea!

I'll do my best with this thing but I'll tell you this Ray. Slate some display space and get the recently released 1/32nd scale Tamiya Corsair. It's da friggin' bomb! Check out the review: http://modelkitsreview.com/tamiyas-new-1-32-f4u-1-corsair/ Danny thats an excellent idea using sandpaper as a base for asphalt. Right at the moment I can't think of anything that I would use besides what you are doing. I'll toss this one around in my head for a bit..............

Thanks Danny!

Looking forward to seeing the results of your vision Miles.

Looking forward to it. I'll get you down in the intro post bud.

Come on with it Miles! It would be great to have something like that in here!

Not the best kit for accurate representation of this bird but it's going to be a low budget build on this one. I'm actually building this for a friend of mine for Christmas and will do my best to do this kit some justice. I'll only be adding a set of PE seat belts and canopy/wheel masks for this one.

Sounds good to me Wayne!! Lead the way....

'preciate it Wayne. Means alot coming from an armor ace builder!!!

Thanks Ray! For those interested in the 1/48 scale offering of this bike , you have two kits in which to choose from: This one that I built here: that has everything on two sprues: and the better one that JUST came out from Tamiya: with everything on ONE sprue:

Thanks Joe and Bob!

Thanks Wayne!!! You're right about the reference photo. I included it in the All The Rest section.

A couple of months ago I got the "hankerin" to build a kit that I used to have in my stash and in all the moves that my wife and I have been through over the years I lost some kits to damage and this was one of those. That's been about 13 years ago and I always wanted to build it, so I acquired one around the early August time frame and went right to work on it. This is my first ever "all out " attempt on a military vehicle and wanted to build it in the same scale as my aircraft builds. There are some things I need to improve on here and there but am still learning. The kit build was fairly straight forward and very detailed in this scale. One of the only things I really didn't care for was the size of the wheel spokes but hey, you gotta remember that this was the ONLY BMW R75 availabe for a LONG time, so allowances were made. I scratch built the spark plug wires from a GM fuel pump relay coil winding that I had laying around in my "spares" drawer of the toolbox (you know , that drawer that's got all the "good stuff" in it when youre looking for something last minute repairing cars) . I also scratchbuilt the reverse/ low gear shifter rods on the right hand side of the solo bike from stretched sprue. I robbed the main machine gun, MP40 machine gun,(placed on the sidecar seat) sleeping bag(in the sidecar floor) and the tent ( on the spare tire) from the brand new Tamiya BMW R75 kit that I just recently acquired. The Bandai machine gun just sucked and the rest of the items were needed just to keep the motorcycle/ sidecar from looking too bare. I added two PE items from Hauler in the form of the machine gun ammo belt that's draped over the main gun and a sling for the MP40 in the seat. Paints were all Model Master to include the gloss coat for the original decals( how these didn't crumble is still a mystery given how old the kit is) and the flat coat with a couple of drops of light grey for a "sun faded " look. Finally I dry brushed some ground up tan pastel for a "dusty/ dirty" look. This build was far apart from my usual aircraft subjects and was really fun to build for the most part. I do know need to work on my seam removal with wheeled vehicles because there are so much more surface variations than with aircraft. The pics: and that last pic just to reference it to scale.........................

Ok fellas. I got the side car finished and installed. I swapped the Bandai machine gun out with one from the new Tamiya kit that I have in the stash now. The Bandai one just sucked! I also added a sleeping bag to the flooring of the sidecar and a tent to the spare tire area from the same Tamiya kit as well as an MP40 that's laying in the sidecar seat. I added a PE ammo belt draped over the machine gun and a sling for the MP 40 from Hauler. Lastly I added spark plug wires using copper wire from a GM fuel pump relay coil winding that I had in the "spares" drawer of my toolbox and reverse/low gear shift rods from stretched sprue. Paints were Model Master basecoat with a coat of Model Master gloss for the decals and Model Master flat with a couple of drops of light grey for a "sun faded " effect. Finally , I applied a dry brushing of ground up tan pastel for the "dirty/ dusty" look. Decals were from the Bandai boxing. How they didn't crumble after all this time is a complete mystery seeing how old the kit is.

Thanks Danny! Still have the side car to go and alot more weathering..

Here's the solo bike to an almost completed state. Still have a little touch up to do here and there but for the most part it's there. What I don't like about this kit is the fact that the wheel spokes are too big and some of the details like on the saddle bag are a little too toy like. Doin' the best with what I have here. I have a Tamiya 1/48 scale BMW R75 that I just bought that I think I'm going to build because it's one hek of alot more accurate but this is a fun build so far. I've still got the side car to build and tack onto this part so it's not completely done yet. Just wanted a pic of the solo bike. and that pic for scale reference:

Man it's good to see you around Mike. I know how it is with family, work, etc. We'll be here when you're ready bud.

Dangit Wayne! Your painting and weathering skills baffle me! You really know how to bring an armor piece to life.

I'll second that motion right there Danny!!!! Wow!!!

It's update time! I managed to install the forks and handle bars this morning. I have a wash and a flat coat I need to apply on the handle bars but other than that....they're on! I also installed the gearbox shift actuating rod (made from stretched sprue). The back half of it where it is attached to the gearbox will be hidden so I didn't install an actuator arm to the gearbox. I applied a base coat of German Grey to the headlamp assy this morning as well. What's funny about this camera is it's amazing capability to pick up even the most finest particle of dust and make it stand out like a sore thumb! I can't even SEE this stuff with my eye.......but it sure takes a purdy pic and can take really close pics without a single blur. Wayne hang in there man. We're here waiting for you bud! Danny: Looks like you've got your paint references down pat. That color reference is awesome! Looking forward to more pics man! Here goes with mine:

Thanks Wayne! Glad youre back around and sorry to hear about the shorthandedness at your work! Lookin' forward to getting back into the groove here. P.S. I love that headless horseman model of yours. That thing is awesome!!