Nacho Z Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 To quote Monty Python: "And now for something completely different." I'm not an airplane builder, this is only the 3rd one that I have built. I participated in a FB group 1 week challenge build. The idea being to start and complete a model in one week with no stress about adding tons of detail and/or correcting every little flaw. At least that is how I took it. I did not make the one week deadline and actually took two weeks. My first week was blown up by life getting in the way. I chose the Academy 1:72 scale kit due to the low parts count and the fact that I could paint it one solid color, and a glossy one at that. I only used what I had on hand. Unfortunately, I did not have the correct shade of blue for my plane but it was close. I also didn't have the exact color for the interior. I did find a formula to mix a couple of Tamiya XF colors to get close to what I needed. This plane represents the one flown by Capt. Phillip C. DeLong in 1945. One heck of a pilot and one heck of a machine! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Great looking Corsair. Definately one of the coolest looking and baddest WWII fighters. 👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bisc63 Posted September 5, 2022 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Beautiful little gull-wing! Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Great Build! Never enough Corsair Kits built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclescott58 Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Beautiful bird. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoopdog Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Love these sexy WWII warbirds! You did a great job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 One of my favorite warbirds. Very will done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadhawg Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 That looks great! That's my favorite WWII era airplane. I might try to pick up one of those. When I occasionally build aircraft, I prefer 1/72 scale, simply because I have no room to put them lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted September 10, 2022 Author Share Posted September 10, 2022 On 9/5/2022 at 12:29 PM, TransAmMike said: Great looking Corsair. Definately one of the coolest looking and baddest WWII fighters. 👌 On 9/5/2022 at 5:26 PM, bisc63 said: Beautiful little gull-wing! Nice job! On 9/5/2022 at 11:18 PM, stavanzer said: Great Build! Never enough Corsair Kits built. On 9/6/2022 at 7:16 AM, unclescott58 said: Beautiful bird. Very nice. On 9/6/2022 at 9:40 AM, shoopdog said: Love these sexy WWII warbirds! You did a great job! On 9/6/2022 at 12:24 PM, Jim B said: One of my favorite warbirds. Very will done. On 9/7/2022 at 6:47 AM, roadhawg said: That looks great! That's my favorite WWII era airplane. I might try to pick up one of those. When I occasionally build aircraft, I prefer 1/72 scale, simply because I have no room to put them lol. Thanks so much for the kind words, everyone. I really enjoy trying something a little different every now and then. Airplane guys will find all sorts of things wrong with this one but I am happy to have it sitting on my shelf. I can’t wait to do one with a proper camouflage scheme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 9/10/2022 at 8:07 AM, Nacho Z said: Thanks so much for the kind words, everyone. I really enjoy trying something a little different every now and then. Airplane guys will find all sorts of things wrong with this one but I am happy to have it sitting on my shelf. I can’t wait to do one with a proper camouflage scheme. Great job sir! I also need to model something else every so often. Several years ago I built a Pitts bi plane and also thought it was a build that the plane guys would tear up. But I entered it in the IPMS nationals in Vegas and it took third place. So you never know. Yours looks fantastic. Car guys make great plane builders. Great build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nacho Z Posted September 26, 2022 Author Share Posted September 26, 2022 On 9/24/2022 at 11:28 AM, Brudda said: Great job sir! I also need to model something else every so often. Several years ago I built a Pitts bi plane and also thought it was a build that the plane guys would tear up. But I entered it in the IPMS nationals in Vegas and it took third place. So you never know. Yours looks fantastic. Car guys make great plane builders. Great build. It is funny that you replied when you did. I took another aircraft to a model contest this weekend and it placed 2nd in the aircraft category. I don’t want to oversell the award. It was nothing close to the Nationals but there were airplane guys there. I enjoy building the Tiger Meet aircraft because of all of the decals. I love doing decals! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brudda Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 11 hours ago, Nacho Z said: It is funny that you replied when you did. I took another aircraft to a model contest this weekend and it placed 2nd in the aircraft category. I don’t want to oversell the award. It was nothing close to the Nationals but there were airplane guys there. I enjoy building the Tiger Meet aircraft because of all of the decals. I love doing decals! Great sir!!! 2 place, too cool! My aircraft friends used to give me a bad time about aircraft until my bi plane took 3rd at the nats. None of theirs placed. I don’t rub it in too bad. Just every meeting LOL!!! Here are some pics, car modelers rule. LOL!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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