Author Topic: Latest 28mm Scratchbuild Airplane - F4U-1 Corsair (Read 2271 times)

Johnnytodd · « **on:** April 20, 2017, 09:21:45 PM »

I just finished building this 1/56 Corsair. I'm excited with the results! Now its on to the paint. I'm planning a USMC version for the Solomon Islands Campaign.

Cubs · « **Reply #1 on:** April 20, 2017, 09:27:00 PM »

Lovely work.

carlos marighela · « **Reply #2 on:** April 20, 2017, 11:17:16 PM »

Wonderful!

Andym · « **Reply #3 on:** April 21, 2017, 06:59:58 AM »

Excellent!

That propeller must have been a pain in the posterior!

marianas_gamer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 21, 2017, 07:51:02 AM »

Totally shocked that you didn't carve the gull wings as one piece!

All kidding aside, beautiful work as usual and I look forward to seeing it painted.
Lon

Johnnytodd · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2017, 01:02:21 PM »

Andym: Propeller is a pain but not very difficult to assemble. Each blade is cut and shaped separately then glued to the hub, but I struggle drilling the pivot hole dead center. This is where I could use a miniature lathe. I end up shaping it while its spinning on the tip of a drill.

Lon: The pattern I used dated from the 40's and some of the details were not quite accurate, especially the wings. They are carved in one piece, then scored/cut/angled/glued into gullwing shape. Getting all of the angles close to correct and then positioning the wings in the fuselage was the real challenge for this plane.

Humakt: Basswood seems to be the preferred material for miniature carving. It is harder than balsa and has tight grain. Sanding in 220 grit gets rid of large scratches. Then I spray with sandable filling primer(auto body), sand again with 220 then 00 steel wool, then paint. Fuselage =I cut out side profile with band saw then all other shaping is done with sanding blocks (80-220 grit) = no lathe. Inset engine cowl = All of the negative space cuts are done with a dremel "auger" bit (see my other posts for a photo)

Duke Donald · « **Reply #6 on:** April 21, 2017, 04:11:36 PM »

Wow, that's impressive, and very nice!

Johnnytodd · « **Reply #7 on:** April 26, 2017, 08:41:00 PM »

Part of this current Corsair project involves locating a proper pilot figure. Nobody makes a suitable USN/USMC pilot so I did a little conversion using the TAG "General":