Ask me how I know that. It gives the paint a worn look thats really hard to replicate without extensive post shading. The arguments for this are many, mainly shading at scale from what I gather. I'm a night shift nurse and was trying to hurry to get back to work. The worn areas are just right to my eye. Now that I know that is is common practice amongst us to have more than one type of aircraft I was wondering haow many different paint schemes the F4U Corsair had? This is for F4U-1Ds only - Interior Green would be used in the cockpit only. I wanted to represent the chippingbut not just to bare metal. He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. NOTE: Getting all the salt off the plane was difficult at best and I still find salt crystals in some of the extremities. Experiment a little. I used my fingers and a soft pen cap and other items to make sure the vinyl was connected to the plastic. With the exception of two schemes, one arguably and the other definitely experimental, it lasted from the "yellow" wings of biplanes of the 1930s through to the change to gull gray and . The pilot, Lt Mattholie, taken POW and the aircraft captured intact with no damage. The one with japanese markings looks kinda weird, I think I'll build one like that! Aircraft was ferried by boat for further investigation. thats a new one no seriously never seen that on a blue grey F4U -1 /1A..or even a tri colour of any type Let that dry and then remove the saltdamp cloth w/broad brush. 866.580.8727 +1 602.748.4565. Trial and error and fix and repeata lot. In the years that followed, Boyington refused to acknowledge his former sweetheart. They were a departure from my normal process, which at the end of the day will make me a better modeler. After asking Bob about it, i believe the fuselage was re-painted in either one of two ways: 1) The fuselage sides were over-painted with semigloss sea blue (which is a darker colour than Non Spec Sea Blue) or a fresh batch of Non Spec Sea Blue which had not yet begun to chalk due to sun exposure. It would be like my own little Vought assembly line! 2003. As I build I like to take telephoto shots and really zoom in and use a bright flash to pickup details I otherwise miss. After purchasing a book by Michael Claringbould (see References Used below) on Corsair profiles from a show earlier this year I knew I wanted to utilize those more interesting transitions when building a Corsair. - Non-Spectral Sea Blue (ANA 607) - Intermediate Blue (ANA 608) - Insignia White (ANA 601) After careful consideration, i decided Id build an F4U-2 for him. The incredible detail in this research goes to show that. Aswell as the best paints to use for these colors.. i was planing on getting some Mission Model Paints cause i can get em with 25% discount at the moment but i have no clue which colors are correct. I had to go back several times to get rid of a little over spray between the colors. You can see in the pic I had not done that yetbefore I painted I went back and did my best to seal the edges. Note: My son bought this for me as a fathers day present more than a year agoit would become my first 1/32 kit in 45+ years and the fifth model since i returned to the hobby after those 45 years. The kit itself is meant to have retractable gear and folding wings. If youre interested, heres the formula: I lightened by Blue Gray with some white and then went to town, painting in my usual manner of tight, random marbling followed by more general blending coats. In September 1942, he rejoined the Marine Corps. Good info. I am looking to tfigure out the best way to match colors for airbrushing for flat aircraft colors. Well Done, 6 stars & bars . Hello! Powered by Invision Community. but ended up leaving these techniques on the underside and reverting to older methods where Ive honed the skills a bit more. Thanks for the help so far, but i already have nearly all Tamiya paints i need for these builds (interior colors etc.). But dammit, I'll crawl like a Marine. But in the field, resources can be lacking, and priorities elsewhere. Otherwise you'll have a grand mess. There are Radar Altimeter Antennae fitted to the fuselage keel as well as a transponder antenna (not visible). It took a bit careful placement of the fingers and thumbs to line everything up, ensure everything was level, and not create any finger prints in the plastic. You can see the resultsblotches/tonal differences, etc. Dark-washed the underside and landing bays and doors. Because of the thickness of the canopy plastic, I knew I wouldn't have to go into hyper detail. correct colours for the wheel wells, engine cowling, oleos and the internal sides of the undercarriage doors. I continued to weather the aircraft in spots as I finished it up.most notably from the top gas tank on the fuselage, tires, propeller (salt technique), etc. (He had just quit the AVG; she was married to a much older GM executive in Bombay and was traveling to safer shores.) Butin the end that worked because it made the finish more realistic. Airbrushing Basics Diluting and Spraying Acrylics Chipping w/ Gunze Silver, Polishing Clear Parts Testing Mission Models Paints Airbrush Cleaning, Me-109 V-Tail Build Macchi Saetta Desert Scheme Fw-190 V-18 Build, Micron Masking Tape Harder-Steenbeck Infinity Spraying Mission Chrome, And my personal favourite: Matching the Needle Size and Dilution to the Job at Hand. If youve not used these yet, I highly recommend them. All other areas of the F4U-1A were Zinc Chromate Yellow, FS 33481. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Tamiya Corsair is a fine model. Then, blend everything together with the final color that is intended for the scheme. My best guess is the VF(N)-101 planes either had the very highly blended scheme where the Non Spec Sea Blue blends very broadly with the Intermediate Blue, or the intermediate blue sides were overpainted, probably with semi gloss sea blue or Fresh Non Spec Sea Blue. New aircraft shipped from the factory this way, and deployed units complied as they could, when they could. on Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all Modelers Everywhere!! Starting in Dec 1944 the unit was based at Santa Barbara where each plane had large letters and numbers such as 'EE54' on the fuselage (they may have been that way in Mojave). This Corsair photo exactly matches the paint scheme of our plane as it was displayed at one of David Tallichet's restaurants. On this build I decided up front to abandon this process and try something new. 20112022 Gaijin Games Kft. Once I was satisfied with the primer coverage on both models, I let them sit for approx. This custom-made Vought F4U-1 Corsair "Movie Devotion" model aircraft is an exquisite and detailed replica. I did the best I could to remove the adhesive using mechanical means and was able to remove the majority. For the steps that follow, the majority of painting was done with Hataka Orange Line paints thinned with their proprietary thinner at about a 50/50 ratio. Color scheme is Dark Sea Blue over Intermediate Blue and Flat White. Scroll through these to see the progression. I also had one lying around in my stash, and my memory was still fresh from just completing my Goodyear FG-1. Boyington had appointed Lucy as the executor of an allotment for his children from a previous marriage, and by 1945 the deposits added up to some $15,000. Bob wrote an excellent article for THE HOOK a few years back, which stimulated my interest in night fighters in general. One-way pattern and you can get in a rhythm, Sprayed a Testors Clear Coat layer over the entire aircraft and then used a combination of Flory light and dark washesdepending on the part of the aircraft would be effected by either or both. The F4U has undergone extensive flight testing, like its counterparts this plane is a winner. K 1) The plane appears to have had the upper cowl flap modification installed very late in the game, as it has not yet been painted. Oh, and PM me your wifes number, I think mine needs to chat with her. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. Over the entirety of the model, I used highly thinned paint and did some light shading with an almost buff color to simulate sun fading. I wanted bits of chromate primer peeking out, as well. I did buy Gloss Blue, and Gloss White Testors Enamel. Looking at past posts of Corsair builds, it looks like many modellers do paint the main gear wells light grey or even white. skee907 2 min. RE: Corsair Paint Schemes The new Hanger 9 Corsair is nice it is the scheme of Joe Tobul's F4u4 that crashed and he died in last year at an air show in NC.Thats me and and Joe Tobul's Korean war Hero F4u4 at an air show at Frederick Maryland 2yrs ago Attached Thumbnails Reply Like 11-19-2003, 06:47 PM # 7 RCHYFLYER Senior Member My Feedback: ( 1 ) Heres why I used the black-basing techniquecompare a B&W combat photograph with this model in B&Wits pretty decent IMHO. He is the Founder and Editor of The Aviation Geek Club one of the worlds most read military aviation blogs. ChrisK89, John B has never built a Corsair in his life. I painted the blue in over the white and as you can see in this top pictureits not good. Production then switched to the Tri-Colorscheme of Sea Blue/Intermediate Blue over White. Big plus. MSN: 9149 Zoersel (Oostmalle) (OBL / EBZR) Belgium - August 17, 2012. F4U Corsairs 1944 Published at 800 993 px. F4U-1A Exterior Details Eduard. 2) If the plane was re-painted into the graded 4 tone scheme at the depot level (Like NAS Norfolk, Philadelphia, or San Diego), the Non Spec Sea Blue was extended very low on the fuselage sides with just a minimal amount of Intermediate Blue transition. Not show here were three attempts to get the wavy camouflage line down the fuselagewhich required multiple wipes/re-paints. The other weathering technique is purely accidental. Reasonably good plan but youll see later. great read. The two-color scheme was blue-gray over light gray. A single antenna wire attached to the leading edge of the right hand horizontal stabilizer, ran up to the rubber tensioner, and then down to the ceramic insulator fitted to the fuselage just behind the canopy. Unknown to Boyington, some of his pilots jumped into the Corsair for their own hero shots. For many years, the photos remained hidden, but eventually they revealed the truth. It makes other good kits look decent at best. Yes Im well aware of the official insignia changes and that there are frequent aberrations from the official orders and timelines. Careful of the overspray, and be sure to let the air out of the paint before you use it. It's not that easy. Later F4U-2s, such as those delivered to VMF(N)-532, seem to be a mix of Corsairs with the heavily blended fuselage sides, and some that had much broader (and much more clearly defined) swaths of Intermediate Blue on the fuselage flanks (Like Black George). I found a list on cybermodeler for the 3-tone-scheme the Corsairs were painted but somehow it is very confusing with its differences in late and early ANA 601, 602 etc. I think Ill be reverting back to my normal painting process but I did like the addition of post shading, which Ive not done much of in the past. North American B-25J Mitchell Bottoms Up II, Republic P-47D-27 Thunderbolt in French Service, Messerschmitt Bf 109G-4/R6 Regia Aeronautica, Achilles Mk.IIc 17-Pounder Self-Propelled Gun, For reasons Ive gone into at length before, I prefer to prime in black, https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22782. Did the Corsair ever come in overall blue like some Helldivers? Marketplace All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. After I finished the cockpit I took a few days offI had strained my eyes working at this very intently over a week or so.What I did not do here, that Ive seen in a lot of other versions of this, is to create the mess of wires and pipes that actually occupies a Corsair cockpit. Jesse Folmar flying a Corsair from VMA-312 was able to destroy one of two MiG-15s that had bounced both him and his wingman. 1945, however, most aircraft carriers also had on board at least one Marine fighter-bomber squadron equipped with F4U-1C and -D Corsair. New to this sub and getting back into scale modeling. I also kept it localized around high-traffic areas. I left them in but over time, the oils in my hand would soften those marks up and they become more natural looking. But people like Bob are perishing fast. Hi, Jennings, I know, I was in a rush to give what I was hoping would be some useful information. Dear customers, if you do not have a registration at the new e-shop, you need to register again. The Chance Vought F4U-1D Corsair is a fighter-bomber developed from the earlier F4U-1 Corsair. I spent hours visualizing how I was going to pull this offand ended up using a LOT of tape (youll see), Plasti-tak, had to repaint the entire fuselage and parts of two wings and generally spent an inordinate amount of time mixing paints to get some semblance of an overall paint scheme that didnt include too much, or too little variations and hues of blue. All other primed surfaces would have one or two coats of yellow zinc chromate. The possible exceptions to this are the very late F4U-2s (which may have arrived for conversion already in the now-fully-defined Corsair paint scheme we all are familiar with), the 2 -2 conversions that were done in-theatre with F4U-1A airframes, and the very first F4U-2. Corsair F4U-4 paint????? In the only official photo that survived from the original publicity shoot, the first letters of Lucybelle were obscured by an individual standing on the Corsairs wing. Is it not Green zinc chromate? To participate you must either login or register for an account. As an anti-glare measure, all cockpit panels above the lower edge of the instrument panel were to be painted matt black. If you want something exotic, there are some interesting schemes for F4Us and FG-1s that participated in the 1969 Soccer War between Honduras and El Salvador. Corsair Markings and Nose Art of VMF-512. Also applied were some transport tape markings that were common on planes shipped, especially to the Pacific theater of operations. I then purchased a Brassin cowling to give some detail to the engine cowlingsparticularly the engine cooling flaps. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. James N. Cupp of VMF-213, Munda, September 1943 - 17-F-13 in the tri-colour scheme as it appeared aboard the USS Bunker Hill with the US Navy VF-17 units in 1943 Later on when I get into serious weathering I am not above using my fingers to smooth out oil-based stains or places I have too much weathering. Cockpit: FS 34151 Interior Green. VA, how the heck did I miss that? Top RC Model reproduces the F4U Corsair legend in a 93" scale ARF that's packed with realism. Theres really not much to say here in terms of technique, trials, or tribulations. Use Model Master Teal or Boyd Chezoom Teal for the paint match. whole other level. I was trying to get some original aluminum and the anti-corrosion paint to show on the Corsair as weathering after I painted on the final color schemes. I may get so drunk, I have to crawl home. For reasons Ive gone into at length before, I prefer to prime in black. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Academy Minicraft Vought Corsair F4U-4 Kit 1656 NO BOX 1/48 at the best online prices at eBay! I had success w/chipping on earlier models and on the interior so with knowledge I was great at this I pushed forward and. Beautiful scale detail. I used combinations of rust-colored Tamiya Weathering Masters and Vallejo pigments to detail the exhaust stacks. In this instance, I placed the mask and then it sat on the model for several days while the rest of the painting was one. Thanks mate. The Post War U.S. insignia in colour and low visibility. (LogOut/ On the Corsiar -1 Birdcage the interior color of the tail wheel section and most of the interior section forward of the cockpit were painted in a pinkish color called Salmon Pink. Obviously a repainting of an F8F-2 to resemble the old F8F-1 Blue Angels Bearcats. I tried it but it appear as 404 not found :facepalm: :(s, http://live.warthunder.com/ I don't know why it doesn't work. Some a/c may have had Insignia White landing gear after overhaul or repaint. Enthusiats at your service : at 1001hobbies, we sh Theyre incredibly easy to use and add an incredible amount of detail to the interior. With that completed, then is when I did a varnish for weathering purposes. 1) Pacific Profiles Volume 4: Allied Fighters: Vought F4U Corsair Series: Solomons Theatre 1943-1944 by Michael Claringbould (ISBN13:9780648926238) But every so often, a build comes along thats more than that. Recently featured in the movie, "Devotion," the FG-1D . The model accurately reflects the new F4U-1A seat position and accompanying . I use it on some of the places I expect fuel, oil, or other fluid/stain marks. I learned so much building this modelabout modeling and myself. The F4U-1D Corsairs used by the USN, USMC, and RNZAF were only painted in two basic patterns. Armed with a plan I covered the 1/32 Corsair in primer, and used black-basing techniques to fill in the three main colors and felt like I had accomplished something decent. Theres really not much to say here in terms of technique, trials, or tribulations. Whatever, the reason, it happened. In the next article, well describe a more than painless buildstay tuned! the subject of my Tamiya Corsair in the Corsairs GB. My father was chief electrical inspector for Vought. I am wondering if this is actually the case. It appears to have carried its Sea Gray over Light Aircraft Gray paint scheme for its entire life. More information More like this Model Airplanes Kit Model Planes F4u Corsair Wwii Plane Military Diorama Revell Aircraft Modeling Plastic Models Fighter Jets Large Scale Planes, the home of large scale aircraft modeling. There is an illustration in Francillon's Vietnam book of an F3D Skyknight with the same scheme, confirmed by the same markings on the Falcon 1/72 kit. Corsair Markings. This allowed me to place the mask, place the frame, and spray very quickly. It was written off following a ground accident with another Corsair at NAS Barbers Point, TH. You can never have enough sanding sticks/pads/wheels/whateverbut remember plastic is really easy to scratch so make sure you get some fine sanding sticks to work those out. F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town! Dario Leone is an aviation, defense and military writer. Analysis of some crashed examples of F4U-1s indicates black, while the factory Erection & Maintenance Instructions called for Dull . I recommend using gloss paint for the exterior colors as it makes for better decal adhesion and minimizes silvering. Goodyear-built Corsairs were designated FG while Brewster-built aircraft were F3A. There are videos up on YouTube that do a great job of explaining it. Looking forward to seeing how yours comes together! Cart (866) 580-8727 +1 602-635-4646. Now you can buy specialty products that do the same thing (at a much higher cost per oz/gram of course) BTWthe H&S Evolution I'm working with is excellent but at some point yesterday I tipped the bowl over far enough and a lot of paint ran down the front of the brush into the nozzle area. The gloss quickly faded with exposure to the elements. Vought F4U Corsair Tri-Color Scheme Color Profile and Paint Guide The appearance of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Defense, or NASA imagery or art does not constitute an endorsement nor is Cybermodeler Online affiliated with these organizations. Michael de Boer - Aviation Photocrew.