1/32 Tamiya F4U-1a Corsair - Boyington 17740

[Stuart]

A very tidy looking build John!

[LyleW]

What a cool subject! Love the Corsair, but it always gives me fits.

[Duke Maddog]

That's because it's "bent".

[LyleW]

Good point!

[mustang1989]

Good progress on this one John and glad you picked it up again.

[jkim]

Ran into some issues with the K-4 build so instead of twiddling my thumbs while paint dries, I am going to attempt some painting on the Corsair. The port wing of 17740 is described as being a replacement from an older F4U based on having insignias on both sides of the wings. I'm going to paint this wing in Medium Blue Grey.

The panel lines are pre-shaded in black and then I add a random mottle using bits of brillo pad and splatter templates. The Medium Blue Grey is AK Real Color thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner.



Some variation was imparted by lightening the color for the fabric sections and doubling down on the Blue Grey on random panels.



Into the lightbox for an alternate view. Color rendition is more accurate in the desk shot actually.

[Medicman71]

Very nice! I need to make some notes for this.

[Floki]

That is very impressive looking.

[jkim]

Treating the port wing like a mini-project, I apply the national insignia to both sides using Montex masks. For two-color masks, you can do the colors in a number of different orders. I chose to do the dark blue background first and the white star last.



I did the top of the wing similarly and added the white bars afterwards.



For context, here is the wing mounted on the unpainted Corsair...

[jkim]

That is very impressive looking.

And no masking for those panel variations! With the thin mixes and similar colors, I was able to get away doing it freehand.