Subject: Re: Submission for Gallery
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Dave Hill" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 08:48:47 -0800

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Dave Hill 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Sunday, October 24, 2010 5:45 PM
  Subject: Submission for Gallery

  "Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair" 

  by "David Hill"
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  Well...my first airplane in over 20yrs. Is finished...after assembly and minor sanding ( no filler!!! ) of the fuselage it was time for paint...I started with a base coat of Metallic silver then Dk. Sea Blue lightened with a little Neutral Gray then masked for the yellow cowl band and the wing walks letting each color cure overnight...finally I used Testors Dullcote tinted with a few drops of Lt. Ghost Gray concentrating on the centers of fuselage panels and fabric surfaces to give the Sea Blue a sun faded look. After studying reference photos it seemed that USN aircraft suffered mainly from the tropic sun and salt air more than anything else, so I tried to keep the paint chipping to a minimum and weathering subtle...paint chipping was done using a new X-Acto blade and simply flaking off the blue then I used artist’s charcoal for exaust stains and gunfire residue on the wings.

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  Next...I coated the model with Future and applied decals from Eagle Strike’s Corsair Collection Pt.IV which worked well with setting solution choosing the markings for a Bunker Hill plane...the tape on the forward fuselage was thin strips of white decal I cut in irregular lengths to give a more realistic look. After the decals dried overnight, I sprayed the model with one last coat of clear Dullcote and chipped more paint to simulate two types of chips, "new" chipping and chips that I wanted to look "old" like tarnished metal.

          
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  After years of ship building this was an enjoyable build which brought back many memories!!!

  I used the following for this build:

  Tamiya 1/48 Corsair w/"Moto Tug" kit

  Eagle Strike Corsair Collection Pt. IV decals

  Eduard colored and detail F4U-1D p/e sets

  Eduard canopy mask

  "David Hill"

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  Just delete any of the boxes below you don't need.....it's not important to include them.....they are there to give you an idea of the finished article.  It is best to limit your article to no more than 60 or so photos, so the finished webpage won't take too long to open.

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  Photos and text © by "David Hill"