Subject: Re: F4U-1A Tamiya
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Peter Valica" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:57:10 -0700

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

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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: Peter Valica 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:06 AM
  Subject: F4U-1A Tamiya

  Gallery Template #05

  "1/72 Vought F4U-1A Corsair" 

  by "Peter Valica"
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  Another beautiful bird by Tamiya. I ever liked fighters whitch were interesting for something. One of them is definitaly my lovely " corsair ". With powerful engine and strange shape of wings was one of the most beautiful plane WWII. As usual Tamiya has done a great job on it first as 1/48 and next in 1/72 scale. However, my " scale " is 1/72 so I decided..... 

  In first moment little bit about version, Tamiya has offered us F4U-1D, just little differencies are between 1A and 1D.

  1. Late versions of 1A haven`t had a landing light above left wing. / Detail and Scale part 1 /

  2. The foot step on right wing was introduced from 1D version only.

  These are main differencies between two versions. Now little bit about bulit, everything join togheader perfectly, I haven`t used filler nowhere, just a radiator flaps make me bit anger but I solve this, I cut a piece from a back of engine, because between engine cowling and flaps was a small spare. Cockpit is build OOB just seatbelts were added from Eduard colour photoeteched set of USN WWII. In to wheel wells I add some pipes and brake line. The arrester hook and rear undercarriage was rebuilt and some holes were added.

  Gunze paints was used for whole model, except undersurface where Tamiya was airbrushed. 

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  For weathering I used techique which I first red on ARC :) as first I used metallic AGAMA paint and after dry was surface droped by salt. Result as you can see is quait good. I was impressed by this. Highly recommended. For other weathering I use chalk and artificial mud. Eagle Strike decal set was used for this "patriot" plane. 

  It`s Doris " Chico" Freeman`s plane from VF-17 " Jolly Rogers" squad. probably late summer / or autum / 1943 Guadalcanal. Freeman was killed in 1945 by an attack on Bunker Hill aircraft carier.  

          
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  Hope you like it.

  Peter

  Photos and text © by " Peter Valica "