Greetings from
Reunion Island, the France of south hemisphere!
This is my very
first attempt at modelling, and I chose to build the 1/48 Tamiya F4U1-D Corsair, with Aires kits for
the cockpit and wheel bays, and the Quickboost P&W
engine resin kit. With the help of all your posts, I managed to build a
nice model, I think! I didn't believe I could get such nice results when I
started to build the kit.
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images below to see larger images
The most difficult
things for me were the use of an airbrush (that was new for me) and the decal
settings. The fit of the Aires cockpit was a bit tricky for me, too.
The main color is
Hobby color midnight blue H55. Weathering was made with a wash of a mix of
black
and burned sienna oil paints, with some burned sienna powder pastel applied with
a brush. The final coat is Xtracrylix satin varnish.
The build of this
model taught me many things and I hope the next one will look even better.
Thank you for your
help, and happy modeling!
Xavier
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