Subject: Re: Tamiya 1/48 F4U1-D
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Xavier Baron" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 00:01:31 -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

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Xavier Baron 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 12:02 AM
  Subject: Tamiya 1/48 F4U1-D

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        "1/48 Tamiya F4U1-D" 

        by "Xavier Baron"
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        Greetings from Reunion Island, the France of south hemisphere!

        This is my very first attempt for modelling, and I choose to build the 1/48 Tamiya F4U1-D corsair, with Aires kits for cockpit and wheel bays, and the Quickboost P&W engine resin kit. With the help of all your posts, I could manage to build a nice model, I think!. I didn't believe I could get a so nice result when I started to build the kit.

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        The most difficult things for me were the use of 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 blak and burned sienna oil paints, with some burned sienna powder pastel applied with a brush. The final coat is Xtracrylix satin varnish

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        The built of this model learnt me many things and I hope the next one will look better.

        Thank you for your help, and happy modeling!

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