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1/48 Hasegawa F4U-7 Corsair "12F"

by Johan Guenver

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These are pictures of a F4U-7 using the hasegawa kit dedicated to the French navy Corsair. The kit is alright, cockpit could be improved by scratch-build or accessories.
Decals could be much better. I also don't understand why Hasegawa didn't add any stencil (even for the propeller) on the decal sheet.
Those decals, and stencils, on this particular model are from ADECO.

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Paint is overall tamiya sea blue (XF-17). I used pastel I spread on every panel, then applied a layer of Tamiya clear (TS-13), but you cannot really see it on the pictures (which are not a good quality by the way, I will try to do better next time, and work on a day light too ;-).

The Corsair 18F12 finish is life is the deep sea. The pilot was unhurt. You may enjoy my website dedicated to this partiular warbird : http://www.f4u-corsair.net where you will find numerous pictures and history.
Hope you will enjoy and happy modeling !
Johan

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Photos and text © by Johan Guenver

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