1/48 Tamiya Vought Corsair 

F4 U1 - Birdcage canopy  

by Tolga Ulgur

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This is the “Vought Corsair F4 U1”  from Tamiya. This Corsair was named  “Bubbles” used by Marine Corps in Guadalcanal during 1943.  The fit and the detail level of this kit is excellent, so it's built mostly OOB.

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The cockpit parts are painted to the interior green and black. 

I used  the kit decal for the instrument panel.  I also have added PE seat belts from Eduard.

The painting was done with Gunze and Tamiya acrylics as usual.  The lower surfaces are painted with Tamiya sky grey lightened by adding white (FS 36440). The color of  the top surfaces is “Blue grey -FS 15189”.  For this color I used a mixture from Gunze “blue grey”, “blue” and “white”.

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Aluminium areas were painted with Alclad II.  Eduard masks  were used to mask the clear parts.  The decals are from Eagle Strike Best Seller –Corsair collection (#48085)

Tolga 

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Photos and text © by Tolga Ulgur