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 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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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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Photos and text © by Xavier Baron