Geoffers’ Revell 1/72 F4U-1B Corsair - Royal Navy

[Geoffers]

Hello Chaps,

Firstly a big thank you to Karl for organising this Group Build.

This is my entry.


It has Revells new style instructions

Five frames of crisp grey plastic.





Some reasonable details for the scale.




Also one small clear frame.


I’ll be adding some of these seat harnesses.


I decided against the kit markings. I’m not sure they are correct as it is my understanding that the red on the roundels were generally removed to avoid being mistaken for the Japanese Hinomaru.

So I’ll be using these instead.



I’m going for these markings.

These are the actual transfers which look very nice


I won’t be doing too much with it just yet as I’ve got another couple on the go that I want to finish first.

Thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[Jim R]

Looks a nice kit Geoff. Some very fragile looking parts to remove from the sprue.

 

[Geoffers]

Looks a nice kit Geoff. Some very fragile looking parts to remove from the sprue.

Cheers Jim, yes I’ll have to be very careful with some of them

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Hello Chaps,

Despite planning to finish another couple of builds I have on the go before starting this one I couldn’t resist having a little play

First up as nearly always is the cockpit.

Quite a few well detailed parts had to be removed and cleaned up. There was a tiny bit of flash in places but nothing a couple of swipes of a sanding stick couldn’t sort out.

These were the assembled with no real difficulty.



Painting next, should look nice under a coat of interior green.

Another update soon, thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Hello Chaps,

Despite planning to finish another couple of builds I have on the go before starting this one I couldn’t resist having a little play

First up as nearly always is the cockpit.
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Quite a few well detailed parts had to be removed and cleaned up. There was a tiny bit of flash in places but nothing a couple of swipes of a sanding stick couldn’t sort out.

These were the assembled with no real difficulty.

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Painting next, should look nice under a coat of interior green.

Another update soon, thanks for looking

Geoff.

Apologies Geoff,I missed the start of this one until now.
It certainly looks a nice kit,and,as you say,some pretty good details.
Looking forward to seeing how you go about it.
Andy

 

[Geoffers]

Apologies Geoff,I missed the start of this one until now.
It certainly looks a nice kit,and,as you say,some pretty good details.
Looking forward to seeing how you go about it.
Andy

No problem mate

I find it hard to keep up with everything going on on the site at times too

Geoff.

 

[papa 695]

Nice one Geoff

 

[Waspie]

Nice choice and good progress so far. Looking forward to watching this-un.

 

[Geoffers]

Nice one Geoff

Cheers Ian

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Nice choice and good progress so far. Looking forward to watching this-un.

Thank you Doug, so far so good

Geoff.

 

[KarlW]

Nice looking kit, bit small for my fat fingers though....

 

[colin m]

I do believe Geoff, you're the only Corsair in this GB. Which also happens to be a very popular aircraft with many people. So, errr, come along Geoff, I need my Corsair fix.

 

[scottie3158]

Geoff,
Sorry late to the party, I will pull up a chair.

 

[Geoffers]

Nice looking kit, bit small for my fat fingers though....

Cheers Karl, I’m used to 1/72 but some of the parts do seem very tiny

I do believe Geoff, you're the only Corsair in this GB. Which also happens to be a very popular aircraft with many people. So, errr, come along Geoff, I need my Corsair fix.

Thanks Colin, I’m surprised there aren’t more Corsairs being built. I’ve not had much time at the bench recently due to family issues but will hopefully be able to get cracking with the build soon

Geoff,
Sorry late to the party, I will pull up a chair.

No probs Scottie, not much of a party going on so far but glad to have you along

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Hello Chaps,

Finally managed to get a bit more bench time this week and have managed a bit of progress

First up I’ve added some framework behind the pilot seat which the seat harness attaches to.

Like this.


Before


After


I used some Evergreen plastic rod for this which was relatively straightforward.

The cockpit parts have then all been given a coat of Vallejo model air 71.137 U.S. light green.



I’ve also been working on the engine.

These are the main parts and are reasonably detailed for the scale.



However I wanted to try and get a bit closer to this.



I drilled a couple of holes in each piston before painting the parts with Vallejo metal Color 77.703 Dark Aluminium.
I then used. Ava glue to fix a small section of 5amp fuse wire into the previously drilled holes.
These lengths have been given a rub with AK True Metal AK460 Brass.
They will be bent and cut to length once everything has had chance to dry properly
But for now it looks a bit spidery



That’s as far as I’ve got but hopefully will be able to update again soon.

Thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[Geoffers]

Hello Chaps,

Another quick update

The cockpit and engine have been finished.



The wiring added to the engine was trimmed and bent into position before the parts were cemented into place. A wash from Tamiya Panel liner has helped define some of the details and some of the bolts have been highlighted with silver paint.





The cockpit has had the various decals added, along with some dirtying up with a wash.

The seatbelts are 3D decals which I thought would be better than PE however now they are in place I’m not that impressed





The build should go together quite quickly now the fiddly parts are done.

Hopefully another update soon, thanks for looking

Geoff.

 

[scottie3158]

Geoff,

Looking good mate. The engine really looks the part.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Some nice work on the fiddly stuff there Geoff,the seatbelts look pretty good from where I'm sitting ,and as for the motor, well that's most excellent .
Good stuff mate!

 

[Waspie]

Very nice. Looking forward to watching this one progress.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Coming on nicely Geoff.