F4U-1 "Dangerous Dan - Eightball"

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August 3, 2016
The Verlinden cockpit upgrade fits nice to the kit parts.
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August 3, 2016
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August 3, 2016
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August 3, 2016
All the parts for the cockpit painted and weathered.
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August 3, 2016
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August 3, 2016
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August 3, 2016
Not much of the details are visible once the fuselage is assembled.
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August 9, 2016
The wheel bays are sparsely detailed but have to do for now. I rather put a bit more effort in detailing the landing gears since they are more visible on the finished model.
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August 19, 2016
Fuselage assembled. The fit is generally good but what would scale model building be without putty...
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August 28, 2016
Wings and engine assembled. The only thing missing before the painting commence is a little bit of filler in some small gaps here and there.
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September 11, 2016
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September 11, 2016
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September 12, 2016
Some more fading of the upper surface before the clear coat.
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September 12, 2016
Wing root chipping was done using AK Interactive "Worn effects" fluid.
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September 12, 2016
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September 21, 2016
The Barracuda Studios decals (printed by Cartograf) didn't cause any fuss.
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September 21, 2016
It seems to be true; Dan is really dangerous...
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October 1, 2016
AK interactive ”Dust effects” was used to make the paint look mottled and worn (right wing treated, left wing untreated.)
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October 2, 2016
A panel line wash to accentuate the individual panels gives a bit more depth to the model.
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October 2, 2016
Some additional shading with heavily diluted X-19 “Smoke” brings out some of the panels in an effective way.
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October 2, 2016
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October 2, 2016
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October 8, 2016
Some copper wire and lead foil along with the True details resin wheel makes the landing gears look a bit more interesting.
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November 2, 2016
All bits and pieces painted, weathered, and ready to be assembled.
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November 11, 2016
Finished model
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November 11, 2016
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Comments

1 3 August 2016, 22:34

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks James 🙂 . Next step is the wing section.

4 August 2016, 10:23

Soeren R.
Im in!😉

4 August 2016, 10:36

Holger Kranich
Starts to look great, Mats! Wich Zink-Chromat green have you used? Vallejo Air?

4 August 2016, 10:43

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks fellas 🙂

Holger, for the base I have used a mix of Tamiya XF-3 flat yellow (~70%) and XF-5 flat green (~30%). The highlights were done with the same colours but with a 90/10 ratio. For the highlights on the edges I used the base mix with a touch of white. Shadows were airbrushed with a quite heavy diluted Gunze H95 smoke grey. The fine details were painted with Vallejo colours.

4 August 2016, 11:56

Holger Kranich
The result speaks for itself!

4 August 2016, 12:04

Taarna Eckart
Nice work!! Following for sure.

4 August 2016, 13:09

Bryn Crandell
Very nice. Keeping an eye on this beauty.

4 August 2016, 17:16

arne vd burg
Very nice start Mats . Following!

4 August 2016, 17:32

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you mates.

4 August 2016, 17:59

Kerry COX
Everything is looking just as it should Mats. It really is a nice kit and your doing it justice. 🙂 👍
Who is the resin interior by. ?

9 August 2016, 10:24

Spanjaard
looking really good. i am in.

9 August 2016, 10:35

Holger Kranich
@Kerry: Its from Verlinden (1220).

@ Mats, its getting better and betterits already a beauty!

9 August 2016, 11:26

Kerry COX
I am grateful for that info mate, as I used some 'True Scale' bits in mine and I was impressed with the detail in the cockpit you have there. 🙂

9 August 2016, 19:27

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much mates for all your kind words.

Kerry, I can only agree with you that the Tamiya F4U is a nice kit (as most Tamiya kits are). As Holger said the resin parts are from the Verlinden set No 1220. My experience with Verlinden resin is that they sometimes need a lot of attention to get into place but this update set fits like a glove (well done Verlinden 🙂 )

By the way, for anyone with the slightest interest in the F4U Corsair I can highly recommend Aircraft Pictorial No 7 & 8.

SCM Book: F4U-1 Corsair Vol. 1

SCM Book: F4U-1 Corsair Vol. 2

9 August 2016, 19:43

Bart Goesaert
looks good so far.. need to find some time to continue mine...

29 August 2016, 12:49

Jeffrey Riedesel
Looking good!

29 August 2016, 13:11

Kerry COX
Looking bloody wonderful Mats. 👍
Your attention to the finer aspects is well noted. 🙂
(Sorry about the incorrect name screw up, but all fixed now. 🙂 )

29 August 2016, 20:35

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much mates (and no worries Kerry 🙂 )

30 August 2016, 15:23

Christian Bruer
Wow Mats, that looks absolutely impressive 👍

30 August 2016, 17:20

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much Christian

30 August 2016, 19:16

Torben Ke
Great work, Mats! 👍

30 August 2016, 19:34

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks a lot Torben, much appreciated.

30 August 2016, 20:12

Adam Gudynowski
Painting looks very convincing so far 🙂

12 September 2016, 19:19

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much Adam.

13 September 2016, 05:02

Erik Leijdens
Great paintjob mats 👍

15 September 2016, 20:01

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks a lot Erik.

16 September 2016, 14:45

Kerry COX
So easy on the eye Mats.👍
A big salute. 🙂

21 September 2016, 22:33

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome as always Mats.

22 September 2016, 02:21

Hanno Kleinecke
An expert paintjob Mats, lovely colourvariation.

22 September 2016, 06:54

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you all for your kind comments, they are all very appreciated and encouraging 🙂

22 September 2016, 17:55

Rui Reis
Beautiful work!

22 September 2016, 23:57

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much Rui.

23 September 2016, 19:02

Erik Leijdens
Nice work Mats! That chipping looks great, as is the rest of your Corsair mate 👍. On what sufrace did you use the AK dust stuff? Future? Last week I bought my first AK bottles too 🙂

1 October 2016, 19:39

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you Erik 🙂

The AK dust effects was used on Vallejo gloss varnish.

1 October 2016, 20:46

Zsolt Czegle
Great work! 👍

2 October 2016, 18:14

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks a lot Zsolt.

2 October 2016, 18:51

Mike Kryza
Looks better and better... 👍

2 October 2016, 19:02

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you Mike.

2 October 2016, 21:22

Murad ÖZER
coming along great Mats 🙂

2 October 2016, 22:37

Soeren R.
Awesome result

2 October 2016, 22:44

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome, Mats.

3 October 2016, 00:08

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much mates, much appreciated 🙂

3 October 2016, 15:04

Erik Leijdens
Mats those wheel and legs look already great! Looking forward to the end result.

I am in the building process of 2 Su-7's and copied(sort of) your faded look of the paint. I am in the decalling stage now and i'm thinking that the decals also need to be faded. Did you fade yours a bit or are you going to?

8 October 2016, 21:24

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you Erik 🙂

So far the only fading of the decals has been done in the overall weathering process. I did some testing (I always have a test piece that I paint and weather in the same process as the model to test things on in case the result turns out bad) to tone down the decals a bit with highly diluted smoke and/or light brown/sand colours but I didn't like the result on the large white stars (they turned out too grey or yellow.) I will add some more weathering to the model that will tone down the decals further but I will try to keep the white as "white" as possible.

When looking at the colour schemes on your Su-7's (that looks great by the way 👍 ) I think that a light overspray with a highly diluted sand colour (like Tamiya XF-59 or XF-60 diluted 90-95%) would do the trick for blending the decals but it all comes down to how much further weathering you plan to do since washes and shading will blend and fade them as well. Regardless of how you plan to do I will follow the progress with great interest.

9 October 2016, 09:28

Clifford Keesler
Bravo Mats.excellent work so far.

3 November 2016, 13:12

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much mates 🙂

3 November 2016, 18:32

Erik Leijdens
Going to be a masterpiece Mats 👍

3 November 2016, 19:38

Kerry COX
Superb fine detailing Mats. Most inspirational. 🙂 👍

3 November 2016, 22:03

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks mates. Your kind comments are very much appreciated.

4 November 2016, 15:32

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking Corsair Mats!

6 November 2016, 02:07

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much Gordon.

6 November 2016, 10:25

Murad ÖZER
Mats absolutely lovely result 👍

11 November 2016, 19:16

arne vd burg
Wonderful work Mats congrats!

11 November 2016, 19:21

gorby
beautiful!

11 November 2016, 20:03

Christian Ristits
Perfect!

11 November 2016, 20:08

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic Mats! Weathering is perfect 👍

11 November 2016, 20:10

Kerry COX
Do you have enough room in your display case for all the awards this bird will no doubt win. ? 👍 🙂

12 November 2016, 00:24

Holger Kranich
Mats, i expected a lot, but this is awesome!

12 November 2016, 06:20

Mats Bengtsson
I humbly thank you all for your kind comments, they are very much appreciated 🙂

12 November 2016, 08:58

Kerry COX
That's what I love about the folks on this forum. 🙂 Every one is so humble and appreciative . 🙂 🙂 🙂

12 November 2016, 10:24

Hanno Kleinecke
Wonderful result build and paintwise Mats, looking so pretty !

12 November 2016, 11:07

B. M.
Fantastic paint job, something to aspire to!

12 November 2016, 11:10

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much mates 🙂

12 November 2016, 16:55

CapnSirloin
Love the Corsair. Nice job!

12 November 2016, 20:43

Clifford Keesler
Outstanding,Mats!!!!!!!

12 November 2016, 20:53

Glenn
Nice weathered finish

13 November 2016, 00:45

Mats Bengtsson
Thanks a lot guys 🙂

Even though this kit is 20 years old it has been a joy to build from start to finish. If anyone is planning to build an F4U-1/2 I can highly recommend this kit.

13 November 2016, 09:45

Christian Bruer
Great looking Corsair and a wonderful finish Mats 👍

13 November 2016, 18:14

Mats Bengtsson
Thank you very much Christian

13 November 2016, 21:13