1/48 Tamiya F4U Corsair

by Dennis Djou

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This is my latest creation, built completely within standard out of the box rules, with some after market decals.  This is the Tamiya kit without the tug and went together smoothly.  The only really difficult part were the wings.  I now know why I see so many of these kits built with the wings folded.  What I did here was glue the wing tips on before putting the top and bottom halves together.  It is much easier to fit a seam along the leading a trailing edges than to try and blend in the middle of the wing.  

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The canopy was time consuming to mask off, using tiny bits of masking tape, but it turned out well.  This kit was a nice breather between my jets and seemed to fall together together a lot faster without having to do a handful of armaments.  There will definitely be more props in my line up in the future.

Dennis

Photos and text © by Dennis Djou