Fujimi 1/72 F4U-1/5(N)

[cbaltrin]

This is the current state of one of my 'other' projects. It's supposed to be a F4U-5N. It's really an F4U-1 with 20mm's, a 4 bladed fan, weird -5ish cowling, and a radar dome for the wing This will likely hang from the boy's room when complete and then I won't have to hang my head to much
Oh , Yea, anyone know where I can get 1/72 decals for a F4U-5N?

[BlackSheep214]

Nice subject. In my experience, I won't do another Fujimi kit.

[cbaltrin]

Nice subject. In my experience, I won't do another Fujimi kit.

Well, it was tooled in 1968 according to scalemates, so I can't be too critical of this particular kit. Model kits have come a long way since then.

[Stikpusher]

Nice subject. In my experience, I won't do another Fujimi kit.

Fujimi, like everyone else, has their hit and miss kits. Some are good, particularly for their age, others not so much. Like Otaki-Arii and Nichimo, they were ahead of their time introducing recessed surface detail, instead of raised surface detail on aircraft kits. Their 1/48 Aichi D3A Val is a really good kit that just needs a few tweaks here and there. Although I haven't built it yet but do have it in my stash, their Bf-110C/D kit looks pretty nice as well.

Chris, it looks like you're doing as much as you can with the hybrid -1/5... sometimes I wonder why model companies try to stretch their molds in such a manner. As far as decals go, I'd say find some -5N decals and call it a day... after all you did mount the radome...

[BlackSheep214]

Don't get me started on Italeri kits...

[Stikpusher]

Don't get me started on Italeri kits...

Just like most other companies… hit & miss… nowadays they are a hodgepodge of so many different companies molds. Their old aircraft kits were very good for the era, just like their armor. They’re newer kits, not so much. There must have been a changing of the guard with their own mold makers. Good but not great stuff.

[BlackSheep214]

Don't get me started on Italeri kits...

Just like most other companies… hit & miss… nowadays they are a hodgepodge of so many different companies molds. Their old aircraft kits were very good for the era, just like their armor. They’re newer kits, not so much. There must have been a changing of the guard with their own mold makers. Good but not great stuff.

Yeah, I agree. Good but not great.

[Medicman71]

Don't get me started on Italeri kits...

Right!! My last few Italeri kits were horrible and that's being nice.

[cbaltrin]

Got some paint on the bent wing bird. Went with Tamiya XF Sea Blue as my Gross Sea Blue was thickening quite a bit in the bottle and I am in the process of restoring it with a few ml's of mr color leveling thinner. I think this is the first time I have used Tamiya Sea Blue and I like the color.

[jeaton01]

Gross Sea Blue....ah, I see. You've been reading too many old Hasegawa instruction sheets!