1:48 Tamiya Corsair

[Stikpusher]

Well there is no reason one cannot build a Fleet Air Arm Corsair as well as USN...

[KennyX]

I’m with Carlos on that, Stewart!

[Medicman71]

[KennyX]

Gear is installed!

[Stuart]

Gear is installed!

[LyleW]

Lookin' good! Standing tall and proud.

[mustang1989]

That thing is beautiful Kenny!! I can't get over just how tall these things were.

[KennyX]

Thank you, gentlemen.

At this point I have gotten further with a Corsair project than either of my previous attempts. And it feels good! Almost done with this little beauty and I’m a happy guy.

[AtomCat109]

looks awesome!

[KennyX]

I am closer to wrapping this project up than I thought I was.

I needed a filter and I recalled really liking what the salt fade did for my last Corsair attempt. But I was hesitant to monkey with salt. Washing it off when you’re done is... a process... one that I didn’t want to deal with.

So I came up with an alternate method.

“Kenny X’s Ersatz South Pacific Salt Fade”

1. Grab a big piece of steel wool

2. Start pulling it apart until a net-like texture is achieved

3. Mix Tamiya Khaki 13:2 thinner to paint

4. Hold the steel wool over the surface and spray in a broad diffused pattern. Don’t be heavy handed

5. Mix Tamiya German Grey 13:2 Thinner to paint

6. Hold the steel wool over the surface and spray in a broad diffused pattern. Don’t Be Heavy Handed

7. Mix Tamiya White and Khaki (lighten the Khaki as much as you’d like) then mix that lightened Khaki 13:2 thinner to paint

8. Hold the steel wool over the surface and spray in a broad diffused pattern. DO. NOT. BE. HEAVY. HANDED.

This’ll lightly fade the coat of paint and tie-in the markings. It knocked the remaining shininess of them right back and faded them nicely into the paintwork.

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After that came oils. A pin wash top-side and on the bottom of the wings there. I did a little dirtying on those wing surfaces as well.

The look I was going for with these effects is “Noticed but not *seen*” and once the oils have dried and mellowed, and a flat coat goes on, I feel confident I’ll have at least landed close to that mark.

Gear and the belly gets washes tomorrow.

Pigments after that.