1/32 Tamiya F4U-1a Corsair - Boyington 17740

[KennyX]

What an exquisite and lovely view. Very good work, John.

[jkim]

That armored glass assembly looks so good installed. If your luck is anything like mine you will find the part immediately after completing the replacement.

Yup... right after I glue the sloppy replacement part into place, the lost piece will turn up.

I am continually amazed by your talent. I am guessing those are pre-cut masks. Please tell me they were. Still, placement is spot on. Someday, if I ever grow up....

Thanks Lyle! The yellow masks are provided by Tamiya but are not pre-cut.


They were cut using an X-acto blade. Pretty easy to trace on the lines since the shapes were fairly simple.

What an exquisite and lovely view. Very good work, John.

Thank you! Probably not necessary to paint the frames on the interior now that I look at it.

[KennyX]

NO, they look very good. They look real. You made the right call.

[LyleW]

Thanks for the information, John.

[jkim]

I'm getting slammed at work so not much time in the evenings except to eat and sleep. No major work on the Corsair. I did start hammering out a replacement for this lost piece. Luckily, it's one of a pair so I have physical part to base my copy on.


I used a thick section of plastic card (actually two glued together) to start carving out the basic shape.



The flange around the base will be a separate piece of thinner card stock. Since the part is so small and would be difficult to hold, I tried to do the majority of the shaping while the part is attached to the bigger piece of plastic.


Bottom flange is added. I'm now confident that I can make a pretty good copy of this part. At least good enough so that it won't be noticed. I made the mistake of hollowing the end out to mimic the original part but this wasn't necessary since the opening will be blocked by the flap. The opening on the original part is there to accommodate the locating tab on the wing.



The replacement part is almost finished. It is a tad oversized but I should be able to whittle it down. Because of the hollowing out, the walls around the opening are really thin and may prevent me from reducing the part to the correct size so I may have to fill the hole that I made.



When I was trying to verify that the opening of the replacement part would be blocked by the flap, I had a mishap with the Tamiya Extra Thin cement... another repair!

[LyleW]

keep repeating...."modeling is fun", "modeling is relaxing"...over and over. I feel your pain!

[Stuart]

keep repeating...."modeling is fun", "modeling is relaxing"...over and over. I feel your pain!

Who on earth told you that!!!

Great bit of scratch building John - that new intake looks spot on!

[speedgraflex]

Brilliant scratchbuilding!

[KennyX]

John,

I’m sorry about the mishap with the Extra Thin. Fact about it- I had a similar thing happen just this afternoon whilst attaching the rear light clear part on Zeke. Had to do some impromptu sanding and polishing and re-painting. I feel your pain. But I know you’ll fix it well. This kind of thing ain’t even a bump in the road or a blip on the radar for a modeler like you. I know it’ll be fine.

Also- your scratchbuilding is awesome. Much respect for how you basically re-made that part, excellent work.

I’m glad you’re doing this project. I really am. And I’m enjoying seeing what you do with it. Honestly, you’ve done one of the best cockpits I’ve ever seen and I can’t wait to see what happens when you paint that awesome airframe.

You’re doing great!

[Floki]

Other than the color I can't tell original from your replacement