SPA Modeler

mustang1989 wrote:I just did the research today (since I'm off) on those cannons you were talking about Fermis. I found out that they were 20mm but I didn't know they were supposed to be staggered. Man......it's too late. I've already got this sucker painted. No turnin' back now. Thanks for the info though. Will be using it in the future.

Still looks like a Corsair though, right?!!!!

It's actually turning out better than I thought it would!! lol

You're doing great and I feel your pain!

Thanks Adam. I'm quite a ways ahead of this here but aint finished yet either. This build has been a work out to say the least.

To say that the outer to inner wing fit was bad would be a gross understatement. To be honest I don't know how the younger modeler(which is what these kits were targeted at) is supposed to cope with this here. As a kid I would have been frustrated at this.. Time to break out the hobby knife and sanding sticks.



Fast forward to the "overbite" repair. Ok I had gotten that fixed................Now the outer wings were spread too far apart. You gotta be sh g me here!!

I ended up busting out one of my sacrificial paint brushes and inserted the handle into the wing to spread it out just the right amount:



and dipping it in hot water just before the boiling point for 10 seconds and refitted the wing.



I now had no complaints at this point. Moving onward from here.

a lot of work on an old kit but it looks good. I for me like those old kits, can't explain why. I'll follow you.

Quite the exercise in patience, eh? She is looking marvelous.

Thanks mlp. I think the mere fact that I'm giving this build to a good friend of mine is the driving force here. I would have stopped at the air intake issue and switched to Tamiya already if it were a build for me. And I wanted this thing done by Christmas. With the Tamiya that wouldn't have been possible.

Thank you Lyle. Man youre up early this morning. And yes............................LOTS of patience!!!

Good morning! I fixed the bold tags....had a couple of extra in there. Up a bit early. My nose has been so stopped up for the last couple of weeks, I can't breath laying down. That and the doggies were getting restless.....Your honor your friend in a special manner...