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1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 5:25 pm
by lawdog114
Hello, here's my homage to Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. It depicts Pappy briefing his pilots before his last mission of January 3rd 1944. He was shot down flying "915" later that day. I used the Tamiya D kit and backdated it appropriately to an A model. The figures are from the Tamiya Navy Pilots set. I used PE seatbelts and Ultracast tires. I added wires the engine as well. I used Sky decals to piece together the 915 machine.

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If you would like to see my full build on this subject, it can be found here.....

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_su ... 58002.aspx

Thanks for looking.
Joe

Re: 1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Wed Jun 04, 2014 6:01 pm
by lawdog114
Thanks Jim...Is there a way to delete the second post? Not sure how that happened...

Joe

Re: 1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 5:11 am
by LyleW
Let's see...1 second post, 25 demerits, bring snacks for two weeks. OH, and beverages. Lots of beverages.

Another stunning build, sir. thanks for bringing that one here. The whole picture that is presented is so realistic.

Re: 1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:32 pm
by lawdog114
LyleW wrote:Let's see...1 second post, 25 demerits, bring snacks for two weeks. OH, and beverages. Lots of beverages.
I'll bring four fried chickens, and a coke..... and some dry white toast....

Re: 1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Sat Jun 07, 2014 5:18 am
by LyleW
You are my hero! Brang some waffles, too!

Re: 1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:54 pm
by lawdog114
Thats from the Blues Brothers. I thought someone would have caught that reference. That said, The Colonel's Original Recipe is pure heaven on a plate when done right. Pure bliss like the Tamiya 1/48 P-47 series. The trick is finding a KFC that does it right. They are few and far between these days.

Joe

Re: 1/48 Tamiya Corsair

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:18 am
by LyleW
it is no better in the Headquarters town, either. I work about a 1/2 mile from the HQ. There is a store about a 1/2 mile the other way and it pretty much sucks most of the time.