Well Ive managed to get everything together and I have got the underneath colour on tomorrow hopefully the two blues will be airbrushed on heres how it looks at the moment:



Ive got a week off work so trying to get this finished asap then to work on another campaign entry phew so much for having time off to sit down and relax

That was my first thought as well. Really nice job, Hermon!

Hermon that looks great! Excellent SLUF.

Got some more detail work done:

Im doing well all colours airbrushed, decals on and oil wash done. Just need to get all the bits together and varnished. Will have to wait until Monday though as away this weekend

started weathering the main gear yesterday, also shot the fuse in matte clear for the next paint/salt round, painted the prop base color, painted the main gear wheels/tires black.

excellent shawn and sam glad to see your builds are coming along,i got my paint yesterday but i'll wait till next week when i have some holiday to get the old airbrush out.

cheers paul

painted the gear-check its done
painted the belly white-check it too is done
washed and streaked the belly-check
painted and weathered prop- check

now to find the blues

painted top coat of intermediate blue, now onto the sea blue

haha!

Update pics:
Finished prop:


Weathered Intermediate Blue- Sea Blue to Come!




Weathered underside

hello?

Is anyone still participating in this?

Hey y'all- I am in! I admit that I signed up for this campaign a LONG time ago, and even picked up a kit earlier this summer/fall. I am hoping to make this happen!

Herman- nice work with your finished build. Looks great!

Shawn- I love the weathering on your bird also.

To get me going here, here is a picture of kit I am going to be going with. I will have to make a simple diorama base showing those rotors back ORIGAMI style.



I will try to get going soon and have some updates. Happy holiday modeling everyone.

billy

brrrrroooooooo!




Rudder is not attached, I messed it up and will have to repaint it.







Gear Doors I detailed out.

and now this thread is caught up:









The fuel/oil stain in front looks white here, its not...its the flash reflecting off the ceiling.

Billy, that should look great with those rotors all folded back.

shawn,that corsair is looking great, the weathering is fantastic.

hopefully in the new year a few more of the signed up people will start their builds!!!


cheers paul

thanks, still need to do the outer wing panels and gear doors.
Then its decals and final assembly, followed by a 1/48 B17G Fortress III.

Just signed up for this campaign as I have manged to get Revell's 1/32nd Arado Ar 196A-3, which is screaming at me to build.
Andy

Shawn, I'm not a big fan of really, really weathered and worn aircraft but yours is looking super sweet. The salt technique has been around for a long time but I have to say your results are some of the best I've ever seen. Starting out with the NMF base and adding the yellow primer under the topcoat has really made it stand out. Great job man.


Hermon

Hmmm.. I resemble that remark...

Many many moons ago, in fact when it was first released, I grabbed the brand spanking new TBM Avenger from some company in China I have never heard of before, Trumpeter. Upon reaching Casa Inman I opened the box and was amazed at the detail in the kit and unlike most people I think the surface detailing looks fine under a few coats of paint.

Then a few months later I saw a BigEd set for the same model which I got, then a metal undercarriage set from Factor and then some resin wheels from Master Casters.

I thought to myself that it would look awesome when finished and I put it aside until I had the time to do such a great kit justice. That time never came and it has been sitting under 10 or so other Trumpeter lits in the stash until today.

I can vacilate no longer. I tried to convince myself to build another, easier build that would take only a week or so.. Then I tried to convince myself that you would not be able to see all the fantastic interior detailing if I had the wings folded..

Then I came up with a cunning plan.. Why not build this one OOB, then get another one and at a later date build it with all the PE etc with the wings outstretched as wings are meant to be? Maybe because the Avengers are not the cheapest kit to buy? That is a good reason indeed and as a 1/32 Avenger takes up lots of real estate and two may just be one too many. Even a 9 metre by 6 metre shed can only store so many 1/32 aircraft..

So instead I will build a F8F-1 Bearcat that won't take too long. Still 1/32 and still Trumpeter. And so the Avenger will just have to wait a little longer. Maybe if I finish the Bearcat really really fast I can build the Avenger after that.

And I promise, Paul, that I will make a start today. Will be in tandem with my Dauntless for the Anti-Shipping Campaign.

But first I need to take a run down to my LHS for some interior green paint. I went to paint the Dauntless interior last night and found the first jar I grabbed was emopty. Not a problem I thought as I have another one sitting right behind it on the shelf. Grabbed it and, you guessed it, it was empty as well.. Idiot!!

Cheers
Warren

uploaded my pic to the gallery

santa loaned me some elves...they're quite good.

nice one warren

and very nice shawn, i must have been bad this year cos i didn't get any of santa's little helpers, i didn't even see fritzi or hanna

paul

Great looking Corsair, Shawn. It very nice and weather beaten.

Looking forward to see more.

thank you jesper!
I painted the outer wing halves last night, re glued the main gear and added all of the remaining gear doors last night.
Should have it done this week.

Fast progress, Shawn. Looking forward to see the pictures.