This week's photo feature comes to us from Jim Whitbred, who offers his Tamiya 1/48 Corsair for our enjoyment.

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Thanks!

Great job!
I have a Corsair in the works (Academy 1/72) and I want it to paint it overall blue. Which colour have you used for the fuselage?

Thank you Giacomo. I used Model Master 1718, FS35042, Flat Sea Blue lightened with white/light grey to account for scale and very little sun fading. I didn't want to make a beat to death Corsair so I modeled it to look like it just recently arrived on station. Good luck with yours, I'm looking forward to seeing some photos. Take care :-)

Jim

Thanks Jim!
I didn't find the Gunze equivalent, so I ended up getting the Tamiya one (XF-17) and some blue. All is masked and ready for painting, it will definitely be blue, but I might decide to get some new decals!

Lovely job Jim, just the right amount of fading to make the paint job stand out !

Cheers, D

Thank you Aus, cheers! The only thing I did that was not out of the box was the engine wiring. I had forgot to mention that and didn't want people to think it was totally OOB. However , Tamiya kits are just about flawless. I love building them. Anyway, sorry for rambling. Take care and thanks again

Jim