Hi,

I recently started to work on the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 resin kit from Brassin, to add details to the 1/32 Tam Corsair.

Parts cut from the resin sprue.







Some parts:



Original spark plugs are not bad, but... details can be added.





New connector.



Cylinders head drilled to receive a "real" tube instead of the PE one of the Barssin kit.



The box of the lower cylinder is also drilled to be connected to the reductor and the back of the engine.







Test fit:





Early Bendix electrical harness from Barracuda



Next step: Paint.
So time to mask...



Late magnetos are cut off and will be replaced by the Early ones provided by Barracuda:



More mask:



ZP primer and black before Alclad, from ZP once again:











Short dry time, then grey from Gunze: 307 & 337 with Tamiya thinner.
Alclad White Alu for the cylinders.















Black again.








Welcome to the Smurfs:



Mask off





Black here too:



Pchiiit...









Mask off and light first weathering steps.







test fit:





Instruction plate added







First row:



Test fit again with front end:





Bendix magnetos:




Time for primer!
Grey Micro Filler on few parts.
Cylinders:





I love the details:



Other engine parts and cowls:










After the grey... BLACK!
Gloss Black Base from Alclad.







"Engine Manifold" from Alclad.





Test fitting for the push rods and spark plugs in place.





Cylinders of the first row are now complete:



Time for the back crown.
Alu Metal Cote quickly applied with a brush then polshed with a brush once again.
Smoke and quick dry brush with "blanc de titane" and black from W&N this time.
I don't spend too much time for the details and paint work on these parts as they will not be too visible.











I couldn't resist to a test fit with the 18 cylinders installed







Starts to look to a R-2800 ...


Small Paint work today.
Model Master Green Zinc Chromate, Acrylic, straight from the jar:







Great molding process?...



Spark plugs shortened and drilled:





Magnetos ready and installed with the center part of the ignition crown:



Cables ready to be connected:



First step to give life; Olive Green, W&N.
...then second layer with Raw Umber, Burnt Umber and a bit of Black, oil from W&N and Rembrandt.
Still wet and waiting for the next step:











Same for the ignition, with Smoke and still wet:




Now just need to put it on the aircraft:



Joke... this one is the wrong scale!


The Corsair EMM says that internal parts of the cowlings should be Light Grey-Non Specular.
But I love Zinc Chromate...
After a "long" reflection, I've decided to keep the covers painted ZC. I will use those in the second Brassin kit I have to paint them NS Light Grey and consider that the ones I've already done are a "field mod" ...
So I continued to work on the internal aspect of the cowl to mitigate (or tone down) the first step.



Done on the right side, still first step on the left...


Weathering is still progressing. Oils.











One done, the other just in first step.



Sorry for the poor quality pics...

"Cable" of the cowl flaps installed:



Need to be painted!

Small work to adjust the front cowl to the cylinders head:







Ignition ring glued on the magnetos:



Spark plugs wiring on the way:



Nothing extraordinary... but needed!!

Very small progress once again.
But the weather was so nice that it was really better to be ... "cruising" at few thousand feet than breathing resin down on the floor!
Firewall painted using Dull alu, Airframe et Pale Burnt Metal here and there.



... and ZC Acryl from Model Master (Top paint!) applied few minutes after the quick drying Alclad.



Admission plate is painted grey using a mix of FS 36118 and FS 35237 Grayish Blue from Gunze.



Inlet pipes installed on the front row







"Spark plugs" put on the rear cylinders





... and a quick test fit to see if it's OK.






Well , this is my interpretation of the Monster...
Questions and comments are welcome.
I hope you like it.
More to come soon.



Pascal

Hi Pascal

Stunning work! This one slipped under my radar somehow. Once you've installed the engine, perhaps you could write a review of the set for us?

All the best

Rowan

Pascal,
Absolutely brilliant detailing, painting, and weathering of the P&W 2800 engine. You're creating a near perfect replica. With that being said your statement on colors struck me as being someone at odds to your building goals:

"...The Corsair EMM says that internal parts of the cowlings should be Light Grey-Non Specular.
But I love Zinc Chromate...
After a "long" reflection, I've decided to keep the covers painted ZC...."

The EM manual has the wheel wells, engine cowling, and accessory cowlings to be painted in Non-Specular Light Gray, which is the color of the bottom of the aircraft. The paint was applied over a protective coating of "Salmon", which is a pinkish/brown colored primer made by mixing Indian Red pigment with Zinc Chromate Yellow. There is a lot of photographic evidence that the interiors of the cowling were painted Non Specular LT. Gray when they left the factory. As the paint wore off, the Salmon primer would start to show through, not Green or Yellow ZC.

Joel

Hi,

Thanks for your comments

I know Joel, that's the problem...

Progress were made since the first post:
I don't really like the way Tamiya made the dashboard even if the glass part is extremely clear.



I prefer instruments with their own glass.
First Mat Black on the instrument panel.



Waldrom instruments and clear acetate:



Thanks to ... Waldron Puch and die





Other parts are prepared and/or modified.

PE on the seat and holes done on the back.



Anti-skid on the pedals:



I wanted a bit more detailed area.
So I turned 2 parts to simulate the brake system.








Test fit :





Black base from Alclad:







Then Airframe Alu:












Tried to quicly mix colors for the "Salmon Zinc Chromate" and the cockpit green.
Not sure that all the Birdcage were painted with that kind of "Bronze Green"... And I was nearly about to paint the cockpit parts Interior Green or Green ZC!



Green for the cockpit parts:





Start to work on the tail compartment and tail structure parts.
Small modifications done and few PE parts added








Alu added to hide the ejection pins and the junction between the elevator plate and the inside of the gear bay.
Some reinforcing plates with their rivets added.






First of all 2 better pics of the rear wheel well.





I've also started to work on the seat:



... and the belts:




Few progress done on the cockpit.
Some (rare) PE parts and placards from Barracuda.
I took the pics too late and with the flash... details of the paints are not like ...they really are .
Time for pics.
O2 bottle and it's new bracket:







Black over masked cockpit green:



Pics of the test fit:























Oils are still wet... and shiny!

More soon.

Pascal

Hi again Pascal

I've renamed the thread as you've moved on to the Corsair itself.

Equally superb work - the cockpit looks amazing! This has got to be a front-page Feature when it's finished.

All the best

Rowan

Hi,

Thanks a lot Merlin!

Small progress on the cockpit side walls masked and painted in "cockpit green":






Parts & Alu foil added on the wing box:



Gear bay parts and wing spar will soon be added on the wing box.

The safety belts are almost finished.
Just need to install the locking for the buckles.




I did not like that much more the safety beltLe and the color wasn't the right one...
So:




Just need to put/conform it on the seat and "bring it alive".


Original throttle quadrant has been modified.
engine control levers have also been modified or rebuild from PE sprue and ... Maskol.
Metallic rivets are installed into the 0.3mm holes previoulsly drilled.



A new PE part replace the plastic throttle quadrant from Tamiya.
The Flap control panel need to be relocate.
I know I've painted the throttle quadrant support plate Zinc Chromate green... Maintenance operation from my twisted mind!







It will look better when added to the complete cockpit.

Sidewalls done and weathered:









Rear wheel well detailed on both sides and painted "Salmon"








Rear compartment done and weathered and ready to be closed.



Not a lot that can still be seen...





Perfect fit for the cockpit! No glue needed!









I hope you still like it...
As always comments and questions are welcome.
More soon.

Pascal

pascal,
The rear wheel compartment looks fantastic. the use of that silver foil then the overall paint and weathering is about the best I've ever seen in a Corsair build.

The finished and installed cockpit is looks just like the real thing. Such detail which just jumps right out at the view with your weathering.

Looking forward to your next update.
Joel

Hi,

Thank you Joel

small progress on the rear wheel: New bolts, castle nuts from resin and brass.
Plastic card is also used to add details on the beautiful Tamiya parts









Same for the gear legs with parts scribed and sculpted as the scissors and the leg actuator









Paint and wash inside the beautiful wheels from Barracuda



Then First washes on the parts using oil and acrylic











Dry brushes to tone down the first "aging" work.

Oils out once again, but for dry brushing now.

Rear wheel:





Main gear leg:





Frisket to mask the inside of the wheels, and H77 Tyre Black:





... Then another coat of toned down black (with grey) on the top and upper sides to start the weathering process.
Great to enhance the wonderful engraved surface of the Barracuda wheels: Thanks a lot Roy!!







Sorry for the pics with the Flash, but it's not easy to show the shades (or nuance?...) but that's the aim:

That can be seen on the tire on the background



Test fit of the complete tail wheel mechanism.



That's all for the moment, but...
I wonder if this post will be updated as it seems it's not of great interest.
Thanks for looking,

Pascal

A magnificent build so far and Imho it would be a shame if you stopped the updates now.

Hi,

Thanks Gremlin.

The installation continues slowly.
Final details and additions before closing the fuselage are underway.
This is also the time to check the various adjustments.

Here are the last changes in the cockpit:

The oxygen bottle is connected



Propeller and engine control rods are added on the Dashboard



...Then connected to the throttle quadrant



Lights were quickly turned, drilled, painted in black with the front face simulated using Kristal Klear and finally equipped with their power cords before being put in place on each side of the cockpit.









Few addition in the tailwheel bay too, but more as "trompe l'œil" (fooler?...) to give the impression of a busy bay.
Basically it is representative of what is actually contained in the real one, but without really trying to represent exactly.









Finally, the rudder pedals are equipped with their adjustment knob and the footrest "ramps" detailed with photo-etched reinforcements.





Started to detail the wheel wells...











... Still have a lot to do.
Flaps are also on the bench and will be detailed with PE.
Wings oil coolers will also be detailed with PE, but not the one provided in the kit.

Wheel wells are superbly handled by Tamiya and their installation is precise and cleverly designed : a joy to build!
I find that some details can still be added very simply. It will give a little more reality to this space that is a bit empty.

The hydraulic distributor is prepared, lightly modified, drilled and finally equipped with its piping.
It was finally set up against the front wall of the bay.
Other pipes depart from the distributor through the aperture provided for this purpose.
Others from the wall, walk behind the retraction actuator to reach the small forward compartment.

Various pipes installed on the root partition side are formatted to run on the bottom of the compartment and back on the opposite to finally get lost in the passage toward to the folding part of the wing.

Well, after all this Blah Blah as preamble, pictures.






Wheel wells are now detailed and will allow me to soon spary the interior color on that part of the plane.
Oil coolers assemblies are also ready to be painted "Salmon" then "Light Gray".
La baie de droite:





The hydraulic distributor of the compartment:



Installed:



I lost one and ...still does not explain to me the relentless calm that I showed face the ordeal.
This one comes from one of the other boxes; but I'll have to order a sprue to replace the part...

One of the wings oil coolers:





I replaced the original photo-etched by the one proposed by Radu Brinzan, and masked it before primer and camouflage.
The parts are much finer and detailed than the kit ... already pretty!

Everything is connected:



One of the wing root extrados:



To continue on the wing and the central portion particularly, I started to work on the flaps.
These "Belles Bêtes" so special and identifiable amongst all!
The Tamiya assembly is of impressive quality and rendering without external addition is already terrific.

However, I decided to replace some kit parts by few photo-etched from Eduard.
This also causes a bit of rework on some kit parts ... that will need some adaptation .
The result, however pleases me, so it's worth a little extra work.


First, inside flap:





Central flap:


You have to think to open the perforations of the original parts to give a little more meaning to these details.





Outer wing flap:



Tamiya PE parts to detail the internal sides of the flaps:






Wheel well doors: STUNNING
You just have to slide the doors on the installed actuators to finalize this step!










Perfect angle for both right and left doors:



Voilà.


Pascal

Pascal,
That's a huge update loaded with more added scratch built details and PE then I've seen in some time. The wheel wells, inner side surfaces of the flaps are just amazing. Your work is certainly at the very top of the ladder.

Looking forward to your next update.
Joel

Stunning detailing, I have spent so much time just staring at each image because there is just so much to take in!

Beautiful work, please keep the updates coming.

Cheers, D

I am very glad you came back with a new installment Pascal. Brilliant work, a very enjoyable build to follow,

Hi,

Thank You!

Some progress on the Corsair.

Work continues in the central section.
I sprayed a coat of "Salmon" protection in the wheel well:













Light Gray (Gunze):





Zinc Chromate on the doors:





Rims; lovely details on those proposed by Barracuda compared to those (already very thin) from Tamiya:



Oil coolers are completed:



then installed:





They can be distinguished through the cooling flap whose lip was refined:



The leading and trailing edges of the fowler are completed and all awaiting paint:









Test fit:



For assembly that suits me, I placed strips of plastic card at the "break" of the lower wing part.
This enables perfect alignment of the radiators intakes and prevents putty after assembly.
Just leave a slight backwardation(?):





Gluing of the extrados:







I finally started working on the canopy.
Internal frames are never shown or proposed in photo-etched ... it does not suit me.
I (tried) to systematically achieve this detail which seems to me rather important in a cockpit, the more so when it is on the 32nd.





Further details will round, I hope the start of detailing.

Voilà.
Questions and comments are welcome.

Pascal

Hi,

Small progress...
Time to work the same way on the windshield.





Test fitting.



Pascal

Just wonderful, thanks for the updates Pascal

Pascal.

This is a masterclass in how to BUILD model aircraft not just assemble them as kits.

Magnificent skills and workmanship.
Gary

Pascal,
Just an excellent method to solve windshield and canopy frames. I'm assuming that you used Aluminum kitchen type foil. But how do you get the rivets so perfect?

Joel

Hello there,

Thank you.

The metal frame of the inside of the canopy is made of self-adhesive aluminum strips.
The two lower main frames are glued in place then cut following the plastic part shape.
They are installed inside the canopy following the external frame, then "riveted" into place using a Beading tool set enhance the effect of volume.
This will also eventually allow to get some effects, representative hopefully operational use I hope.

It's not hard to do!!

Tiny update.
In order to definitively close the fuselage and install the center wing box, the latest additions are underway.
It is therefore necessary to finalize the cockpit and the engine to have no surprise during assembly of the firewall.
This last determines the successful integration of the entire front section.
The motor is thus completed to 98%:







Some details still need to be added before a light "aging" and installation of reinforcement arms of the lower window:




More shortly ...

pascal

Pascal,
Your Pratt & Whitney R2800 engine is about as life like as one can hope to get in 1/32 scale.

I dare say that if you took a picture of it on a clean background and put it next to a picture the real engine with the same color background located at the United States Air Force museum, one would be very hard pressed to know which was was.
Joel

Your R-2800 is really exquisite, Pascal.
I'm actually using your thread as a guide to help me along in the quest to build a pair of R-2800's for a twin engine in 1/72 scale.
Your thread is a wonderful visual guide, and your work is truly inspiring.

The inside canopy framing is magic, as is the entire build.

Hi,

Thank you vert much Mates!

Small progress, but progress.

I was not really satisfied with the cockpit because of the details I had decided not to represent ... were missing!
So I removed the support of the hydraulic system to add connections and pipes.
It seems a bit raw at the moment but once painted, it will look better.

Fittings .031 "and .038"
0.3, 0.5, 0.6mm pipes.









That's it.

Pascal

Pascal,
I'm just amazed at the level of your detailing. As I've said before; Amazing, simply amazing.
Joel

Hi,

Thanks Joel

The cockpit is now enclosed in the fuselage.
I finalized the stick adding the conduct of the "funnel". Hard to see with the center wing box in place, but I will try to take a picture tomorrow.
Lower window reinforcements are also installed, painted and slightly weatheredas well as the "bottom" of the cockpit.
The pipes have all well took their place: Cool!





Next step : Maybe weathering the wheel wells



I also paint the internal frames of the windshield and canopy.
Green for the first, to have the cockpit color on the lower area of the transparent part:



Still need to install the flap control handle on the left side, straddling the transparent part and fuselage.
Tamiya part is misplaced in my opinion. Eduard seems to have made ​​the same error on the new resin cockpit ...

The canopy is equipped with its opening handles , slightly visible at the moment, and receives a coat of zinc chromate.



The under layer will allow a possible additional small effect in the weathering process...
I know it is not really consistent in terms of color (maybe hue is the right term? Sorry for my poor English...), but ...

More soon.

pascal