Northrop Delta Mexico Airlines 1934



Although there are not a lot of parts to this kit, the build was a little fussy because there are no locating pins to align the parts. I'm pleased how it came out

One step forward, 2 steps back.

Got it glossed over Future, then tried to add decals. First the decal exploded in water, now I gotta find decals for a 40 year old kit. Then it turns out that wasn't Micro Set I slathered all over the fuselage, it was liquid decal mask. Wiping it off pulled off the Future and some of the paint. Back to the paint shop.

Tough luck on that one, Mark. I hope everything works out after another trip to the paint shop.

I have some royal navy decals that should work. I can send you those if you want. It would not work with that camouflage though....

Thanks Jesper, but I've got it mostly worked out. The kit decals were simple, Stars n Bars, Marines, Flight numbers and a totally fictitious tailcode. Since I'm doing a VMF(N) 513 night fighter from Korea, I'd already sourced new tail codes, I've got Stars n Bars, so all I needed to order was Marines. Since it's a night fighter, I'm going to leave off the flight numbers. Finally, I spray some Tamiya Smoke over them to tone them way down.

Hi All,

Steve, nice finish! I really like how that turned out, unique and well done. Mark, hang in there! it will get better I'm sure.

There's an old saying "You get what you pay for". I still think that I made a great buy on a $5 USD Eduard F6F-3! Though, it turns out aside from no decals, there was a missing side window (not a problem, as I have the -5 and the -3 windows are on the sprue). The biggie was no tail wheel, so I stole one off the Hasegawa Rufe, as it's not needed. Problem solved! Except some how some way I knocked it off. The grid search has found nothing to date, I'm sure it will show now that I took the wheel for the Rufe dolly!

I was able to make a poor substitute, and given my audience, I'm sure that they will never know! So I was able to paint the bottom in insignia white (Tamiya X-2 + a drop of tan, around 10:1 ,diluted 1:4 with lacquer thinner).



I'll be giving a little wash to depict carrier use, and in the meantime I'm goofing off with the topside coloring...



So far, I do like this kit, with the exception of the way they did the gun barrels. I've snapped off both longest on each wing. These are getting replaced with 21 G needle tubing.

I should be wrapping this one up soon! Be safe, wash your hands, and keep having fun!!

Neil and Jesper: Thank´s a lot!

Stephen: Great built Stuka with a very nice marking option. Congrats!

Steve: This is a stunning looking Delta. It really looks great!

Mark: Good luck with Your Corsair. I hope all get´s well.

John: Nice paint job on Your Hellcat.

Meanwhile, I finished my Gannet. It is a nice kit, but there are some traps, especially concerning the landing gear and landing gear doors. I have probably overdone the dirt effects, as the planes were always in good condition on my reference pictures. But, it give a more vivid look.







Keep on modelling!

Oliver

Lovely job on the Gannet Oliver.

Beautiful build, Oliver! The weathering looks great to me!

Here is my entry, Hasegawa 1/48 Aichi B7A2 attack bomber "Ryusei Kai" (Grace).

Nice choice, Lap man. Noticing the decals - I am curious - what are the black circles for? Black circle insignia?

Getting some paint on it:

finally took some finished pics, and uploaded to the gallery.
Fun build, the only part that was a bit of a hassle was the wing joins, Ill be more prepared for my next tamiya corsair.

Had a little paint pull in some spots, but I'll get those touched-up. Landing gear, the small bits, and decals remain.

Done! AHM - Fujimi 1/72 F4U-5N Corsair.

It looks like a Corsair, even sounds like one as I fly it around the model bench.

Seems to have all the bits a night fighter needs, radar, missiles and cannons.

To borrow a phrase,the decals were rubbish. At 40-50 years that should be expected, but these had issues, the tail code wasn't for any Marine unit, at best it was for a Skyraider squadron, that wasn't in Korea. Had to by the WF on line, pulled the national insignia off of a Microscale Sheet and it took 2 application of liquid decal film to save the "Marines" decal.

I tried to slather a bunch of Tamiya Smoke over the decals to tone them down like the early night fighters did.
All in All it's a Bent Wing Bird.

Now I gotta go find a gallery!

Eric and Mark, beautiful Corsairs! Eric, your weathering is especially magnificent! Congrats on finishing.

Shell, nice progress on the Stuka. The splinter camo looks sharp! 🙂

Thanks, but it's not as sharp as you think. I am having an issue with paint pulling up in spots and I keep having to do touch-ups. The paint I'm using might have gone bad but it was all the RLM 71 I had on hand.

@ Jesper, they are black outline for the red insignia.
Here is update pis of my entry.

Great looking dirty Corsairs, my entry also a F4U-5 Corsair this is the Revell 1/72 and it builds into a nice little aeroplane

My local hobby shop had a garage sale in the form of Corona boxes (a box full with all sorts of models an some magazine's to get true the the time spent home,.. well i got a box with no less than 3 Corsairs and some other of the bent wing sort) anyway my choice the Revell for this and the Hasa for the Radial Campaign



I did use some putty just the get some uneven and some sink hols out of the way



Before paint some layer of primer from the spray can



Tamiya Paint mix end than the decals





The finished product after some washes, oil paint and a little bit of charcoal. As said great build





Next to his big brother that was a hanger queen but also finished in the same time

I don't think I'm going to finish in time; my daughter's high school graduation is this weekend and even if that wasn't happening the paint issues I had plus all the rain that just passed through cost me valuable build time. I am still going to give it my best in the few spare minutes I am getting, but I don't even have decals or the main landing gear on yet and I still have to fix the paint.

So close; just like my game of PUBG last night where I died at 5th place to the blue zone just as I was crossing the line into the safe zone.

Hi All,

Nice builds here!

I've pretty much finished this one. Still have to dull the prop, and going over some of the things to see what I missed.

Here she is post decaling, pre-weathering.



Next up is to play with some lights and a poster board background, along with some parting comments!

Be safe, have fun!

This is where I am. I have to do some touch-ups in several places around the rear fuselage and tail/rudder, plus clean-up the landing gear-wing join. Attach antenna and rig aerial. Decals...




So, between my kid's party tomorrow all day, work on Monday and a graduation ceremony later that evening I should have this in the bag.

Looking very nice, Shell. I am sure it Will look Great when finished.

Aichi B7A2 Attack Bomber "Ryusei Kai" finished.

Very nice clean build, Lap man.

Hi All,

Lap Man, nice finish as usual!

I finished my Eduard 1/48 F6F-3! For a kit that I picked up at a model show for 5 USD it wasn't a bad build. I did pick up a set of decals, Super Scale MS481238 F6F-3 Hellcats VF-2, VF-16, VF-6 and VF-51. I opted to go with Lt (jg) Alexander Vraciu's "Gadget", in Feburary 1944, with VF-6, aboard the USS Intrepid.

The decals performed flawlessly, with a nice set of stencils done in both black and white.

I really enjoyed the Eduard kit, though I have a couple of issues with it. The way they've engineered gun placement is poor, one would think that would take a lesson from Tamiya on this. I managed to break off the inner (longest) guns. I wound up replacing them with 21G stainless from syringe needles. I also erred and drilled out the wrong side (shortest one), and had to replace that one as well. While the wingtip nav lights are great, I think the best way to attach these is with superglue and sand down and polish out. The prop is a poor representation, but does clean up and looks ok. I do like the extra sliding portion of glass that allows for an open cockpit! A nice touch.

All the other issues I had with the kit were self induced. While not many, I now know how I'll go about building the other two in my stash (-3 and -5).

I thought I went way overboard on the weathering, especially the underside. Looking at reference photo's it appears that I didn't go far enough! Oh well, I think it turned out ok, plus I got to try my hand working more with oil weathering, a skill that I need to work on.









Overall a good kit, I recommend it to any level of modeler, though the Weekender addition may prove more attractive (lower priced) as the PE didn't add all that much, in my opinion.

Great campaign, I enjoyed it! You all stay safe out there, and keep on having fun!

John