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Neuling
Very beautiful diorama. And the aircraft looks very good - I love that colour.

Alain Brshl
Hi Neuling, I saw some of your work and I can't compare to you !

Paul Moore
That's a great weathering job on that Hellcat! Congratulations. It looks like a photo. The undulations of the lighter and darker areas look really nice!

Desert Marlin
This figure set is great!!!

Bozzer
I'll hop on this ride. It's a kit, on my list.

Goldman
Great progress. The engine does look good

Bozzer
Sorry to hear about your tanks, Ken. I've heard nothing but bad news, about Rustoleum clear. Thankfully, we don't have it over here, but I've had the same thing happen, with a cheap clear, I once used. Basically, it was too hot, for the paint. This kit reminds me very much of my Hideout Truck, but the frame is longer on mine. I did enjoy the build though, despite it being a bit of work. Keep going mate, you're doing an awesome job! Remember to test fit all the plumbing, before you commit to glue? It's a lot of fingers and thumbs! Just find that easiest way for you and use the directions as a guide, not the bible. 👍

Bozzer
Those interior additions look excellent mate! Perfect job on the decals too. They look excellent, on the white body. I'm loving everything, that I'm seeing here 👍

Ben M
Amazing result with 20+ year old decals!

Dave
That is a shape looking Rig. like the details that you added during construction.

Rui S
Great work allround 👍 great photos too. SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦 💪

Cliff Kidd
Thank you Rui!…it was an enjoyable build!
The digi Ukr scheme was the only one on the table!

Rui S
Of course 👍 Beautifully done

Desert Marlin
Fabulous work!!!

Cristian A
Taking a seat and popcorn 🍿

Skyhiker
Welcome Cristian A.

Dave Flitton
Watching

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat too!

Skyhiker
Welcome gentlemen

Ben M
It is like a duck

Skyhiker
Yeah, it's a bit like the Su-34, just a little less flat.

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Skyhiker
Hi, DerMattes, welcome.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Skyhiker
Wings are on and surface details beginning.

Mr D
Coming along nicely 👍👍 More building 🤣 going ahead,
Smart and interesting aircraft, lm going to have to research n watch some YouTube videos on this aircraft.
Like the cockpit 👌

Mr D
Watching a YouTube video on the Berkut now, interesting aircraft 🤔 ..

Skyhiker
Yeah, it's kinda cool. Certainly it's different from the other Russian planes in looks.

Skyhiker
Worked on more details today.

Mr D
Better job on the nose shaping now, it was probably quite dependent on front aero due to wing position and design.
Could help with sonic boom too ??

Skyhiker
Infrared search scanner attached and corrected.

Skyhiker
Weapons bay constructed.

Mr D
Was the bay missed off on the kit ??

Skyhiker
Yes, the kit was made before the plane was seen up close.

Mr D
Ahh probably from airshow viewing ect they probably wanted to keep alot secret.
You will do it justice as usual I'm sure.
Thanks 👍👍

Cuajete
Great job so far 👍

Mr D
Nice to get it right 👍
Was it a Zvezda kit originally??

Skyhiker
Yes, Zvezda put it out in the 90's sometime after the plane's first flight on September 1997. It's not a bad kit but a few adjustments are needed.

Skyhiker
Vertical stabilizers corrected.

Björn Svedberg
I've started the build of the Tamiya Birdcage Corsair. The plan is to build it with folded wings along with the pilots and ground crew kit.

Daniel Klink
Hi Björn... nice to read you again following of course.
Hope you are doing fine!

James C
Off to a great start. Following 👍

Björn Svedberg
Thank you friends! 🙂
I'm fine thank you, Daniel! Hope you are doing fine, too!

Erik Leijdens
Great start Björn! Looks good, as always!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Wonderful work on Cockpit and engine! I am looking forward seeing your skills at work!

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Erik and Roland! 🙂
A little bit of an update. I have finished the riveting and the masking of the cockpit and I have also done the pre-shading and marbling before the paint.
I decided to go with a paint set from Hataka this time, so the next update will have to wait until it arrives.

Björn Svedberg
Another update. The camo is finished. Although I'm happy with the end result, the Hataka paints is going to take a while to get used to. They are not like the gunze/mr. color and Tamya that I usually use.
Next up is decals. 🙂

James C
The camouflage and colours look amazing 👍
Do you mind me asking what was happening with the Hataka paints and were you using the acrylic set?

Björn Svedberg
Thanks James!
Yes, it was the acrylic set. I had a couple of things happen. I used the Hataka acrylic thinner to thin the paint for the airbrush and it had quite alot of soapy stuff in it creating bubbles in the paint mix in the cup of the airbrush, which resulted in a very uneven paint spray out of the airbrush. I guess that could just be me getting the mix wrong, but I will probably use tamiya X-20A as a thinner the next time.
The second thing is that I sometimes use Mr.Color Leveling thinner to thin acrylic paints and that did not work at all with these paints. That mix turned into a stringy gunk that clogged up the airbrush.
But I'm sure they will work just fine when I have worked with them a bit more and learned how to use them properly. As I said, I am happy with the end result. 🙂

James C
Thanks for the info... I've got a couple Hataka acrylic sets that I've not tried yet.

Guillaume Blanchet
Looking great so far!

Clifford Keesler
Agree with everyone, looking great.

Slavo Hazucha
I´ll pop in here too - progress looks great so far - I really like your approach to surface wear 👍

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Guillaume, Clifford and Slavo.
Decals are now on so the next step is weathering and some detail painting to finish it up. 🙂

Björn Svedberg
I have done the first stage of weathering with oil washes and a matt layer on top of that. After assembly, I will do some additional weathering and detail painting. I will keep it as clean as I can for this one.

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
fabulous

Chris Church
Detail work on the cockpit and engine looks fantastic.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Precisely done work, looks just wonderful!

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome sir.

Scott Dutton
Beautiful work, I enjoy seeing how people paint at what level of subassemblies Vs masking. Your airbrush control is amazing, the preshading is a work of art by itself

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Laurent, Chris, Roland, Clifford and Scott! 🙂
The Corsair is now finished, but I still have the moto-tug and the pilots and crew to finish before I close this project.

bughunter
What a clean work and paint job 👍 all those little lovely sub assemblies ... Wonderful!

Christian Kohl
Very nice job, Björn. Very lovely done!😉

Hanno Kleinecke
What a paintjob ! You perfectly captured the sun beaten, chalked out look of these hard used airplanes !

Micky
Excelent paint job!

Björn Svedberg
Thank you very much for all the feedback, mates! 🙂
I've added the Eduard Essex class carrier deck to the project, so I will have to find some good reference for the painting. It looks like it will be a nice addition with all the weathered wood and steel.😉

Björn Svedberg
Another update. I have started working on the figures and finished the little moto-tug. Next will be some figure painting. 🙂

Micky
Watching with interest Björn!!

Björn Svedberg
You are very welcome, Micky! 🙂
Another update. I have finished the drop tank and also worked on the carrier deck. I will probably do some more weathering of the deck in the future. Tyre marks oil spill etc, but as for now I consider it finished. Now I only have the figure painting left to do.

Slavo Hazucha
The deck looks absolutely fabulous, great contrast between metal & wood and top mild weathering effects 👍

bughunter
Very nice detail painting on the deck! I like it 👍

Clifford Keesler
That is looking very very nice.

Christian Kohl
Very nice work Björn. It's really fun to watch what you're doing.

Björn Svedberg
Thank you Slavo, bughunter, Clifford and Christian!
I have finished the figure painting and taken a few finishing photos. This project was alot of fun to do! 🙂
On to the next one!😉

James C
Outstanding build Björn. The Corsair looks amazing, and the crew figures are the icing on the cake. Phenomenal paintwork! 👍👍👍

Clifford Keesler
Beautiful work on the figures, and Corsair. Well done.

Lochsa River
Really Nice....congratulations

Roland Sachsenhofer
Impressive piece of modeling art, wonderful work and outcome! Congratulations Björn!

Germen V
very nice, congrats

Alex Rodionov
Great work. No words.

Neuling
Very beautiful diorama in every aspect. A feast for the eyes indeed.👍👍👍

Daniel Klink
Fully agree with Neuling..
Especially the Figures looking awesome 👍
But they are all missing the eyes..

Björn Svedberg
Thank you very much, mates! You all inspire me to become a better modeler! And the feedback is very much appreciated. 🙂
@Daniel, Thank you, and yes, painting eyes in this scale is something I haven't mastered yet. I promise you that they would look far more creepy if I had tried that.😉

bughunter
The group of pilots is absolutely impressive, very lifelike! Not just the painting, but also the postures and last but not least the photography! Awesome!

berni
Hello Björn, a very good result for someone who started modeling in 2017 👍

Björn Svedberg
Thank you bughunter and berni! 🙂

Mark
Outstanding build and figures 👍👍👍

Paul Moore
That's a VERY impressive build! The diorama is beautiful. I have a question about the wooden deck - I thought they were all painted blue at the beginning of the war. Do you have any info on that question. The paint job on the Corsair is just the right amount of shading.

Desert Marlin
Really awesome!!! Love the decking!!!

Mark Sherwood
In on this.

Desert Marlin
Yellow has been applied!

Desert Marlin
RLM76 Next.

Sean
I'm pretty sure you got this for me when I was a wee lad...

Mr D
Like it 😁👍
Definitely one of my favourite aircraft fantastic airframe design.
Nice 👌

Mr D
What kit was it Dave ?

Dave
I added a photo of box in with the pictures.