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Nathan Dempsey
Very nice choice of markings! Makes me want to build my Hasegawa F4U-5N...

Gary Victory
Nice build Jon, This reminds me of back in the 1980's an F4U-7 on the airshow circuit.

Neuling
Excellent!

Jon Bryon
Thanks guys. It is rather clean!

Nathan Dempsey
I see my comment from way back & I'm glad to see this one back in the feed. Know that in the meantime I've acquired this kit. Thanks Jon!

Kenneth
Really great work 👍 Reminds me of the late Lindsey Walton's F4U-7 which as one of the first „heavy" warbirds in Europe was to be seen at many airshows in the early Eighties.

Jon Bryon
Good stuff! Let me know when you've built it 😉

Desert Marlin
Very nice!

Bernhard Schrock
Top job especially the flawless finish. I like you definition of gloss. 🙂🙂

Jon Bryon
Thanks guys 🙂

Martin Oostrom
Modelbouw Dordrecht. One of the last surviving brick and mortar stores. And a very nice one too!

Alexander Grivonev
I waited for someone to notice actually 😄 I was on vacation in NL last year and you know what? Spent actually a night in Dordrecht but didn't even bother to check for model shops...

Alexander Grivonev
Bought the kit on eBay couple of years ago

Spanjaard
i was there actually a few months ago. i was just walking in the city and found it, i could not resist entering and buying some stuff, very nice shop! and now, let see the masterclass in car modelling. lovely work on that seat, love the blue trim 🙂

MS K
I took my seat. 😎

Byron
amazing ideas for the seat piping, headrest and seatbelt loop, if you don't mind I'll steal them.
Amazing work sofar.
Keep that Alpina collection growing, I'm at 12 now 😄

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome boys, welcome.

Byron, we don't steal around here, we *get inspired*

Michael Kohl
Be Am Troubleyou. Looks like fun - to watch. 😉

Alexander Grivonev
More like "Revel in agony"

bossy122
Considering the manufacturer, that headlight cover actually fits pretty well. Ever tried a 962C? There's some ill fitting headlights.

Alexander Grivonev
Maybe I am just spoiled by Tamiya to be fair

yngvenett
Following this to learn. I would like to know what cord you're using on the beautiful seats. Inspiring to see what you're doing with them. Also how will you be able to make it look like fabric on them?

Alexander Grivonev
Hi yngvenett, the cord is just blue isolated wire, the thinnest I had in my stash. I think this one is 0,25mm buth there are thinner ones you can buy. For the seats, just keep an eye open, will post updates the next days 👍

CasModeler
Hey. Interesting idea with that blue upholstery. I'll share with you a tip that I recently tested. For better reproduction of fabric seats, you can try adding 10-15% Mr Color C188(Flat Base Rough) paint to the blue paint. The rough surface will enhance the matte and the seats will be more realistic. Of course, I mean only those parts on the seats that are blue in color. Regards.

Alexander Grivonev
Hey Cas, yeah something of this kind was my idea too. Just making the surface extra flat will get you a nice "fuzzy" texture

Martin Oostrom
Apply some thinned mr surfacer and tap with the tip of a brush can give a rougher texture as well.
Multiple ways to skin a cat

Bozzer
Or, just paint the cat's tongue, and match the effect on your model? 😛

CasModeler
You did the seats very well!

yngvenett
Seats turned out very good. Thanks for explaining all the details

bughunter
Every time I see your great paint jobs, I think: Noch viel lernen ich muss! 😉

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, how did I miss this build? I really like the effort you put into the jig for alingning the prop shafts! 3D printed propellers are also a big upgrade to injection mouldet parts. I struggled quiet a bit till I got the shape on my New Jersey propellers right. Which software do you use to design yours?

Spanjaard
very nice work, propellers look really nice

navycod
Thanks a lot! I'm using FreeCAD/Ondsel

Ingmar Stöhr
Ah ok. Thanks! Only after finishing the props for New Jersey I found out, that there are free tools online, which can genrate you CAD models of props. Might be a good starting point for the next project. Altough modern navy propellers have very comlicated shapes, that are not covered by this generator: wageningen-b-series-propeller.com/

navycod
Thank you, have looked for a such resource!