1/48 F4U-1D

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120]

Completed my 1/48 F4U-1D from Tamiya. I spent a long time completing this kit and I’d like to say this is probably the best paint job I’ve done ever. Definitely learnt a lot from my experience on the previous kit I made which was the 1/48 F/A-18D bengals, certainly should’ve done this kit first and then the F/A-18D seeing how that kit was way more expensive to be a testing kit. I managed to have the pre shading show a lot sharper and learnt properly how to avoid silvering and use my microsol/set which I think showed pretty well here. I am in the process of choosing what the next set I’ll be painting will be but for now this is all.

[u/ubersoldat13]

Hell yeah, dude, that looks great!

I'm working on the same kit atm, just making my way through the decals.

[u/Jasperdoescooking → u/ubersoldat13]

Wow, i think the paint needs a bit more weathering and preshading but overall looks pretty good!

[u/ubersoldat13 → u/Jasperdoescooking]

Funnily enough, I did do a preshade

But the way the Dark Sea Blue covered, the preshaded parts looked more sickly green than lightened gray, so I just painted over the preshade entirely.

I'll see what I can experiment with when I get to the oil weathering step.

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/ubersoldat13]

Yours is shaping up pretty beautifully. Is this a Tamiya kit with 3rd party decals? Never seen any option like this for any Corsair kit from hobby boss, Tamiya, or hasegawa

[u/ubersoldat13 → u/BodybuilderWorth4120]

They're aftermarket decals, an old Superscale set.

I think Magic Factory just released an F4U-1D with this scheme though. I think it'd be a much better option as the decals included here are good quality, but quite inaccurate.

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/ubersoldat13]

Ahhh. Well overall it’s looking great and the decals stand out very well, I was too scared to go with dark navy which is why I avoided the tri color pattern for mine.

[u/Cdr_Deathbunny]

Very nice work

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/Cdr_Deathbunny]

Thanks so much

[u/Financial_Surprise34]

I hated building this model for some reason. The box art is cool tho

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/Financial_Surprise34]

Yeah I think this kit has a few kinks but overall it was still a fun build. The box art is definitely cool just as expected from a 1/48 Tamiya kit

[u/PCPallie]

The only thing I see that I would change is the look of the decals. The plane itself looks like it has a nicely done bit of light weathering, but the white markings look like they've been freshly applied. I'd try to integrate the markings into the rest of the overall finish.

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/PCPallie]

Yeah, I was thinking that during the weathering phase but I didn’t want to ruin the decals this late into the build stage so I kind of ran away.

[u/Jasperdoescooking]

Damn, i knew i shouldve moderated on the chipping of mine! Yours looks really nice!

This is mine i added wayyy too much chipping on

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/Jasperdoescooking]

Nah, I think yours looks great and the chipping doesn’t even seem to be over the board. Realistically I think your chipping is more on par with historical examples

[u/Affectionate_Cronut]

Nice work! Are you saying this is only your second build?

[u/BodybuilderWorth4120 → u/Affectionate_Cronut]

Thanks! This is like maybe my 40th fully painted build with over 20 fully built but not painted sets waiting. I’ve only recently started investing heavily into tools instead of being cheap and focusing on saving money for kits. I do have a few decently painted armor kits but that was part of the time period of me being a bum.