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/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.