Official FlightLine F4U-1A Corsair 1600mm (63") Wingspan

[jetfool]

I believe they are pre-installed. Not hard to remove if you take your time and use some soapy water or goo-gone (check on scrap foam for compatibility). Paint will lift off but foam should be fine under decal. Best of luck.
Best Regards, Rex

[ncflyer79]

Was looking at picking up a bubbletop corsair and was wondering if the decals now come pre-applied??? i was going to do a repaint and custom scheme. I hate removing the decals as I always seem to have trouble doing so.

[Elbee]

No....

[Grossman56]

Thanks Steve, now if I could only get the dang link to work so you could peruse it in T Cad, I'd be off to the races. The problem is, I get the design laid down, then I see a picture of the real thing and see the things I could add....Does it ever end??

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Grossman56

Well, well, well.....looks like you're up for the challenge, my Brother.

Let the adventure begin.:pop

Great paint work on your new recruit.

Nicely done, SIr.:trophy:

Best, Elbee

[Grossman56]

Between swinging from T Cad and painting pilots, haven't had what you might call free free time. (Free time being non work time and free free time being those few minutes between house work, wife time, T cad time and pilot painting time, you know what I mean). But progress has been great. First of all, a new pilot for the oldest bird in the fleet and a cockpit make over as well.
BBD's new pilot is coming along...



This is NOT the finished product, but the leather jacket is, well I'd venture to say 90% there now. All the facial features are there but I need to smoothen things out a bit with some washes, the mask line still needs some work as well. The harness just has the original purple wash over it, I learned from painting portraits that a base of purple works wonders, the color of life I call it. The jacket base is burnt umber and the built up color is burnt umber with a touch of red, then altering the color using small amounts of black. Pants are washed with khaki green. The boots are painted with all the left over color from the jacket. If you use straight black, it looks like a hole in the pic. Something like mixing black and white and calling it gray. No No! There always has to be a third color. When doing portraits, I never use tube black, but mix my own with burnt umber and Prussian blue. Anyway, getting carried away here...

As for T Cad, I decided to push myself as well as just have some fun with it, so I started designing a canopy for a P51B, my thought is to get my feet wet on this project and carry it over to building a frame for the Corsair....
So far..


Just waiting for my new PC to arrive, then the fun begins..
Nothing like firing up a new PC. Just like there's nothing like bringing in a herd

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Ah you're no fun

[Aros]

I cannot confirm nor deny....

[f4u ausie]

James has said this will be the year... Single engine WW2 let's Hope.. one thing 4 sure. Won't b a zeek.for my corsair to beat up on since I don't have a p47. That would do me

[Grossman56]

Thanks Todd.
So what's the news?? Any more single engine 1600mm WWII warbirds in the que?!?! At least give us some hope.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Aros]

Nice, nice work there Dan. Great job!

[Grossman56]

[Elbee]

Grossman56

Yeah, there some similarities especially around the biceps.

"We want to pump you up."



Best, LB

[jetfool]

Looks very nice Dangerous. Your going to have a beautiful aircraft.

Best Regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

The man in his cockpit. One more piece coming, the frame around the bullet proof glass, then he gets sealed in.


Thanks for the inspiration Rex, Steve and Dave!!
He looks just like ME!!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Now, just looking for something else to create, went on Tinker Cad I hate to say this, but does anyone know what the scale of the G.I. Joe 'action figures' was??
No one has yet come up with a 3D figure of a maintenance guy yet.



Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Danger,

If your GI Joe is 12" he's considered 1/6th scale,i.e., 72" dude = 6'/1' = 1/6th scale'

72' man / 10" figure is 1/7.2 scale

72" dude / 8" figure is 1/9th scale and so on.

So, whatever height your figure might be divide that number in inches into 72" for 6' dude and you'll be close enough.

Make sense?

The FlightLine Corsair is what...1:8th scale. so if you want a 6' (72") pilot you'd simply divide 72/8=9 and your fully standing pilot would need to be 9" overall.

The FlightLine B-25 is listed as 1:13th scale but is closer to 1:12.8 averaging the scaled wingspan and fuselage length into a single number.

I scaled my design parts to that and it is working out nicely.

Best, LB

PS:BTW: Max Greuter includes a Scaling Chart for his 1/6th pilot figures. See attachment.

[Grossman56]

Now, just looking for something else to create, went on Tinker Cad and just had fun yesterday, trying all the different controls and figuring out the new sketch tool, pretty cool. The alignment tool was something that I couldn't figure out until I watched a couple of videos, really simple when you watch someone else use it.

One thing on my 'to do' list is create the maintenance platforms that some smart mechanic in the Pacific came up with. Coolest thing ever and answers the question of why there was a hole in the side of the cowling.
Now if I could just come up with some mechanic figures... I hate to say this, but does anyone know what the scale of the G.I. Joe 'action figures' was??
No one has yet come up with a 3D figure of a maintenance guy yet.





Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Is this new pin included or must be purchased separately? Thanks for the info.

WH,

It is my understanding that the pin is available for $21.49 USD.

Despite that price, each pin comes with a free retract mechanism, though you must specify whether you want the LH pin or RH pin.



Best,
LB

[Woohoo\o/]

Motion has introduced a stronger pin in the retract but I don't know if anything else was changed. Check with Motion R/C

Is this new pin included or must be purchased separately? Thanks for the info.

update: I should have been more specific. The plastic housing where the retract unit screws into came loose. I cleaned it up and reinstalled it with proper amount of glue. Hopefully it will hold up. That’s great news that it has a 6.5mm pin. Thanks.

[jetfool]

Motion has introduced a stronger pin in the retract but I don't know if anything else was changed. Check with Motion R/C