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

[Grossman56]

Thanks for the information Elbee and for all your help. The guys on HobbySquawk are the greatest! Always liked the Clan Squawk an I've been lucky enough to be a member for at least if not over a decade now.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Dave and I are looking into the possibility of using your pilot...
Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Danger,

A few pointers for you guys while working on the Max Grueter's US Navy Pilot.

For my print, I cut and printed the figure body parts in Prusa Slicer.

Body parts were resized in Prusa in X, Y and Z axis after printing once to fit the cockpit as I had designed it.

For example, arm lengths were printed to size, so those would be in the position I wanted, hand on throttle, hand on joystick.

The legs were sized to bend at the seat front and angle down to the rudder pedal trough, and so on.

You get the idea; it is a combination of sizing and placement for my build.

As for the finish, I watched figure painting vids on ewe-toob and went from there.

I did not paint it in one sitting, I worked on him until I liked what I saw or got frustrated and then took a break sometimes for several days.

I black-based the figure and highlight sprayed from the top in light gray.

From there it was just finding a color that was close and using washes to adjust the colors.

I was surprised at how well that technique worked in taking the toy out of the printed figure.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

Thanks Steve, can't wait for the decals to arrive, then it all comes apart for the fuse work. Dave and I are looking into the possibility of using your pilot, the only thing that worries me is trying to do as good a paint job on him as you did on yours! We're going to try to work out just exactly what the minimum is that we'd have to do to fit him in. Meantime, I have some more Porcelain Petes to try the 'wash' method. I believe that's what Akuma Zeto did as well. I have one that he painted and it's really amazing.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Grossman56

By Jove, I think you've got it.....

Best, Steve

[Grossman56]

Working on the tail feathers and the starboard wing, starting to impress me, looks better 'live' but you get the idea



You can see the difference on the wing as the inboard section, in from where the wing folds is still stock. I haven't applied the silver 'paint chips' to the gun hatches yet and I should do that before I add any more chalks to it. Taking a break and letting the fixative dry.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Sounds good Dave, somewhere I have a jar of graphite powder that may be interesting to play with as well. I'll have to see if I can find it.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Hi Dan: years ago I bought a small jar of aluminum powder, and find rubbing it in with a brush yields pretty good wear patterns like on the wings. I can bring my jar over sometime and you can try it and see what you think.
Davegee

[Elbee]

I resemble that remark and yes, MC_EE DEES will do nicely. OTFL

[Grossman56]

Thanks Elbee, I probably have that very same pencil as I have so many from my artist days, I'll have to check!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

I'm thinking up a way to duplicate the wear marks. Where the bare metal shows through, there is usually linear wear....Notice the walkways are really no more than outlines on the birdcage with the wear along the inboard line as that's where pilots and mechanics started their climb....Here's the reason for the paint being worn down to the metal, palates WWII style:
Grossman56 (Dangerous Dan)

Danger, I started but didn't go too far doing something similar.

I used a "Metallic Silver" pencil by Prisma-Color I found at Hobby Lobby.

The lead is soft enough to mark on the foam, though go lightly as not to dent the surface.

The pencil allowed me to make fine straight lines.

I kept sharpening it every time I lost the point.

I used on the props, cowling, Leading Edges, and some panel lines, too.

Once I liked what I had, I gently sprayed it with gloss clear, then lightly buffed that with a 600 grit wet or dry when dry.

Pastels were the key to the tropical fading overall.

You are doing incredible work, Sir.

Bravo Zulu, Sir.

[f4u ausie]

Great old pics again danger.. keep em cumin..... im lovin flyin the jets ,, but the corsair still my fave to look at.. yours lookin awsome so far,,

[Grossman56]

I'm thinking up a way to duplicate the wear marks. Where the bare metal shows through, there is usually linear wear because there are one heck of a lot more rivets in the real McCoy. I'm thinking that a paint knife might work. I have to get some paint match sample cans so I'm taking DaveGees advice and going to Sherwin Williams this time. They're just around the corner anyway. Then its just a matter of waiting until the new tires and the decals show up. In the meantime, I have the panel lines on the tail section calling my name as well as weathering on the starboard wing. Once everything has arrived, I'll remove the wings and get busy on the fuse. There's a lot of square footage on this beast!


Notice the walkways are really no more than outlines on the birdcage with the wear along the inboard line as that's where pilots and mechanics started their climb to the cockpit or ended it. Also, note again that there is no rear radio mast the wire attaches to that circle just behind the canopy window. Wonder what that white circle at ten o'clock to the insignia on the fuse is? Looks almost like a light. Also, there is no indent panel in the flap, that came later, but since we all have the same wings, we also have the option of filling it in or not.

Here's the reason for the paint being worn down to the metal, palates WWII style:



Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Hugh Wiedman]

jetfool

Rex, I'm thinking you should get a Cessna Citation 10, but I don't know the cost of the new chairs. Best, Steve

And we all know who'll happily pilot it for him! On your adventures stop by and pick me up, I'll bring the Micky De's so we can look like some other well known photos!

[Elbee]

jetfool

Rex, I'm thinking you should get a Cessna Citation 10, but I don't know the cost of the new chairs. Best, Steve

[jetfool]

Coming to life, Dan. Looking great.

Wife wants new dining room chairs for X-MAS but only if I order a new plane to equal $ amount. What to do? Which one? So many choices
Rex

[Elbee]

Grossman56,

Just love the weathering, walkways, and step/no step lines.

Simply, great work, Dan.

Best, Steve

[Grossman56]

Well, the decals are on their way as well as the Robarts, did some preliminary painting on the instrument panel as well as some more weathering, its a long process as we all know.





Port wing looks pretty good so far, time to get the starboard side caught up. Fortunately, I have some time off at Thanksgiving. I've been looking at pics of pilots and maintenance men how they stood where they stood to give me an idea where they may have worn through the paint down to the metal.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

Danger, let me think on that. Steve

[Grossman56]

Decals ordered, thanks Callie!

[Grossman56]

It's a great surface to work on, with both metal and fabric. As Elbee mentioned when he was weathering his, there's so many color (colour in Canada as well, I have to keep reminding myself I'm an American now so drop the 'u'!) variations. Look at a car that's been weathered, it's very pearlescent, black becomes blue for instance. Pull one of the primary colors out of the color you're looking at and you have the two left over primaries to weather with as well as black and white. (Primarys are red, blue and yellow, red and blue make purple, blue and yellow make green, yellow and red make orange etc)
BTW, the workable fixative leaves a great flat finish as well.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)