F4U 1D Corsair FlyModel-Gomix 1/33 - Page 4

**rickstef** · #31 04-25-2008, 12:16 PM

yeah and your point?

**dansls1** · #32 04-25-2008, 12:17 PM

I can just see the paper dog-fights now. Hope neither of you carry lighters, we wouldn't want any models going up in smoke

The model looks great! Thanks for sharing Gerardo

**GreMir** · #33 04-25-2008, 02:12 PM

Dan,
No more dogfights. When I was much, much younger my buddy and I used to have real wars using plastic models in 1;72 scale. We stopped when all the models we had designated as "no-great-loss-if-destroyed" were exhausted. It still gives me shiveres when I look back and compare time spent to build one versus few minutes needed to crash land it or crash into the adversary....

**dansls1** · #34 04-25-2008, 02:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreMir

Dan,
No more dogfights. When I was much, much younger my buddy and I used to have real wars using plastic models in 1;72 scale. We stopped when all the models we had designated as "no-great-loss-if-destroyed" were exhausted. It still gives me shiveres when I look back and compare time spent to build one versus few minutes needed to crash land it or crash into the adversary....

When I graduated from high school, I moved from my mom's house to my dad's. I cleaned out all of the models I had built in my pre-teen and teen years, put them into a garbage bag and set it at the curb. It included over 100 completed models, a 2/3 aircraft carrier from Wilhelmshavener, a couple nice 'crash' dioramas (I never did hear the end of ruining my sisters woodburner by melting plastic with the tips), and a decent amount of unbuilt or partially built plastic kits. If only I'd have decided to use them for wars instead of just pitching them I'd probably regret it less...

**milenio3** · #35 04-28-2008, 01:22 PM

OUCH!!!

This maybe not a dogfight, but is definitively a sad memory reminder. I had many plastic models that disappear on such "dogfights" (crashing them one another).

**milenio3** · #36 04-28-2008, 01:49 PM

Now the landing gear. Just like my other models, I use flower wire for the landing gear. Other support and actuators are included for the model.

Here the two gears.

I had to look for more information on the internet, because again, the instructions on the kit are not that detailed.

**milenio3** · #37 04-28-2008, 04:12 PM

I think most of you knows how to make wheels. But, for those who wonder how I make them, here's the process.

I begin laminating the pieces to make them as thick as I need them. In this case, is 1mm cardboard for each circle. The ones with white in the middle will be cut-out.

Here are the pieces with removed centers. These are the outer most parts of the wheel, so it can give a sense of depth.

Next is to glue each circle with wood glue. I left them dry for a couple of hours.

At left of the picture is the "sandwich" of circles. At the right is the sandwich but the edges were already sanded. Next is to paint them black.

In the meantime, I cut the rims. Note that in my case, I prefered to make them separate, to give that sense of depth I was talking about.

When the paint is dried, I thought of make the wheel marks. That I do it with the Xacto knife. This occurred to me while checking some old pictures from internet of a Corsair... so I thought "if I want my friends at Papermodelers to see this thing as a Corsair, I ought to make it like this". So I did.

The wheel with its wheel marks.

Both wheels are ready to finish them up.

Now I can prepare the central piece of the wheel (rim).

All installed on the wheel.

The final products in their place.

Yes, I know, they can be enhanced. Suggestions are welcome.