Marek Marathon: Corsairs

**Darwin** · #1 04-19-2009, 01:23 PM

As threatened, I moved the remaining Marek corsairs to a new thread. The only progress on these kits is completing the outer engine cowling skins. This time, I glued the inner skin piece to the inside surface of the outer skin. Instead of trying to close up the petal pieces as I tried with the first version, I decided just to use them as a gluing strip for the cowling rings. As can be seen in the second photo, the petals do join together as a close-kint unit, as I assumed in the first build (and which led to the fit frustration than caused me to snip them off). I painted the inside of the cowling front using a craft-store acrylic paint from one of those cheapie "paint by numbers" looking paint sets in the kid's crafts section of Michaels. I think it ran about $3 US for a set of 24 colors, most of which will be useable in typical modeling applications. I use drybrushing technique for hiding seams (at least when the white is obnoxiously noticable), and coat large areas with a thin layer of Aleene's tacky glue before painting. No observed wrinkling problems using a water-base paint so far.

**cgutzmer** · #2 04-19-2009, 07:29 PM

turned out great!

Chris

**eatcrow2** · #3 04-19-2009, 07:49 PM

Those are looking real nice!!!!!!

**Darwin** · #4 04-22-2009, 10:28 PM

Another progress report. Not detailed in the previous corsair string was the exhaust detail, so I rectify that omission. What amazes me is the teriffic fit of the parts. Out of a total of eight exhaust subassemblies built, only three required a very minor amount of trimming on just one part...the trough that the exhaust pipes sit in. Throughout this build, parts fit has been exceptional. I apologize for the poor focus of some of the pictures....I'm still trying to come to grips with the autofocus for closeup shots. I think it goes into internal hemorrage mode trying to figure out what plane it should zero in on when several objects of varying distance are in the shot.

**cgutzmer** · #5 04-23-2009, 04:16 AM

Thats looking great! I like the comparison shot a lot.

Do you have macro mode turned on for the camera (little flower usually shows up) Also make sure you have enough light to not need the flash for macro shots - usually makes them focus better.
Chris