This colour is heavily diluted Tamiya XF-59 Desert Yellow. This includes the fuel stains down both sides of the forward fuselage and across the inner wing, lots of Prismacolor silver pencil paint chipping along rivet lines and where fuel cell sealing tape has been removed, and the general grubbiness across the wings which was achieved by very carefully spraying ‘random’ dirty marks with the same colour used for the fuel stains. In this shot the weathering is well underway. This is where the heavy staining from the leaky fuel tanks will be applied. Notice the fairly uneven spray job around the fuselage in front of the cockpit. This was made using fine solder wire and it is quite complicated, so good reference is essential. Wheel wells received lots of extra plumbing. This is nowhere near 100% accurate, but it is quite visible and looks better than nothing. The cowl flap hinge and pulley system was added using bits of plastic card and rod with stretched sprue as the wire. The rear bulkhead with seat, safety harness and oxygen bottle attached.Ĭockpit sidewalls with a bit of extra wiring. I think this gives a much clearer result than applying them to the back of the clear instrument part. Once dry, each dial received a drop of clear gloss.
Next I cut each dial face from the kit decal sheet and applied them individually to the front of each instrument. The main panel was first painted semi-gloss black then the clear dial face panel was glued in place as per the instructions. I did use the kit decal for the instrument dials but with a slight variation. The exhaust manifold is not glued in place at this point.Ĭockpit with Barracuda’s stencils and placards decal set added. Pratt & Whitney R-2800-8W engine with extra wiring and plumbing.
F4U-1A of VMF-321 flown by 1Lt.Robert Whiting on Guam, August 1944.
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