1/48 Birdcage Corsair

[Scanlan]

I built this primarily to try out AK Interactive's Gauzy varnish before I tried it on a P-47 that I'm carefully building.
I must say that this is easily the best gloss varnish I've used yet, a single coat, dries quickly to such an even finish that I was tempted not to matt varnish it, where as some gloss coats dry patchy and it really doesn't matter 'cos you're gonna varnish over them anyway this could easily be used as a final coat for a scale gloss finish. Of course y'all have to take my word for this as I didn't take any photos before I matt coated it,
Cheers and thanks for looking,
Owen

[Lego]

Oh that looks the bees knees. Will you try the tamiya 1/32? I would love to see you build one.


What did you matt coat it with?

[tsweeney]

Beautiful looking Cosair I like the detail of the panel lines Good job


Tom

[Scanlan]

Cheers lads, that 1/32 Corsair is on top of my wishlist to be honest, I might buy it for Xmas for myself, I use Vallejo matt varnish, 2 thin coats but sometimes as I've done here I don't varnish some panels or part of panels, it's impossible to see in photographs but it does look quite effective in making part of the airframe look worn.

[Vinny]

Jaysus Owen that's just magnificent! I'm in awe of the panel shading.



Vinny

[Scanlan]

Cheers Vinny, I actually have you to thank for this with the 'Oven Cleaner' trick, I kept meaning to do a post about what a wonderful technique it is, I left it in a sealed bag with the oven cleaner for a few days, took it out washed it under the tap and the paint wiped right off, funnily enough acrylics are more resistant to it than enamels. I did break it up a bit, changed the engine cowling thing and I had decals from an old one I finished in a nightfighter scheme. this is the original paint job..and I still didn't fix that gap in the windscreen!!



Sorry it took so long to mention this.
Owen

[jaydee]

Beautiful work again Owen.

[Vinny]

funnily enough acrylics are more resistant to it than enamels.

Hey Owen, according to The Anonymous Modeller , using Dettol on acrylics works a treat. I haven't tried it, so I can't vouch for it, but it might be worth a go sometime as an experiment.

Vinny

[martay]

jesus thats outstanding, stunning panel work and shading.