An unexpected score last week was a large scale companion to the #FlatpackCorsair in the form of a vintage 1/32 Revell Corsair. Being actually 1/32 scale it reveals that my initial guess of that being the scale for the wooden one was way off 😆
This is an old kit, judging by the scrap of box art it may be an original issue from when this kit was first released around 1970. Compared to modern kits it's basic, but that's fine, not every build has to have all the detail possible.
#ScaleModelling

For those who followed along with the #FlatPackCorsair , the threatened sequel has arrived in the post. Chosen because it's exactly the same colours as the wooden one, being Tamiya and probably the best kit in scale is a bonus.

And since my native #RNZAF operated more than 400 of them, while I was ordering stuff online I got some decals for the other Corsair kits I had lying around (for quite some time for one of them, that's 1/1 scale dust).

#ScaleModelling

8/n #FlatPackCorsair undercarriage assembled, machine gun barrels painted burnt iron #details, all over semi gloss coat applied with the anti-slip panels masked so they stay flat, and undercarriage and propellor fitted

9/n OK, so the second half of Feb got really busy, but here's the rest of the #FlatPackCorsair progress.
Masking and painting the anti-slip panels on the wings and the "engine", both in flat black, and masking and painting the wheels and undercarriage

#FlatpackCorsair 6/n

All masking removed, it mostly worked but some of it needed a bit of extra effort to remove the paper and label glue. Plus some accidental drop shadow where I misaligned the masks slightly.
There are some gaps due to the way the model goes together, to be inked in with white pen.

#FlatpackCorsair 5/n

Navy blue topcoat applied, some of the masking removed to see how it worked, and yellow nose band masked off and applied

#SecretSantaNZ2022 #FlatpackCorsair 4/n

The next three pages of the instructions and where it's parked for the day to let the glue dry before painting. Never had to use a black and decker in my modelling before (one of the pieces needed thinning), but there's a first time for everything

#SecretSantaNZ2022 #FlatpackCorsair update (also will start threading this, so we're up to 3/n)

Masking applied, with some of my usual tape sneaking in where the stencils didn't come off the paper properly and first four pages of the assembly instructions completed

Finally getting around to this, one of my long weekend projects is going to be putting together my Secret Santa 2022 gift. Which looks simple, but I've found a way to complicate it slightly. I found a picture of the real thing (which happens to be the exact aircraft for the markings in the kit). Since I'm a modeller, and the markings are already scribed on the wood, it's a "why not?" to apply some technique and paint it. Plus it's almost all one colour.

#SecretSantaNZ2022 #FlatpackCorsair