1/48 Hasegawa Corsair

Argentine Navy

by Doug Fede

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This is Hasegawa's F4u-5 Argentine Navy Corsair in 1/48 scale.  Tamiya Sea Blue and Black were used for the finish.  The decals are from the box although Aerocalcas does a nice sheet for this kit too.  There is a bit of airbrush weathering to simulate age along the wings and fuselage.  

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The kit was fairly straightforward to complete.  The nose and cowl were not a good fit and needed to be corrected.  The anchor decals were also though adhere and shrink well into place.  I used a coat of future with Microset and Microsol to get them to snuggle down.  Finally a coat or two of model master flat laquer sealed it all.

Hope you enjoy the pics and thanks for looking!

Doug

Photos and text © by Doug Fede