Weathering Tamiya’s 1/32 F4U-1 Corsair, Pt 1
After the painting (LINK) comes the fun part – the weathering!
No Clean Bird
Marine Corsairs weren’t exactly known for their cleanliness, and “Tojo Eats Shit” has to be one of the filthiest examples I’ve yet come across.
There are so many factors at play here. Fading. Chipping. Gun and exhaust stains. Coral dust. Oil stains. All in all, it adds up to one thing:
Tons of weathering.
Let’s get started.
Coming out of paint, the Corsair is already pretty weathered up through a combination of multi-layer chipping (LINK) and using a black base to manage tonal variation (LINK). But there’s so much more that can be done.
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