OK y'all, I took a few pictures, but only got a few of them to the computer before the camera batteries died. Here thay are:


Here's a picture that shows off her good looks.... and why I don't want to give up completely.


The drips left over from the wash. Could they be made into oil stains?


One angle of the pain in the @#%....


...And a closer view. I have no clue how to fix this.

There's also three pictures of the cockpit - which I posted a looooong time ago here: Yoda's Hut - Page 1
YodaMan

So what's going on to cause that spot on the fuselage side?

Carelessness.
After all the decals were put on, I sprayed another coat of future... a drip formed, so I tried to get rid of it. Somehow, I worked down deep enough to get to the bare plastic. Then I tried to cover it up, and now it's looking craptacular... See story here.

Grifter, the cause is in this thread.

Yoda, that a great lookin' Corsair. If it were mine here's what I would do:
1. Sand down the spot to get rid of the imperfections. (you might even want to make a couple more spots-like the milky areas on the wings you were talking about)
2. When sanding it down make it irreagular to look like a paint patch and try to include a little of the foot insert there on the fuselage. Do the same for any other spots.
3. Mix up some paint a shade or two different than the rest and paint the patch.
4. Finish your painting process in those areas like you would normally.
5. I would look at lightening some other panels too like David Aungst did on Renee Ann.
6. Now I would gloss coat the whole thing.
7. Next would be some pastel weathering to give more wear to the entire model-especially the upper wing surfaces.
8. Dull Coat.

That's just what my plan of action would be. One good thing out of this is that the location of the bad spot is right next to where the pilot (or maintenance personnel) got into and out of the aircraft. Use this to your advantage. That spot would see a lot of wear if people getting in and out banged stuff against the fuselage like tools, flight bags, etc.

I think Tin Can's onto something there Yoda. I'd go with that idea...it's a lot of work, but if it salvages the model it will be worth your effort. I really feel for ya, not much sucks like a mistake late in the creation process. I have a decent looking Spitfire that the decals silvered badly on......it's still in the same condition from three? years ago and will probably never get finished because I don't feel like starting over.

Bummer YodaMan, just what you don't want to happen at that stage in the build. Turning it into a repair/ware as Bryan suggests will actually give it a certain something.
Good luck in your efforts. Just so you don't feel alone in your grief, I broke off one of the wing support struts on my Hs 123 (elsewhere on the RRB). I managed to get it back together but it was touch and go. Don't give up on such a nice bird :-)
Mal

Thanks for the advice, guys.
I'm going to go ahead and do just that. (Don't have a choice really, since I went ahead and entered it in the show for Sunday. )
Today, I went back to the M41 Bulldog I have and re-did some of the pastel weathering, replaced the antennae and fixed the gun barrel, so that's show worthy.

I'll let you know what happens with the Corasir!