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Chance Vought F4U Corsair

Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair 1/48 Scale

When Tamiya came out with their excellent Corsair, I had to jump at the chance to build one. Of coarse this led to another and another, and so on. You know how that is ! Plenty has been said about the kit, over the last few years so I'll [...]

Revell 1/48 Corsair F4U-4, VMF-214 Black Sheep July, 1951

This time I present a model of which the sprues are even older than I am. It is the Corsair F4U-4 (1/48) from Revell dated 1963. The model represents a plane from VMF-214 Black Sheep squadron in July 1951. Got this model from my daughter [...]

1/48th Monogram F9F-5 Panther

Here's my first offering for the Korean War group build. It's the good ole Monogram 1/48th F9F-5 Panther done in the markings of VF-51 which flew off the USS Valley Forge off Korea in 1953. The build was smooth with the exception of [...]

Tamiya 1/48 scale F4U-1 Corsair

The Tamiya Corsairs are know as one of the best kits of this legendary aircraft, and rightfully so. They are fun to build, and create a very good representation of this aircraft. This particular model represents an F4U flown by Major [...]

What-If Build: North American FJ-1 (P-51)Revell 1/48

Or would it have been an FJ-0, and by what name... "Seahorse"? "Fury"? 🙂 This one was purely for fun, just wanted to share. I did this one up some time ago.. not really good by any means, nor was it ever meant to be. [...]

USS Saidor VMF-213 Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D/FG-1D

At the 1976 Rickenbacker AFB Airshow I saw my first Corsair...love at first sight. The Canadian Warplane Heritage had owned and operated her for years before selling her to Brian Reynolds. Brian owns and operates the Olympic Flight Museum [...]

TAMIYA 1/32 F4U1a.

This is my Tamiya RNZAF Corsair. It's a beautiful kit and really needs no aftermarket to make a fantastic model. Nonetheless I added some HGW seatbelts as well as Barracuda cockpit stencils and various bits of wiring to the cockpit. I also [...]

1 48 Tamiya F4U 1 Birdcage flown by...

1/48 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage flown by 1st alt. Wilbur “Gus” Thomas credited with 18.5 kills . Also 3.33 probables And 3 damage . I used Tamiya paints and Eagle Edition decals . Sometime this year I will be repainting the eduard PSP . [...]

Vought F4U-7 Corsair

1/48 Revell (Hasegawa), out of box build.including kit decals.

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1

I do enjoy building other subjects than P-40's especially when an actual person can be associated with a model. This is my rendition of Cpt. Edward"Bud" Shaw's Corsair when he served with VMF-213 with the Cactus Air Force on [...]