John vd Biggelaar (@johnb)
Thank you for the kind words. I’m glad I could help you out with the details of the various colors that were used on the Corsairs.
There’s also another error that Tamiya made with the color used in the wing fold areas.
The outer / inner wing interiors portions that were visible when the wings are folded, were painted using the Blue Gray or Intermediate Blue on the planes that were camouflaged. The outers were painted with the early War US Navy Blue Gray color on the “birdcage” version, and then this carried over into the early raised cabin dash -1A, until they switched over to the newer Intermediate Blue.
The inner wings were painted in the early War US Navy Light Gray for the "Birdcage" and it too likely carried over a little into the very early raised cabin "dash -1A" versions. Then it switched over to Non Specular White here as they introduced the standard Tri-color camouflage schemes.
They were painted in Glossy Sea Blue in the planes that were painted in overall GSB colors.
This is a great photo of the "unrestored" KD431 Corsair. The wing fold areas were painted in overall Gloss Sea Blue here.
This information is shown in these excellent books written by Dana Bell, and David Morris. I highly recommend both of them to anyone interested in the Corsair.
Looks like you’re making some really good progress and it’s looking great too. Keep it going my friend.
