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Chance Vought F4U Corsair

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Tamiya F4U-1A, 1/48. Two Planes in One.

by Harvey R. on December 1, 2021
in Aviation — 18 Comments

The final aircraft from the Corsair trio build is one that represents the 3rd largest operator of the Corsair, the Royal New Zealand Air Force whom operated the type from land bases in 1944/45. Background In 1942 the RNZAF began to [...]

Hasegawa 1/72 F4U Corsair

by David Adams on November 25, 2021
in Aviation — 8 Comments

Some good and some bad came out of this kit for me. The good; I managed to build the kit without breaking off the rear fuselage antenna or wing tip pitot tube which came molded into their respective parts, I experimented with hair spray [...]

Tamiya F4U-1C, 1/48. The Sky Pirates.

by Harvey R. on November 22, 2021
in Aviation — 9 Comments

Background One omission from the plethora of Corsair models out there is the F4U-1C, in fact there isn't even a company that offers a resin conversion set for this type. Not wanting to miss out on the only -1 variant I haven't yet built [...]

Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair, 1/48. Ira Kepford's Jolly Roger.

by Harvey R. on November 19, 2021
in Aviation — 28 Comments

Background I've always loved the Corsair, particularly the mid-war four-tone scheme, and last year I built my first one which was Tom Blackburn's 'Big Hog'. A year later I wanted to do a new Corsair because I felt my skills had improved [...]

Tamiya Vought F4U-1D Corsair 1/48

by Enrique Lopez Galindo on October 28, 2021
in Aviation — 13 Comments

This is a great kit. Took me some months to finish it. I spend sometime trying to make it look old and used. Chipping was hard to do it. Sand color, white and black Chalk helped me to make it look dirty and also to cover some little [...]

Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair VMF-213

by Seiji KIMURA on October 19, 2021
in Aviation — 24 Comments

I assembled and painted the Tamiya Corsair in about 5 days. The painting was done mainly by hand with a brush. I used a light gray color that is not very noticeable on the panel lines to make the model look bigger than it is.

Video: F4U-1A Corsair Tamiya1/48 - VMF-213 – Aircraft Model

by iModeler Youtube Picks on October 10, 2021
in Aviation

1/48 Tamiya/Special Hobby F4U-4 Corsair “Black Sheep” – Korea:the Forgotten War GB

by Tom Cleaver on September 10, 2021
in Aviation — 11 Comments

The Airplane: The ultimate Corsair to see service in the Second World War was the F4U-4. The first prototype XF4U-4 took flight on April 19, 1944, followed quickly by four other prototypes. The airplane was powered by the R2800-18W, an [...]

Lucky Gallon FG-1 Tamiya 1/48th

by Jim Harley on July 11, 2021
in Aviation — 15 Comments

Here is the latest for fans of the Cleveland Air Races. Cook’s Lucky Gallon in 1/48th. New lower carb scoop, abbreviated oil cooler inlets and I made a plug for the tail wheel doors. I had lots of help from the guys on the FB racing page [...]

1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5N Corsair

by Tom Bebout on June 21, 2021
in Aviation — 18 Comments

Latest off the bench as part of Jeffrey Kolln's @421stwidow Night Fighter Group is Cpt Eugene Derrickson's VMF(N)-513 Corsair. The -5 Corsair was considered the ultimate model in the Corsair line, with the -5N adding a radar dome, extra [...]