Chance Vought F4U Corsair
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Vought F4U 1D CORSAIR US Navy WW2 military aircraft 1/72 scale Revell kit
Technical data: built out of Revell kit + resin wheels.
History: WMF 214 (Black Sheeps) commander aircraft flown by pilot "Pappy" Boyington.
Thank you Louis Gardener!
Another Christmas gift from another great person. I really dont know how to articulate my thanks for these awesome gifts. Louis included a P-40 and a Corsair for me to build, both being in 1/48th scale. I've built academy before, but this [...]
A-7E Corsair II, Trumpeter 1:32
As many successful constructions, also Corsair is real beauty beast - robust, durable, reliable, serving in many countries can deliver deadly ordnance to whatever target.
Its upperwing allowing to carry large variety of bombs, rockets, [...]
VAC-U-FORM BOX.
In 1984 I wanted to build a 1/32 scale Corsair, but there was no kit and I had no experience in what they called "scratch-building," including "vac-u-forming" parts. In fact, I had no idea what "vac-u-forming" [...]
EDUARD 1:72 F6F-3 Hellcat, VF-16, USS LEXINGTON CV-16, late 1943
This build brought back memories of my childhood on the '50s, early '60s building Monogram F6Fs. Though the surface detail is great, typical Eduard, i felt the need to replace many smaller detail parts with the following.
Brassin resin [...]
F2G "Super" Corsair
I read an interview with Cook Cleland about racing in Cleveland and he said something to the effect "I had to win it, I was mortgaged up to my eyeballs!", that always struck me as funny. He sure fielded some beautiful Corsairs. [...]
F4U-1A Corsair Arii 1/48
Hi all , it's been a while since my last posting but here we are. This is an Arii kit of the brilliant F4U Corsair, it seems strange for me to say that as a lifelong modeller I've never built one of these before in any scale so when I saw [...]
Corsair F4U-1D USS Cape Gloucester
Here are some images of my 1:72 Tamiya F4U-1D Corsair, as it flew from the USS Cape Gloucester off Okinawa in 1945.
The kit, actually my first Tamiya ever, is a joy to build with great fit and all. However, it is too bad the flaps are [...]
Tamiya 1/48 F4U Corsair
Have not been active for a while so here is a little something I have been working on and recently finished. Tamiya have made a really amazing kit with an adequate level of detail. There were very few issues during the building, painting [...]
On This Day…May 31st.
British Expeditionary Forces try to stand down after being evacuated from Dunkirk, May 31st, 1940.
By the date alone, you can see where this story is heading to. US. Army Air Force Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress bombers of the 431st [...]
