Chance Vought F4U Corsair
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Birdcage Corsair. 1/72 Hasegawa
I always wanted a F4U1 as a birdcage but, few years ago, the only kit available was the old but still good Hasegawa. I had just to rescribe it.
For now, I'm considering that I have been very strong and too far with the weathering...
Very [...]
Review: Tamiya 1/32 F4U-1A Corsair
Designed in response to a Bureau of Aeronautics request for proposal in February 1938, for a single-engine fighter with a top speed over 350 mph, a landing speed of 70 mph and a range of 1,000 miles, Vought’s XF4U-1 Corsair was supposed [...]
Review: Sprue-tour! Tamiya 1/32 Corsair F4U-1A
It's a beast sure enough - both the kit and the length of this video!
1/48th Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair
More and more I find myself building to model a plane that appeals to me as a result of seeing it in a photo. That was the case in my FG-1A build. The actual plane was FG-1A 13374 which was a stock Goodyear Corsair modified to flight test [...]
Tamiya's 1/48th F4U-1A Corsair
Representing Lt Cdr John T Blackburn's F4U-1A "Big Hog" as flown from Ondonga in November 1943 with VF-17.
The kit goes together beautifully, straight out of the box, as you'd expect from Tamiya.
I've built three so far with [...]
Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-7 Corsair
The United States had the chance in 1945 to avoid 55 years of history, the deaths of over 58,000 Americans, several million Vietnamese and other Southeast Asians, and the self-confidence of America as a country. All that had to be done was [...]
Review: Sprue tour! Revell 1/72 Vought Corsair F4U-1A
One of those surprising finds one finds when one finds one isn't looking for one.
1/48 Corsair II JT422
This is the Tamiya F4U-1A kit suitably modified to FAA Corsair II standards. I clipped the wingtips, added the 3 fuselage air scoops found on RN Corsairs, and added a British whip antenna set up. JT 422 was a Goodyear built Corsair and [...]
1/48th Tamiya F4U-1A 'Sally'
Years back, I read an article in Air Classics telling the story of 'Sally'. That Corsair was a salvage job constructed from the remains of several Corsair hulks from the boneyard by mechanics of Marine Service Squadron Eleven out in the [...]
