Chance Vought F4U Corsair
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Here is the 21st Century Toys F4U-1A Corsair, done as Ike Kepford's VF-17 F4U-1A, and another one modified with the Montex conversion set to do an anonymous Marine F4U-1 "birdcage" circa the Rabaul campaign in late [...]
I've finished another kit, it's a little rough around the edges but I'm happy with the outcome.
This is the Hasegawa F4U-7, as flown by 15 Flotille from Arromanches at the Suez intervention, decals from MDC.
40 years ago, I helped restore BuNo 133722, the last F4U-7 in existence and the last Corsair built still in existence, ten more [...]
Here's the second of my recent Corsair projects. Built to represent a USMC Corsair from VMF-312 while based on Okinawa in the spring of 1945. "530" was flown by several pilots, including 1stLt Merritt O. Chance. The rising sun [...]
Here's my interpretation of NZ5255. Photos indicate that this aircraft wore a faded factory 4-color scheme with plenty of fuel and oil staining. Operated by No.21 Squadron (RNZAF) on Bougainville in the summer of '44, this aircraft was [...]
Just another fun paint job, adding some old IPMS convention decals that were laying around.
This aircraft was flown by LtCol Donald K.Yost USMC. Commanding officer of MCVG-4 in the Okinawa area aboard USS Cape Gloucester CVE-109, Yost is credited with 8 victories. He retired from USMC in 1959 as a BGen.
This model was made out of [...]
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Are you guys excited about the new Tamiya Corsair 1/32 kit? Corsairs seem to be one of the most popular aircraft to be modelled on this site. The Tamiya 1/32 kit is due for release anytime now. I've copied some of the text from [...]
Two 21st Century Corsairs, one modified with the Montex conversion set as an F4U-1 "birdcage" Corsair, one done as Ike Kepford's F4U-1A. Both used Eduard photoetch for the cockpits and SAC metal gear legs.
One major problem with [...]
Added a quick boost seat, photo etch panel, left over trump corsair cockpit parts, left over corsair wheel well parts...O' a superscale decal I think is older than I am lol...fixed the wing sit/ resribed the fold line, wiired the engine, [...]