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                        Revell 1/48 F4U-4 Question: Is It A -4 or A -5?

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                        jb4406
                        • Member since
                          March 2011
                        • From: Gateway to Cape Cod MA
                        Posted by jb4406 on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 9:13 AM

                        The 1/48 Revell F4U-5 is a rebox of the Hasegawa kit

                        "The difficult, I do  right away. The impossible will take a little longer."

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                        richs26
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: North Pole, Alaska
                        Posted by richs26 on Monday, March 9, 2015 12:22 PM

                        Thanks, Mij, as the Revell boxings are sometimes not what they appear to be on the box so that is why I asked.

                        WIP:  Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo

                        Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea

                        Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group

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                        Mij
                        • Member since
                          September 2014
                        Posted by Mij on Monday, March 9, 2015 8:36 AM
                        Oh just re-read your original post. The best -5 is the Hasegawa kit.

                        On the bench

                        1:48 Testors SPAD XIII

                        1:48 Revell P-47D Razorback

                        1:48 Hasegawa Bf 109E Galland

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                        Mij
                        • Member since
                          September 2014
                        Posted by Mij on Monday, March 9, 2015 8:22 AM
                        Revell's 1:48 F4U-4 is a -4B with 4 20mm cannons protruding from the wings LE. The mold dates from the 60s. It features a retractable landing gear that was a part of a fad for working parts that thankfully died out. The canopy frame is moulded as part of the fuselage halves so no option to have an open canopy. So between the 'working' landing gear and 'non-working' canopy I would look for a different kit. What variant are you looking to build?

                        On the bench

                        1:48 Testors SPAD XIII

                        1:48 Revell P-47D Razorback

                        1:48 Hasegawa Bf 109E Galland

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                        richs26
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: North Pole, Alaska
                        Posted by richs26 on Monday, March 9, 2015 12:52 AM

                        The reason that I am asking is that Scalemates has it as a rebox of the previous -5 and -7. It would have the -5 cowling if it was.

                        WIP:  Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo

                        Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea

                        Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group

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                        VN750
                        • Member since
                          June 2014
                        Posted by VN750 on Sunday, March 8, 2015 11:34 PM

                        Revell Kit  #5248 is an F4U-4.  Says it on the instructions but not on the box.  There is also a 1/48 85-5980 Monogram Pro Modeler F4U-5 / 5NL Corsair that you may have to pick up used

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                        richs26
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: North Pole, Alaska
                        Revell 1/48 F4U-4 Question: Is It A -4 or A -5?
                        Posted by richs26 on Sunday, March 8, 2015 11:11 PM
                        Is the kit a rebox of the 2006 F4U-5 or a true -4, or earlier -7? I want to build a VA-655 NAS Akron -5 for a friend of mine whose father started flying them in 1950-53.

                        WIP:  Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 73rd BS B-26, 40-1408, torpedo bomber attempt on Ryujo

                        Monogram 1/72 B-26 (Snaptite) as 22nd BG B-26, 7-Mile Drome, New Guinea

                        Minicraft 1/72 B-24D as LB-30, AL-613, "Tough Boy", 28th Composite Group

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