Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D Corsair as FG-1D

beautiful it makes me want to start planes again!!

Great build! Love all Corsairs.

Please forgive my ignorance regarding drop tanks but would the drop tanks have weathering/chipping where the rest of the aircraft would not? In other words, were the planes maintained well enough so that weathering was minimal but the drop tanks were not maintained at all? Were they re-used or were most of them "dropped"? Just curious.

Beautiful build Mate. just enough weathering to be realistic. 

Hi, "O" -

That's a mighty fine looking Corsair, great finish and detailing. Not at all a three footer, bet it looks fine up really close.

Thanks for the post and photos.

Patrick

I love how you've depicted the Corsair wings in the up position, amazing job overall!

Toshi

1943Mike

...Please forgive my ignorance regarding drop tanks but would the drop tanks have weathering/chipping where the rest of the aircraft would not? In other words, were the planes maintained well enough so that weathering was minimal but the drop tanks were not maintained at all? Were they re-used or were most of them "dropped" 

Hi Mike,

First, thanks for the compliment. Second, to answer your question, I did use some artistic license on my build. I know that not all tanks were dropped and many planes returned carrying their tanks. I have seen pictures of the tanks stored in racks on the ship, leading me to understand that a tank would be handled, moved, attached to and removed from multiple airframes, and would get beat up in the process. I've even seen pictures of tanks with dents in them. I didn't have a picture of a Corsair tank looking EXACTLY the way I modeled it, but I wanted something to show a little wear and break up the all blue scheme without taking too much attention away from the airframe.

Anyway, thanks again for looking and the pat on the back!

Cheers,

-O

Thanks for the explanation which answered my query. I just have to say your corsairs are a real treat to view and some day, if I live long enough, I'd like to be able to weather an aircraft model half as well as you do yours.