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The Official F4U Corsair Group Build 4/01/08 - rolling end date

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The Official F4U Corsair Group Build 4/01/08 - rolling end date
Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 8:32 AM

**All potential new builders - please PM me when wishing to join the Build**

Hey guys - since I can't check in every day, there's a better than average chance that I'm going to miss some posts and that includes those expressing a desire to join.  I'm not ignoring anyone, I just don't see every post.

Thanks,

Fred

 

 

Hey gang,

Well, this is going to be the official thread for all you Corsair lovers out there. 

Feel free to build any manufacturer, any scale, any variation and as many planes as you'd like.  You can use as much aftermarket parts as you can find or none at all.  Heck, feel free to scratchbuild the entire plane if you're up to the challenge (or mentally disturbed enough).

All I ask is that you post plenty of WIP pictures.  Everybody likes to see how these things come together.

So now for the list:

Gigatron.....Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D with Eduard pit PE and True Details gun bays

Dirtball.......Revell 1/32 F4U-1

DaveCS......Tamiya 1/72 F4U-1D (Corsair IV)

piperjoe......Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D and F4U-1

#12wings....TBD

jeaton01.....Tamiya 1/48

Thuds1........Hasegawa 1/72

Summit.......Trumpeter 1/32 F4U-4

ggatt-2......Tamiya F4U-1A

Daywalker...Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D

              ...Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1

              ...Tamiya 1/48 F4U-2N

Firesmacker.Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D

ridleusmc....Monogram 1/48 F4U-5N

Dark green man. Hasegawa 1/48 -5N, Tamiya 1/48 -2N, Hobbycraft 1/48 commonwealth

Vampyre.....Tamiya 1/72 -1A (x2), Tamiya 1/72 -1 (x2)

ruddratt......Tamiya 1/72 F4U-1A

mark983......Tamiya F4U-1A  "Black Sheep Squadron"

jimf............1/48 (x2)

wingman_kz..Trumpeter F4U-4

hartmann352.Trumpeter 1/32 F4U-4 VMF-323

Aggieman.....Tamiya F4U-1D

Raptordriver..Minicraft 1/48 F4U-5N, Revell F4U-4

kbuzz...........Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D

spong..........Academy 1/48 RNZAF

Jmart...........Revell 1/48 F4U-4 and Tamiya 1/72 F4U-1D

Dupes..........Tamiya 1/48 F4U -1/2

luvsjets........Tamiya 1/72 F4U-1A

Navypitsnipe..Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-4

panzerkampfwagen..Revell 1/32 with verlinden cockpit

DrewH..........Accurate Miniatures 1/48 F2G Super Corsair

darson..........Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-5N

Scottrc.........21stC 1/32 F4U

Bioya............Hobbycraft 1/48 F4U-4

invertman......Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A

kenjitak.........Special Hobbies 1/48 F2G

thunderbolt379..hobbycraft 1/48 FG-1D

gzt...............Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A, -1D

lancers212.....Smithsonian kit

Some Assembly Required..Heller F4U-7

kg4kpg.........Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D

sjp...............Airfix 1/72 F4U RNZAF

cruzr............Revell 1/48 F4U-4

T_Terrific......Revell 1/32 F4U-1A

Smeagol the vile...Academy F4U-1A

_jacob_........Testors' 1/72 F4U-1 Corsair

           ........Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1D

simpilot34.....Italeri 1/72 F4U-4B

darth_trader..Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A

Diophantus....Revell 1/48 F4U-4

Atrium82.......Revell 1/32 F4U  VF-17

Padakr..........Revell 1/48 F4U-4

btp2k2..........21C 1/32 F4U-1

alphaspud......Tamiya 1/48 F4U-1A

 

Feel free to jump in any time between now and however much time you'd need before it ends.

-Fred

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 8:35 AM

WOOHOO!  It's on- can't wait to start. Thumbs Up [tup]

Frank 

 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 9:23 AM

Excited much, Frank Wink [;)] Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg] Laugh [(-D] ?

I can wait...I was looking over the verlinden set I have for it - man, what have I gotten myself into?  I think I'll do one wing folded and one wing with the gunbay open.  Should only take me the rest of the year to complete Sad [:(]

-Fred

 

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Posted by Summit on Friday, March 7, 2008 9:27 AM

Great start Frank,

Ok I will admit I know nothing about Corsair's (yet) I have the Trumpeter F4U-4 I picked up yrs ago working part time at a Hobby Shop. My question is I also have a Resin cockpit for a F4U-1D is there a lot of differences between the two ? Can I use this aftermarket cockpit or is that a Major No ?

Sean "I've reached nearly fifty years of age with my system." Weekend GB 2008
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Posted by thuds1 on Friday, March 7, 2008 9:28 AM

  Hey Fred,

 The F4U is a 1/72 hasagawa in VF 17 markings !!!

  frank

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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 9:42 AM

Fred-

I was playing around with ideas for a GB badge, here's one I came up with.  Hope you don't mind, just thought I'd show it to you.

Frank 

 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:42 AM

Looks good, Frank.  Only thing I'd do is scale it down a bit so it fits better in the signatures.  Other than that - Thumbs Up [tup]

-Fred

 

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:47 AM

OK Fred, is this better?

Frank 

 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:49 AM
 Summit wrote:

Great start Frank,

Ok I will admit I know nothing about Corsair's (yet) I have the Trumpeter F4U-4 I picked up yrs ago working part time at a Hobby Shop. My question is I also have a Resin cockpit for a F4U-1D is there a lot of differences between the two ? Can I use this aftermarket cockpit or is that a Major No ?

Hey summit,

There may be a lot of difference between the -4 and the -1D, the cockpit may not fit right, especially if the pit wasn't designed for the kit.  Heck, half the resin sets that are designed for particular kits don't fit the kits they're supposed to.

But, if you'd like to try and get it in there, then you're very welcome.  I have no restrictions on AM sets.  Heck, half my build is going to be AM parts.

-Fred

 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:51 AM
 Daywalker wrote:

OK Fred, is this better?

Excellent.

I'm just going to copy and paste your URL, so I hope you don't mind hosting the image during the build.

-Fred

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:53 AM
IIRC, there is quite a bit of a difference between the cockpits of the -1D and the -4.  The 4 had a cockpit floor while the 1D didn't.

Frank 

 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 10:57 AM

Does anyone know how to convert a series of JPEGs to a flash animation?  I figure instead of a dozen GB badges, I'd rather have a single flash that scrolls through each one.

-Fred

 

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Posted by jeaton01 on Friday, March 7, 2008 11:07 AM
Fred, I can do that for you.  I assume the badges you want are the ones in your signature plus what is arrived at for this build.  Payback for hosting the build, eh?

John

To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 11:19 AM

That would be greatly appreciated, John Big Smile [:D]

Yup, I'm looking to do the ones in my sig.

Thank you very much Thumbs Up [tup]

-Fred

 

 

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Posted by dirtball on Friday, March 7, 2008 11:43 AM
  Fred. The badge looks great! I plan on the Revell 1/32. I have the Lonestar pit on order. I PLAN on useing thier wheelwells and flap set also. I have a Eduards detail set in my stash too( I got it a while back,what a cowinkydink!) I`m realy getting jazzed about this. Never done a GB before. Hell this will be only my second build in 20 some odd years. I`m still only 70% done with my 1/32 F-105!! And I started it about a year ago (shift work, grave yard!)..................Harv
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Posted by Summit on Friday, March 7, 2008 11:44 AM

 Daywalker wrote:
IIRC, there is quite a bit of a difference between the cockpits of the -1D and the -4.  The 4 had a cockpit floor while the 1D didn't.

Thanks Frank, I am going to go ahead and order Squadrons F4U Corsair. Nothing wrong with adding another Book to the Reference Library....Whistling [:-^] 

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Posted by Gigatron on Friday, March 7, 2008 12:23 PM

Don't feel bad, Harv.  This will be my 7th build in the last 18 years.  Well to be more exact, I took a 17 year hiatus and built 6 in the last year.

With all the 1/32s in your collection, you're going to run out of room real fast - trust me, I know Smile,Wink, & Grin [swg].

I need to hop on over to Ikea and get another detolf shelf system.  Even at 1/48 you start to run out of space.

-Fred

 

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Posted by dirtball on Friday, March 7, 2008 12:29 PM
 Well with any luck, I`ll run out of room real kwick. But I absolutly LOVE 1/32....Harv
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Posted by piperjoe on Friday, March 7, 2008 1:03 PM

Please see later posts.

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Posted by Hartmann352 on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:02 PM

Well, as long as this is going to April of 2009....count me in, I'll have to get the exact model, Sign - Dots [#dots]but it is a 1/32 Trumpeter.

Make a Toast [#toast]

 

 

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Posted by dirtball on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:23 PM
  Hartman and Daywalker, great to see both of you here! Cant wait to see how I fare against you(just kidding) This is gonna be great. What happened to all the decals for 1/32? I`vebeen to all the usual places, and they either have only one paticular set, or all are out of stock. Any leads or suggestions??.............Harv
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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:25 PM

dirtball,

Likewise my friend!  GLad to see you are here as well, can't wait to see that monster bent-wing of yours!  AS for decals, do you have nay particular units in mind?  Also, what version are you building?

Frank 

 

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Posted by dirtball on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:35 PM
 Hello Daywalker! I realy dont know what decals I want yet. Way back when (before Meteor closed) I wanted to do the OLATHE traing F4U. No luck now. I`ll build the -1 something. Mostlikly Marine. Not sure yet, depends on the decals that I fancy....Harv
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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:49 PM

dirtball,

I see what you mean!  I searched quite a few of my favorite locations for decals, and the only ones I could find for a -1 Corsair was these for aircraft from VF-17:

VF-17

Hmmm... they don't seem to support direct links.  Try a search for "Corsair", that's how I found them.  I have ordered quite a bit from them in the past, great service and products!  I really like their LIVE in-stock list.  As long as it's listed with a quantity on hand, it's available.  As soon as someone buys an item, it is immediately pulled out of their inventory.  Looks like this sheet is the last one left!

 

Frank 

 

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Posted by dirtball on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:53 PM
  Yep, the same ones I found. OK guys , a little help here. Anybody know of any other decals for 1/32??..........Harv
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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 2:58 PM

dirtball,

OK, found these at Roll Models:

Roll Models

Roll Models

They also list a Superscale set, but there was no direct link to it.

 

Frank 

 

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Posted by dirtball on Friday, March 7, 2008 3:14 PM
  Thanks Daywalker. I`ll go to thier site and check it out. Just went to Ebay. They didn`t even have any!!............Harv
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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 3:15 PM

 dirtball wrote:
...Just went to Ebay. They didn`t even have any!!............Harv

Yep, I looked there too. Wink [;)]

Frank 

 

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Posted by Daywalker on Friday, March 7, 2008 3:59 PM
Speaking of Corsair decals, does anyone know where I can get my hands on a set of Fleet Air Arm Corsair decals in 1/48?  Techmod made a set, but the only place that had them was Meteor. Disapprove [V]

Frank 

 

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Posted by 12Wings on Friday, March 7, 2008 4:29 PM
Count me in. A/c-TBD
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