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

I took a few photos of a Corsair last week at the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, WI.  If anyone needs any close-ups of the engine, L/G or wingfold area, I'd be happy to share them!

Drew- Great info!  CAn't wait to show you what I am planning for my drop-tanks, very cool indeed!

kenjitak - Thanks for the pics!

James - 1/32 probably better for display purposes and detailing... dont know anything about what 1/32 Corsair kit is better. There are some reviews on Large Scale Planes, including one for a F4U-4

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/Decals/WW2/CuttingEdge/Corsair_1/Corsair_1.html

List of some large scale kits available

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/Marketplace/F4U-1.html

reviews/workups of the Trumpeter 1/32 kit

http://kits.kitreview.com/f4u1d32reviewbg_1.htm

http://www.scaleworkshop.com/workshop/f4u1dm_1.htm

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/f4u1ajh_1.htm

Jaypack,  The GB lasts a year - I say save up a bit, get the RN corsair and we'd be more than honored to have you build along side us.  I didn't mean to pick on you, per se, in that other thread, it was just a convenient example for something that I found to be an interesting area of debate.  And as you can see, there are definite varing opinions.

Ken, great pictures, buddy

-Fred

Gigatron wrote:

Jaypack,  The GB lasts a year - I say save up a bit, get the RN corsair and we'd be more than honored to have you build along side us.  I didn't mean to pick on you, per se, in that other thread, it was just a convenient example for something that I found to be an interesting area of debate.  And as you can see, there are definite varing opinions. Ken, great pictures, buddy -Fred

So how 'bout it Fred? I asked in two pages back!

I don't know.  Maybe he decided to put aside his Corsair project to work on something else. 

Ken, Great Corsair Pics.  Do you have anymore of the last one (-5/-5N)? 

Semper Fi,

Chris

DrewH wrote:

Gigatron wrote: Jaypack,  The GB lasts a year - I say save up a bit, get the RN corsair and we'd be more than honored to have you build along side us.  I didn't mean to pick on you, per se, in that other thread, it was just a convenient example for something that I found to be an interesting area of debate.  And as you can see, there are definite varing opinions. Ken, great pictures, buddy -Fred     So how 'bout it Fred? I asked in two pages back!

that you did - I didn't even see it until you mentioned it.  I've been so busy these last couple of days, I'm missing entire parts of my life.  I'll add you in in the morning as it's 1AM here.  Just wanted to acknowledge your request.

-Fred

Thanks Fred

I'm official *something* now

Ken, great photo's! Truly inspiring for this endeavour.

Good show dirtball!  Looks like you're in business!

navypitsnipe wrote:

well i don't need any drop tanks but what about 5" rockets and some 500-750 lb bombs??? anybody know of a weapons set that might have some??

 Navy, I have a 1/32 Trump P38 with the 5" rockets and 500lb bombs. I would be willing to trad for something in 1/32. If interested let me know 

dirtball wrote:

navypitsnipe wrote:   well i don't need any drop tanks but what about 5" rockets and some 500-750 lb bombs??? anybody know of a weapons set that might have some??  Navy, I have a 1/32 Trump P38 with the 5" rockets and 500lb bombs. I would be willing to trad for something in 1/32. If interested let me know

  How about anyone else?
 

Hi Chris ,

Here are a few more of the -5. BTW, the planes at the Lone Star Flight Museum are all working, flying aircraft! While I was out there taking pics their B-17G took off, flew around the field a few times and then landed and taxied right up to where we were standing! Nothing like the smell and the tink-tink sound of 4 hot radials cooling down!

Found a great picture of the Black Sheep Squadron I hope to recreate in a dio for this group build...wish me luck

Mark

mark983 wrote:

Found a great picture of the Black Sheep Squadron I hope to recreate in a dio for this group build...wish me luck Mark

OK guys, here we go-

Mark, looking at the pic (perfect btw) it show several things that ALL instructions don't. first, look at the dark blue demarcation line of the tri-color. It flows straight across the length of the fuselage. It does not bend and extend downwards like the technical orders show. Instructions tell you to follow the tech order, but in most cases that is not how they were painted.

Next was that fighters (not on an attack mission) did not or rarely carry drop tanks. It looks like they are being scrambled by the postures of the pilots, not leisurely walking out to their planes. Notice flaps up (I always put mine down - just for the look screw accuracy) cowl flaps open and controls mostly neutral (rudder exception). That was due to a control lock in the cockpit that locked the stick in the neutral position. It is standard procedure to do that after shutting down on most every aircraft.

As for the dio Mark - sounds great and I can't wait to see it!

Ken, thanks for the pics.  They're going to be a great help. 

Semper Fi,

Chris

Hi guys,

All this time and I didn't notice the dedicated GB forum!

I have over a dozen Corsairs in my stash, I'd love to come aboard. Off the top of my head:

1:48 Hobbycraft 1968 COIN bird cammo

1:48 Academy 1952 Marine training unit

And anything else that jumps onto my workbench of its own accord!

Corsairophile AND Mustangaholic,

TB379

Drew,

Thanks for the insight on the pic.  Never knew some of the things you pointed out.  Makes me want to be as accurate as possible.

Mark

Well guys I've done it again, yes I've been a bad boy

I saw this on the shelf of the LHS the other day and couldn't help myself

So it looks like my build for this GB is decided then.

Cheers 

mark983 wrote:

Drew, Thanks for the insight on the pic.  Never knew some of the things you pointed out.  Makes me want to be as accurate as possible.   Mark

Mark - my pleasure. Glad to help you out in that regard. Of note too is the national insignea, has the red outline. That dated the pic to early '43.

I will throw out something that I have found out about early Corsairs. Some -1A's were delivered in blue gray/light gray. During field re-paint to tri-color  scheme, the original paint was not stripped off. The maintnece personel often (likely all did) just painted the upper dark sea blue over the original blue gray. Instead of painting intermediate blue over the blue gray, it was often just left until the aircraft was sent to the rear areas for major maintenance and was properly re-painted there.

I have plans to paint a kit like this, and i am ready for the barrage of "it ain't right" comments too

Cheers

Drew,

SOunds like a very interesting scheme indeed!  I really seeing schemes not often seen.  I ran across a profile the other day of a British Corsair I, a little different than the II's and IV's you usually see.

darson wrote:

Well guys I've done it again, yes I've been a bad boy I saw this on the shelf of the LHS the other day and couldn't help myself So it looks like my build for this GB is decided then. Cheers

Darren,

Alright! We have 2 USMC Night Fightin' -5N Corsairs.  I've been told that my Monogram F4U-5N is a rebox of the Hasegawa kit.  It's likely that the two of us have the same plastic parts.  Let me know where you have trouble and vice versa, we can help each other out. 

Semper Fi,

Chris 

DrewH wrote:

mark983 wrote: Found a great picture of the Black Sheep Squadron I hope to recreate in a dio for this group build...wish me luck Mark   OK guys, here we go- Mark, looking at the pic (perfect btw) it show several things that ALL instructions don't. first, look at the dark blue demarcation line of the tri-color. It flows straight across the length of the fuselage. It does not bend and extend downwards like the technical orders show. Instructions tell you to follow the tech order, but in most cases that is not how they were painted. Next was that fighters (not on an attack mission) did not or rarely carry drop tanks. It looks like they are being scrambled by the postures of the pilots, not leisurely walking out to their planes. Notice flaps up (I always put mine down - just for the look screw accuracy) cowl flaps open and controls mostly neutral (rudder exception). That was due to a control lock in the cockpit that locked the stick in the neutral position. It is standard procedure to do that after shutting down on most every aircraft. As for the dio Mark - sounds great and I can't wait to see it!

Here is a pic of what I think you were talking about in ref to the paint.

Thunderbolt,

Just let me know which kit(s) you plan on building for this GB and I'll add you to the list.

Ok gang, just a little more than a week to go.  With all the activity I've seen prior to this point, I expect to see lots of progress pics and idea swapping once we start . 

-Fred