Trumpeter F4U-4, Olathe NAS

[Out2gtcha]

Hell, there isnt much difference visible from the firewall aft that I can see between the F4U-1 and the 4, and have thought about waiting till the inevitable Tamiya bubble top comes out, and grafting the Trumpy cowl and prop onto it. 

[LSP_Kevin]

Here's the article D!

 

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=1956

 

Kev

[D Bellis]

Thanks, Kev!

 

Hell, there isnt much difference visible from the firewall aft that I can see between the F4U-1 and the 4, and have thought about waiting till the inevitable Tamiya bubble top comes out, and grafting the Trumpy cowl and prop onto it. 

The forward fuselage is quite different between the -1 and -4, especially underneath between the wing roots. In fact, not much of the fuselage directly interchanges between the two, except aft of the cockpit (as well as the wings & tail). Tamiya has the -4 featured in the literature that came with the -1 kit, so maybe they'll cover that one, too?

 

Oh, and the Trupeter prop in this kit sucks (as can be seen in the images posted). It wouldn't be a good idea to use it on a kit-bashed -4. The Trumpeter -4 prop comes out of the box with all of the blades tilted forward slightly, and looks like walrus whiskers as-is. Plus, the blades are at zero (flat) pitch. If I hadn't been so flustered with the kit by the time it came to assemble the prop, I would have scavenged a similar prop from one of the Hasegawa P-47 kits in my stash. I still might replace it with Hasegawa parts - maybe once the horror of this build wears off a bit.

 

D

Edited March 12, 2014 by D Bellis

[Vitali]

I need a -4 for my Korean theme but I will wait and hope Tamiya do one as I know this kit is really bad. I'd really like a -5 also. you did a great job just getting it together!

[D Bellis]

Thanks!

 

I too hope Tamiya (or anyone else) does another -4 kit. A nice -4B would be great!

 

D