dodgem37 Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Nice detailing, Karl. Good show. Sincerely, Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 Mark, Maru, thanx for the nice comments! since i am working with Harold to cast the cowling and fuselage plug, i have to put this one on hold. sending parts round the world definitely takes a lot of time... Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 Nice progress and it's looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmutty Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 hi please could you tell me what resin set you have there????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted April 13, 2018 Author Share Posted April 13, 2018 its the F4U-7 set from Olivier Pinsolle, its OOP Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 its the F4U-7 set from Olivier Pinsolle, its OOP I can say definitively OOP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 i am in contact with Olivier and we have his permission to modify his parts paul fisher and Harold 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Looking great Karl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted April 19, 2018 Share Posted April 19, 2018 Need more pics Karl!!! Harold 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted April 30, 2018 Author Share Posted April 30, 2018 hi Maru still waiting on parts from Harold, but the project is not dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 (edited) parts from harold are in, yay! he cast the parts from the masters of Olivier that were modified by me (he did the radome himself). there will be a limited production run of these, but no time is set. keep in mind these parts are modified by a non-expert (me), there will be some fitting work required, plus some part you will have to scratchbuild yourself. just follow this build and you will have an idea what is involved. i think i will be able to finish it before parts are availible anyway... 36 by karl holubar, auf Flickr Edited May 4, 2018 by blackbetty Cheetah11, alain11, Harold and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Great progress and I would be interested in picking up a set of the resin conversion when it's done. Thanks for your hard work and making it available to others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Sweet, another Corsair build, and this one a -5! I think it was in Bent Wings, F4U Action and Accidents by Fred "Crash" Blechman, that mentioned a lot of pilots did not like the -5, especially in comparison to the -4. Ironically, because one of the major complaints about WWII fighter, and the Corsair, in particular, was the cockpits were too busy, and there were too many controls the pilot could forget about in the heat of combat. Things like having to shift the blower as you climbed, and the cowl and oil cooler flaps being manually controlled. Some of the complaints and the lack of cockpit floor were fixed on the -4 models, though I think they still had to control the blower themselves and the oil coolers and cowl flaps, the cockpit layout was much better and shorter pilots were happier too. Then they automated the blower controls and the cowl and oil cooler flaps, and you think cool, lower pilot workload, but the new complaint was the automatic systems were automated, so at times the oil cooler and cowl flaps, or blower might shift, when the other planes in formation didn't making station keeping harder when flying in formation. The bigger complaint though, was the trim tabs went from being manual with cables and pulleys to being electric, and I don't have any statistics on the causes of -5 non-combat related crashes and their causes, but not all fears are rational, they feared the button on the elevator trim might stick on, as they were trimming nose down, and they would be forced into an unrecoverable dive. It would be interesting to see what drove the change, is the electric system lighter than cables and pulleys? Was it just the new wizbang way to go, hell is it even possible, I should really go look at the -5 manual lol? The -5 was still a beast of a plane, and the R-2800 in it, hubba hubba! Also, wasn't it the first Corsair with all-metal control surfaces? Well, if you see the Bent Wings book out there, it's a fun read. I'll be back after I look through the -5 manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted May 25, 2018 Author Share Posted May 25, 2018 thanx guys i am pretty occupated by the panther build, but during making the decals for it, i also experimented with the self-made light blue markings for the -5N 37 by karl holubar, auf Flickr Harold, BradG and Out2gtcha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 (edited) picked up this build again. will bee too late for the GB, but i now have all the parts to finish it pit and upper fuselage plug: 38 by karl holubar, auf Flickr some putty required: 39 by karl holubar, auf Flickr fit of the parts is nice: 40 by karl holubar, auf Flickr stay tuned... Edited June 7, 2018 by blackbetty Harold, Uncarina, BradG and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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