otis252 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 And those Jennings are the ones i want to see Tamiya kit! Chuck David66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smitty44 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) Edited May 16, 2017 by Smitty44 SapperSix, Bill Cross and David66 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 NZ-5315 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Bill Cross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smitty44 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 (edited) Did you happen to check out the Tamiya F4U-1A box?? Nope used your decals. I didn't even think of it really,and seldom look twice at box art. Why did they have a -D on the -A box? Was just looking around for -D's and found this,,,, Page down... http://vmf224cenpac.homestead.com/VMF224F4UCorsairPage.html Edited May 16, 2017 by Smitty44 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It seems to be A, if you look closely You can notice the canopy frame, missing rocket stubs and fuel tank/ bomb hard point on the main section of the wing. The bomb at the centre rack was provision used on A type as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smitty44 Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 It seems to be A, if you look closely You can notice the canopy frame, missing rocket stubs and fuel tank/ bomb hard point on the main section of the wing. The bomb at the centre rack was provision used on A type as well. Couldn't tell whether or not there is a frame, the rest my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 no drama, it is nice marking anyway. It can gets confusing at times, happens to me all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-M Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 If there's a "pet" F4U-1A/-1D you'd like to see, please let me know. We're still in the research phase here. We have a couple of definites but we're still open to others. BTW, Wally has been researching Corsairs for many, many years, and it is his firm belief that the airplane always associated with Hampton-Grey's VC mission (X-115) is not in fact the airplane he was flying that day, so we won't be including it. I know everybody else in the world thinks it is the one, but given the amount of information Wally has at his fingertips on Corsairs, I tend to believe him. Unfortunately it seems we really don't know what airplane he was flying that day. Hi J, If I may, your logic doesn't make sense to me. Just because Hammy Gray (not Grey), didn't die flying 115-X doesn't mean you can't include it as a decal scheme. He did fly the aircraft, so including it would not be bad or wrong, just don't mention that it was the aircraft that he was killed in. Cheers Brad MikeC, ScoobyDoo and esarmstrong 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Kiwi, please Jen. Post war Japan Occupational forces especially Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSmodeller Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 NZ-5315 Hi Martin Any particular reason for NZ5315? - just curious - As RNZAF F4U-1A Corsairs go, its pretty non-descript Thanks/Regards Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) If there's a "pet" F4U-1A/-1D you'd like to see, please let me know. We're still in the research phase here. We have a couple of definites but we're still open to others. BTW, Wally has been researching Corsairs for many, many years, and it is his firm belief that the airplane always associated with Hampton-Grey's VC mission (X-115) is not in fact the airplane he was flying that day, so we won't be including it. I know everybody else in the world thinks it is the one, but given the amount of information Wally has at his fingertips on Corsairs, I tend to believe him. Unfortunately it seems we really don't know what airplane he was flying that day. It was one of his regular mounts, I wish Wally would include it. For us Canadians, 115 is still the symbol we honor our last VC recipient's memory. I don't think it will ever be solved what aircraft he was flying. Ian Laing gas the best research and he can't narrow it down. Edited May 17, 2017 by ScoobyDoo Brad-M 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hi J, If I may, your logic doesn't make sense to me. Just because Hammy Gray (not Grey), didn't die flying 115-X doesn't mean you can't include it as a decal scheme. He did fly the aircraft, so including it would not be bad or wrong, just don't mention that it was the aircraft that he was killed in. Cheers Brad Exactly. esarmstrong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Because we don't want to continue to foster inaccurate information mainly. If we could prove something about it, we would do it. He may or he may not have flown it. If we could add some new information or do something unique that hadn't been done or that had been done inaccurately before, we might consider it. How is that fostering inaccurate information? It is well known 115/X survived the war. It is not known what aircraft Hampton was flying. It is known 115/X was one of his regular aircraft. So a Canadian National Hero is ignored for this reason? The only Allied soldier honored on Japanese soil for his sacrifice? esarmstrong and Brad-M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Hi Martin Any particular reason for NZ5315? - just curious - As RNZAF F4U-1A Corsairs go, its pretty non-descript Thanks/Regards Alan Hi Alan, the reason is rather prosaic . I build 1/72nd scale model of this plane as a kid, with all the inaccuracies and I would like to give it a try. Plus I do not like heroes, because the real heroes among us are mostly unknown. I like to build war-beaten horses flown by anonymous guys. That's all. Cheers M. And I think that the role of RNZAF in the war of Pacific is often ... neglected ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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