Miloslav1956 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1/32 Tamiya Eagle Cals decals Barracuda Wheels HGW, Wet Transfers & Seat belts All colours Mr.Paint/MRP Isar 30/07, NavyF4s, timvkampen and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kagemusha Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Absolutely wonderful, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Wow, very nice. The weathering looks great, the edges on the gun bays in particular. I've never seen blue surrounds on the Stars and Bars like that before, but I'm not expert on colored warbirds =D. Also, I don't know that I've ever seen a pic of an F4U-1A with the cowling not pinned down at the top. The actuators leaked oil, and the oil fouled the windscreen, so they were pinned down on most aircraft. Most people won't notice such a minor thing on such a beautiful model though. VF-17 had quite the tour in Solomons, it's a shame they were not allowed to take their Corsairs to be part of the Bunker Hills Air Group since they had solved all the Corsairs carrier landing issues by working very closely with Vought. The Navy just didn't have enough parts in the supply line to support the Corsair in the Fleet, yet. Its time would come in 45. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isar 30/07 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Miloslav, the speed you´re building kits makes me speechless. Another beautiful model! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 What a beauty! Great job! Gaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
66misos Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hi Miloslav, an excellent built again. I really like how you distinguish dark glossy sea blue vs. matt intermediate blue and white, not uniform semigloss surface. 11 hours ago, JeepsGunsTanks said: ...I've never seen blue surrounds on the Stars and Bars like that before, but I'm not expert on colored warbirds =D. Also, I don't know that I've ever seen a pic of an F4U-1A with the cowling not pinned down at the top. The actuators leaked oil, and the oil fouled the windscreen, so they were pinned down on most aircraft... Hard to say whether surrounds on the Stars and Bars are still red or already repainted blue. According to the irregullar lines I would say that already blue: IMHO the cowling not pinned down at the top is not an error, it could be like that - the same type of the plane in the same unit: regards, 66misos Loach Driver and JeepsGunsTanks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reconspit Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Really cool looking Corsair! Very cool with the correct surroundings of the stars and bars.... on the spot weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 (edited) Fantastic work as usually . Thank You for sharing Miloslav. Cheers M. Edited August 10, 2018 by Martinnfb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan_G Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Stunning finish Miloslav! jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Excellent! The paint work as usual is outstanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miloslav1956 Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Thanks all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomv87 Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 Very nice looking Corsair Miloslav! I like this scheme, it's a bit different than the usual! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, 66misos said: Hi Miloslav, an excellent built again. I really like how you distinguish dark glossy sea blue vs. matt intermediate blue and white, not uniform semigloss surface. Hard to say whether surrounds on the Stars and Bars are still red or already repainted blue. According to the irregullar lines I would say that already blue: IMHO the cowling not pinned down at the top is not an error, it could be like that - the same type of the plane in the same unit: regards, 66misos 2 Very interesting, I'd agree, its ok, now that I've seen that photo. My understanding, from reading several books, that the planes they took onto the ship, had all the mods, including the cowl being pinned down, and those planes traveled with them to the Solomons. I wonder if they maybe picked it up as a replacement at Espirito Santo or even Hawaii to replace a damaged bird? Do you have any other pics of it? For the life of me, it's the only -1A with unpinned cowl can remember seeing. Now I'm going to have to go back and look at all the pics to see if I missed any! I guess that goes to show you, there are no absolute rules in many aircraft configurations and most tanks! To help ilustrate my confusion... Early Corsairs, with pinned cowls. Edited August 11, 2018 by JeepsGunsTanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepsGunsTanks Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 (edited) Here is one backing the build, also from VF-17, now I'm going to have to dig out the book I have on VF-17! Edited August 11, 2018 by JeepsGunsTanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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