Home (contents) → Plastic models → World War 2 plastic models part 2 → Early Corsair
Early Corsair
Tamiya 1/48th scale Chance Vought F4U Corsair built and painted by Lootenant Aloominum in July 2020
Air combat in 1/48th scale
The finished model has a ten inch span and is eight inches long. A pilot is included with the kit, but the ‘spinning’ propeller — a disc of transparent plastic — is not. However, the latter is easy enough to make. I use a soldering iron to make the center hole to fit of the hub, which is the kit’s propeller with the blades removed.
Six smoking barrels
I used acrylic paints, including the Hataka Early US Navy & USMS paint set in their ‘blue line’ range, which is optimized for brush application, which I use, rather than airbrush. Expensive, but excellent.
Inverted
Under construction
Unlike many kits, the undercarriage doors of this one fitted almost perfectly in the closed position. Unfortunately, the model is ‘optimized’ for building with folded wings and flaps deployed, which caused me problems in those areas.
A birdcage Corsair in the hand is worth two in the bush
The Corsair is one of the larger single-engine aircraft of World War II.
Lining up for strafing
Inverted 2
Climbing out
Low level
The early war color scheme of some Marine Corps Corsair squadrons featured a division between the top and underside colors high on the fuselage sides.
“The grass sure grows tall on these Pacific islands. Over.”
Banked
Reaching its ceiling
This shows the problem I had with the flaps.
Related
Phantom over Vietnam, John Trotti’s F-4 in 1/48th scale, also in U.S. Marine Corps service
