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Having finished my Spitfires, I thought there is no excuse to not jump over here and build my Tamiya 1/48 F4U-ID. I have wanted to build a glossy blue Corsair and a US subject for some time - my F4U has been sitting in my stash since its release in the late Nineties. These days, I tend to build subjects with an Australian flavour. What to do with a F4U-1D? One possibility is I could go ANZAC and build a RNZAF Corsair. I then saw these Montex masks for VMF-512 Corsair: Very interesting white banding and nose art but, best of all, VMF-512 supported the landings by the Australian 7th Division at Balikpapan, Borneo in July 1945. So decision made. Montex masks ordered. "Brooklyn Butcher" it will be. Now, I will take a little artistic licence on this. The attractive white bands were applied in late July 1945 when VMF-512 was flying CAP's so unlikely to be on an aircraft doing ground support for the Aussies in early-mid July. Also, the ordnance carried by VMF-512 can be very interesting - fuel tank, 500lb bomb and 4 "Holy Moses" HVAR (great info on this site http://www.adamsplanes.com/VMF-512.htm). So I plan to model "White 21" with the late July bands but with a ground attack load out. Here's a kit ready to start. I have some Eduard PE and Quickboost gear covers. Another one to get into. Ray
