JWM Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Hi, Next calssique machine - Chance-Vought F4U Corsair. I have three F4U on my shelves. The most old one is F4U4 made out of Matchbox kit, with Esci decals. The markings are of pilot John Glenn, later fameous astronaut, first American who orbit Earth on board of Mercury capsule. The machine is belived to belong to VMF 155, China , early 1945. I made her about 1980. Here she is: Second one is F4U2, a scratch conversion to nightfighter and birdcage canopy variant made out of Heller kit. Those days there was no Hasegawa kit of this variant. Unfortunately I did not corrected the shape of engine... I made this model about 1982. Markings are of machine "Shirley June" piloted by commander of unit, Mjr. Everett M. Vaughan, VMF(N) 532, 1944 (Saipan and Guam). Here she is: The third one is much more recent, only about 5 years old. This is a Tamiya F4U1d converted to British Corsair Mk II (tappered wings). It is in markings of FAA unit from HMS Illustrious, during operations at Okinawa, summer 1945. I was trying to paint it with well faded-out colours. Please note, that national roundels were not so badly faded, since they were painted quite recently. On right wing roundel was freshly overpainted in summer '45: Comment welcome and regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited July 29, 2017 by JWM Switch to Flickr 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Smashing set of builds. The F4 is an interesting type. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Cracking Corsair,s Jerzy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Nice line up of Corsairs. Always liked gull wings, just something about the design and looks good as a model. Glad you have a Matchbox version which was the first Corsair I built. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Hi Jerzy!!!! I have seen your magnificent Trio and remember when I first met this magniicent plane face to face in December 1969, we went on Christmas Day to visit a neigbour to give our greeting to him and his family and My Brother and his youngest son were talking about planes and he was back to the living room with the wonderful old silver plastic Revell kit in his hands, and my brother went home in a hurry to show him a nice Hawk T 33.....since then i have had a kind of respect and admiration for this plane as remember to watch one Honduran F4U-5 that landed our country after a combat with salvadorean Mustangs...that named War of Football in this year of 1969..... When I got modeling, one of the first planes I Bought was a Corsair and since then, have always a nice wonderful friendship with the plane. I have the Matchbox kit that bought to make an AU 1 but with the Italeri in the Stash this kit will be a nice Dash 4 vesion....or maybe not as I have collected the parts to build the AU, a kit that even with more modern kits inthe marlet have always sold well new and in the second hand market; I have seen one with the conversion as yours for the early version but not as good as yours, as the Hasegawa -1 kit is not as available as the 1-D; and have not had the chance to have the Tamiya but with the Jo-Han, Revell old and New mould, Novo, Hobby Craft (or an Ancient Fujimi 4/5N recent incarnation), Old Airfix, Testors incarnation ofold Hawk, Matchbox and AMT/Matchbox, Hasegawa Birdcage, Heller and Italeris have enough to enjoy. The only thing I hope is that when i build mines, have the taste and wonderful approach to build as you had with your trio to have at least a half descent replicas of the ones you have presented here and maybe build a Salvadorean and Honduran versions together with some of the variants you have presented here. I have seen carefully for many minutes your nice presentation and have enjoyed all the nice touches you have had with those little masterpieces, the way of painted details and colouring them, and if you asked me about a favourite, for sure the answer will be "ALL OF THEM!!!!" Without a doubt you have many treasures in your shelves. AS A NOTE OF INTEREST: One Friend I made in Ebay, send for a friend of mine and me some gifts on Christmas last year and one little old discoloured box conatining a silver Revell old Corsair was marked with a post it over it and written in big letters "FOR LUIS!!!" ...its a proof that dreams come true, almost always....... Thank you very much for sharing!!!! Cheers, Luis Alfonso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roberto Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 For, to see one F4u is good. To see yours three is top! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
85sqn Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Interestingly, the Corsair MkII you have there was the aircraft in which Lt. N Hanson ditched after stalling on approach due to wake from the aircraft in front. I wish id knkwn it was this aircraft as I recently made one coded 147/Q as well. Good stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Very nicely done trio. Excellent! Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Very nice Corsairs. I've always liked the BPF markings with the clipped wings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 A great collection of Corsairs. I like the FAA scheme. Nice work Jerzy, regards, Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 Thank you Gents for comments - Sqn85 - yes, this was ment to be the same 147/Q as yours, known from this picture : When I was painting I was following some colour profile, I did not know yet this photo... Best regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Like them all. But most the dark sea blue glossy one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Thank you Andy for comment Appreciated Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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