F4U-1 birdcage Corsair restoration update

[72modeler]

Yowzah! Can't wait to see the RFI's on this one! For my two fellow Bent-Wing Buddies! @corsaircorp @Corsairfoxfouruncle Love the salmon primer!

 Mike

 

https://warbirdsnews.com/warbird-restorations/combat-veteran-vought-f4u-1-birdcage-corsair-restoration-update.html

 

[Scooby]

I hope they don’t leave the main wheel-wells in salmon and stick to an authentic scheme. The only area that may have had visible salmon primer is the tail wheel area on the early birdcages. Every recovered Corsair with salmon primer had an overcoat of the underside camo over the salmon.

 

I think the Pensacola restoration group is going the route of leaving the main wheel well in primer, despite that aircraft having chipped paint overtop the primer.

[Phoenix44]

Is it really fair to call it a "restoration"? So much will be brand new.

[fishplanebeer]

An awesome restoration and can't wait to see it finally completed although I have to agree about it being considered a 'restored' airframe when so much is brand new. That said it's no different in this respect to almost all of the 'restored' Spits that have emerged in recent years that have been based upon excavations etc. of crashed aircraft and where practically nothing of the original is able to be incorporated. 

 

However at the end of the day it's another wonderful example of an iconic aircraft that future generations will be able to see and hear instead of just looking at 'dead' examples in museums so it definitely has my vote, even if the owners may not get all the panting details quite right.

 

Regards

Colin.

[72modeler]

1 hour ago, Phoenix44 said:

Is it really fair to call it a "restoration"? So much will be brand new.

I agree! As wonderful as it is to be getting these incredible aircraft, there has to be a term that describes what is basically manufacturing a new aircraft around a data plate. The beautiful 'reman' Fw-200 I recently saw on the 'net is a good example! If the money is there, with the current technology, almost anything can be replicated. Did any of us ever dream in a thousand years there would be so many Spitfires and Hurricanes flying in the same place at the same time?

Mike

[corsaircorp]

Thanks Bro'

My F4U-1a is about finished, , The next one will include some salmon painted area...

The next RFI'ed Corsair will be painted as per the rememberances of the one who flown her....

A new Corsair in the air is still one of the best new ever.....

Wait... I must finish my XF-4U first, And then a Marine Corsair in the Solomons....

So many Corsairs to do....

CC

[Jackson Duvalier]

On 12/24/2021 at 11:48 AM, 72modeler said:

there has to be a term that describes what is basically manufacturing a new aircraft around a data plate.

 

"George Washington's Axe" is the one I've heard.

 

As the story goes, a man was offered George Washington's axe for sale.  The seller confessed "It's had five handles and I replaced the head once, but that right there is George Washington's axe!"

 

 

[Phoenix44]

11 hours ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

 

"George Washington's Axe" is the one I've heard.

 

As the story goes, a man was offered George Washington's axe for sale.  The seller confessed "It's had five handles and I replaced the head once, but that right there is George Washington's axe!"

 

 

Hadn't heard that but in the UK it's Triggers Broom - had my broom for 20 years. Only ever had 17 new handles and 14 new heads.