Eric B. Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Hi, This is my latest build : F4U-4 Revell in 1/72 scale. Livery is from a Superscale decal sheet for #304 from VF-193 operating from USS Princeton off of the coast of Korea in 1952. All paints are from either the Gunze or Tamiya ranges. Overall blue are different mixes in order to obtain different hues or sheens and avoid a plain finish. Windscreen and Canopy come from an old Hobby Boss boxing. Revell parts are well shaped but Canopy has strong lens effects I did not want on my model. Although kit is not perfect (Revell F4U-4 uses severall parts of their F4U-1D boxes and it shows) I think this still is the best kit to build an F4U-4 in 1/72nd scale. Below are some photographs taken during building. They show most of the correction I did to the Revell kit. · Creating a new cockpit with a floor – kit provides a floorless F4U-1 cockpit – I started with an Aires F4U-7 cockpit and modified some parts including seat and rear cockpit bulkhead. · Engraving some specific panel lines · Creating the stall devices on the right wing leading edge · Creating the right inner flap built in step · Worst part was shaping the windscreen recess on front upper fuselage. Revell provides a late F4U-4 flat windscreen but did not change fuselage upper part that is shaped to receive F4U-1s round windscreen. · Adding small rocket pylons below wings · … and other details including some details inside engine fairing flaps. · But I failed to shorten exhaust tubes 2 mm. They should be more flush with rear of engine fairing flaps. Eric B. 51 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREG DESTEC Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 That's a really tasty Corsair, which looks great in those markings. I hope mines turns out a well as this. Great job and excellent finish. Cheers Greg 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 That’s a beautiful Corsair you have there! It makes me want to make my stash a little bit larger haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Very nice Eric. Your attention to detail is first rate!!!!! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herb Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Beautiful! Nicely done -4! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Very impressive Corsair. The pai t and overall finish looks very realistic to my eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairy Stickler Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Super job! A lot of hard work/thought has gone into this build which has more than paid off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 fantastic build and finish (and photography)! According to the box a 'level 4' skill level is required - I wondered why until I tried to build it. The nine-part wing and five-part cowl are hard work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Excellent! It's great to see a model built by someone who understands the 'hog' and its variants. Very well researched and executed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Well done Eric !! Really fine Corsair indeed !! Congrats !! CC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Very nice build with a realistic finish... DaveH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veron Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Looks great! Nice painting and photos, indeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefanoff Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 It's very hard to believe this is in 1/72. Great assembly and excelent painting and weathering. Superb!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Duvalier Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 Your photos of the completed model show an attractive, well-finished model. The in-progress photos show the effort it took to achieve the final product. Hat's off, Eric! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phat trev Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 A super build, the corrected details and paint finish really looks the part. That MASSIVE spinner 😍 How does the kit compare to the Revell F4U-1 which I think looks to share parts and Academy F4U-1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 28, 2022 Share Posted March 28, 2022 1/72? That's brilliantly done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B. Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Hi, Thank you all dearly for your kind words, they are very motivating. Thank you for your remarks about building and researchng. About researching this is - I think - a very interesting part in modelling. I am no Corsair - or any other aircraft - specialist but the more I research any type of aircraft the more I know there is always something to learn ... and I am pretty sure I will miss something. This time I missed the lengh of the exhaust stacks... As soon as I spotted the most obvious errors (cockpit area) my aim was to correct the Revell F4U-4 as much as I could. In the end I am quite satisfied because after the original feeling of dissatisfaction, the kit being poorly converted by Revell from a -1 to a -4, Revell did not do their homework etc... I corrected my point of view. Convertion may not be perfect but we now have a fairly good kit (far better than the Italeri, Hobby Boss...) to build an F4U-4, probably my favorite Corsair version. Eric B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric B. Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 (edited) 15 hours ago, phat trev said: A super build, the corrected details and paint finish really looks the part. That MASSIVE spinner 😍 How does the kit compare to the Revell F4U-1 which I think looks to share parts and Academy F4U-1? Hi Trev, I never know with Revell reboxings but the Revell F4U-1A I am comparing the Revell F4U-4 to is a Revell specific moulding. It is quite decent and recent kit - maybe 2 to 4 year old now I guess - and they share no part with the academy F4U-1 kit. The Academy F4U-1 is widely based on the older Hasegawa F4U-1 kit of which it is just a copy with engraved panel lines, maybe with a few additional details. They are no so bad but they are quite basic kits. Main flaws are erroneous cockpit with floor and they mix details between -1A and -1D versions. With some work, they can be build as nice little models. To cover the F4U-1 series Cosairs in 1/72nd scale best are the Tamiya kits. I think they can be found at quite reasonable prices and subversions differences have been precisely documented by Tamiya. I I had to provide an F4U-1 ranking for early Corsairs in 1/72nd scale Tamiya would a distant first, Revell a good second and Academy would come an acceptable third. Eric B. Edited March 28, 2022 by Eric B. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 The kit's not perfect but your weathering is. The exhaust staining id great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
112 Squadron Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 A perfect build from a kit that has some issues and obviously suffers from overengineering. I like how you added the rocket stubs that were omitted by Revell for inexplicable reasons. You achieved an excellent result. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Great build, love the weathering ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Slowbuild Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 You’ve done a brilliant job on this Eric, the paint and weathering look just right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 Fabulous Corsair. The extras you have taken the time to incorporate have made this a little gem. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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