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Kit: Hasegawa
Markings: Impact Hobby Decals' VMF-225/VMA-225 Piston Engine Aircraft
Size: 1/48 scale; 8 1/4 inches long, 10 1/8 inch wingspan

Tutorial: BUILDING HASEGAWA'S F4U-4 CORSAIR

F4U-4 Building Log
   Chance Vought's F4U Corsair was used as an aircraft carrier based fighter plane during World War Two and served well into the 1950s. Distinctive for its graceful "Reverse Gull Wings," it dominated the skies over the Pacific. While not very threatening looking by today's high-tech fighter jet standards, the Corsair gained a reputation for being one of the fiercest fighter planes of the Second World War.

Image courtesy Dave Gorman

  During a recent conversation with my father, he talked about his service with the U.S. Marine Corps, working as a mechanic on Corsairs after the war. This is Hasegawa's 1/48 scale kit of the F4U-4 aircraft with markings by Impact Hobby Decals historically depicting one of the Corsairs from my father's squadron.

   The model was built mostly "out of the box" with just a little bit of scratch-building which includes the "spinning" propeller. You can read a tutorial about the building of this model HERE.


 


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