_title F4U-1D Corsair “white 167″PART 3 The Known-Unknown “White 167” or the Modelling Marathon Surface Adjustments:Painting and coloring of non-movable surfaces took place just before the completion of the model.First I oiled down the whole…
# # # F4U-1D Corsair “white 167″PART 1 Construction:In the next few sentences I would like to explain certain fixes and possible complications with individual configurations and sections that await us during the construction of…
Vought F4U-1D Corsair “white 167” PART 2 Engine: Without a doubt the most challenging part of building demanding precision and patience was the engine – the spectacular 18 cylinder, two-star-shaped Pratt and Whitney R-2800. Used…
# Vought-Sikorsky XF4u-1 CORSAIR Bu.No.1443 Prototype In February 1938 the US Naval Aeronautical Bureau issued two requests for proposals for twin and single engine fighters. For the single-engine fighter, the Navy requested maximum speed and…
F4u-2(N) CORSAIR Night Fighter History In 1941, before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and about seven months before the first flight of the F4U-1, the Navy expressed interest in developing a night fighter version…
F-104G Starfighter HAF s/n 7415 A very good Hasegawa kit on a 1/48 scale. Very good in detail, both in the shaft and its wings, but not in the nests of the wheels in the…
P-47D-3-RA Thunderbolt, 42-22607, Naughty Nadine LIEUTENANT (I) JOHN LOLOS 341st FS, 348th FG TAMIYA 1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt When the book of my friend Dimitris Vassilopoulos fell into my hands. (Greeks in foreign cockpits) I…
F4U-1 WM (Wasp Major) Corsair Aircraft. Naval. The Vought-Sikorsky ‘Corsair’ fighter(F4U-1) of the Navy, is one of the fastest fighter jets in existence. It is powered by a 2,000 horsepower Pratt and Whitney engine and…
F4u-1 Corsair BirdcageVF-17 Tamiya’s 1:48 I’ve started working on one of my next builds on the list, and with all this disruption to my normal busy work schedule, I’m thinking I might just be able…
Grumman F6F-5K Hellcat drone At the end of World War II, the Navy had the most airplanes, based. in helical fighters. So he didn’t know what to do with me. The F6F Hellcats were apparently…
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