F4u-2(N) Corsair. VMF-N 532
Tamyia 1\48
The F4u-2 is a subject I have wanted to introduce to you for a long time. Because there is little information about the conversion of F4u-1 Corsairs into one of 32. F4u-2 N Corsair. Which entered service in 1944.
Tamyia 1/48 scale kit. It is the only one available on the F4u-2 and this, however, has fallen victim to the little knowledge of the true image of the first full-time, night-time student, of the Navy. At the end of the article you will find a link to all the information I have gathered. So make your F4u-2 right.
Today there is a kit of
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F4U-2 Corsair No.212 Flying by Capt Howard W Bollman, VMF (N) -532, Kagman Field, Saipan, April 1944
I chose to do the black 212, of Capt Howard W. Bollman. As it was in late 1944. At Kwajalein Atoll. The 212 had 2 victories. The first was a Mitsubishi G4M Betty. The F4u-2 Corsair at that time. It had been repainted over the two-tone paint with the tricolor and had on the engine cover. The painting was MIDNITE Cocktail.
The first, modification I made. It had to extend the Radar by 2 mm (forward) and reflect it.
top surface with two-component putty. The thought of opening radar components. It was an idea that came to me during the construction. The construction was done with plastic sheeting and some wire for the cables. With Roll Copper Wire I rebuilt the antennas and opened the door in the fuselage. I built the bomb and the wings from scratch and the pilots. Gradually left on all F4u-1 & F4u-2. But the 212, at that time, had it and I had to build it, since it is not in the kit.
The star (coat of arms) on the wings. It is slightly larger and in a different position than the kit instructions. Talk from Radar. I got an F4u-1D from the side marks that matched the exact size I was looking for.
The structural problem they face, like having diarrhea. It is to direct our work as realistically as possible. In aircraft maintenance photos, we see 3 to 10 people working. Without being the norm. So I put the ground crew in different positions. Engineers, electricians, gunners. All the figures are from the Verlinden set. I painted them with (Humbrol 84 & 85). The accessories are also from Verlinden and Tamyia.
The upgrade kit is from Aires. (4225) I installed the cockpit. The wheel and cannon nests. I didn’t want to open the engine and its components. So as not to spoil the silhouette of the F4u-2 Corsair. However, I chose to convince the engineers to close the engine covers, as if they had just finished their work.
Paint preparation “The process I always follow. Is to scrape the models on the surface. This technique is on World War II models. I put aluminum under the base paint of the models, for two reasons: The first is that, like real airplanes, which are aluminum, it gives a more vivid approach, the second is that we can scratch with the kit points that come off airplanes, in which really legal way.
With white I passed the bottom surface of the spider and the wings in their fixed place. With Model Master’s (FS 35164 INTERMEDIATE BLUE). Like the basic pattern of the tricolor variant and the top with Sea Blue by Colourcoats (FS 35042). Radar cone (found in a factory presentation in white. With tricolor paint the cone was painted with the same (US-27 Deck Stain by the same company) and the filter, back from the pilot’s head, with (Blue Grey FS-25189) I must say here that the F4u-2s in 1945 were repainted in dark blue, like the design you will see in the link I mentioned.
Weather: The rear of the cockpit towards the vertical fixed. As well as the tank, after the passage, of the gasoline. They were lightly painted with a lighter Sea Blue (FS 35042) adding 10% white. I emphasized it like this. What sunny spots on the plane. Aluminum I made the panel on the top of the engine. This was an additional panel. It was not on this particular F4u-2 from the beginning and therefore was not painted.
The engine comes from a Hasegawa P-47D. It is more realistic and with less wire, for the bouzoukis. It shows which is correct from the corresponding kit. Painted with medium gray and oil paint (Sepia Extra). I did the wash.
Damage: Wash with AK: (2073) Underside with Oil Black (Ivory Black & Lamp Black) and Raw Umber. With exhaust smoke (H-343 Hobby Color) and cannons. With oil (Raw Umber & Acrylic Varnish Glossy 114 oil) I ran from the tank. I gave it a wet and dry texture!
The table was made of wood chips and the scaffolding that holds the engine, from plastic sheets
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