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article US Navy Glossy Sea Blue ANA 623 (1947–1955) Following the end of World War II, the United States Navy continued using the famous Glossy Sea Blue ANA 623 camouflage across nearly all frontline naval…
article US Navy & Marine Corps WW II Camouflage (1942–1944) – Early War Paint Guide The early years of World War II forced the US Navy and Marine Corps to abandon pre-war visibility-focused finishes and…
article AU-1 Corsair NAS North Island (1956) Historical Context On January 19, 1956, at Naval Air Station North Island, California, a rare appearance of the AU-1 Corsair was photographed wearing a new Navy paint scheme.…
article FG-1D Corsair #94-“Big Hummer” at Reno 1971 / Pilot ~ Bob Mitchem. FG-1D Corsair “Big Hammer” – Reno 1971 A Vintage Build Revisited: Handcrafted Tribute to a Racing Legend This is the first public…
article F4U-4 Corsair NAS Olathe: The Last Fortress of the Bent-Wing Legends Discover the story of Corsair No.5 (SN 97286), the unique paint schemes of the NART Corsairs from Olathe, and full instructions for the…
article F4U-4 Corsair – NAS Olathe, Kansas Building a Hybrid from Hasegawa & Tamiya Kits (1/48) Inspiration This project began with a simple idea: could I combine two different Corsair kits into one unique and…
article FG4u-1D Corsair «Sally» SS-11 Espiritu Santos, VMF 122 “Sally” was no ordinary Corsair. It was literally created from the remnants of war: five damaged F4U-1As were assembled by the engineers of SS-11, a maintenance…
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