Because of the thickness of the canopy plastic, I knew I wouldn't have to go into hyper detail. This was true well into the F4U-4 production. Dave Hansens Answer About F4U-2 paintschemes, Follow My Forgotten Hobby on WordPress.com, My Forgotten Hobby III The sequel to My Forgotten Hobby II, Intermission Monsterkit in stop motion: WWII british Nightbomber AVRO Lancaster in 1/32 from BorderModel. In the meantime, you can get a sneak peek by checking out my Instagram page @spruecuttermodels. ChrisK89 In the decades since, dozens of artists, model makers, die-cast companies, and custom decal printers issued innumerable renditions of Boyingtons F4U. RE: Corsair Paint Schemes The new Hanger 9 Corsair is nice it is the scheme of Joe Tobul's F4u4 that crashed and he died in last year at an air show in NC.Thats me and and Joe Tobul's Korean war Hero F4u4 at an air show at Frederick Maryland 2yrs ago Attached Thumbnails Reply Like 11-19-2003, 06:47 PM # 7 RCHYFLYER Senior Member My Feedback: ( 1 ) A team of enthusiats at your service. As stated above the final scheme worn in US service was Light Gull Gray over White. F4U-1 Wheels Diamond Pattern Eduard. Michael de Boer - Aviation Photocrew. I recommend using gloss paint for the exterior colors as it makes for better decal adhesion and minimizes silvering. He sued Lucy to recover the money, but the courts ruled her favor and Boyington lost the entire amount. Emergency landing in a field at Sorvag, Hameroy, near Bodo, Norway on 18 July 1944. I wanted to represent the chippingbut not just to bare metal. 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The model represents a plane from VMF-214 Black Sheep squadron in July 1951. All other areas of the F4U-1A were Zinc Chromate Yellow, FS 33481. So my question remains the same: I'm planing on building VF-17 and VMF-111. Don't listen to the guy. Next, it was time to put it to the test by shooting the intermediate blue. Of course, there is the early war blue grey over white scheme. The appearance of U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Defense, or NASA imagery or art does not constitute an endorsement nor is Cybermodeler Online affiliated with these organizations. Heres why I used the black-basing techniquecompare a B&W combat photograph with this model in B&Wits pretty decent IMHO. After careful consideration, i decided Id build an F4U-2 for him. Theres really not much to say here in terms of technique, trials, or tribulations. Rememberthis is your modelyour artwork. By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. Thinning in accordance with the instructions on the bottle (as this was my first time using their primer) I sprayed a light, dry coat followed by a heavier, wet coat a few minutes later. 2332 - $45.69. I tried it but it appear as 404 not found :facepalm: :(s, http://live.warthunder.com/ I don't know why it doesn't work. I can't help you with paint colours, I did mine with the recommended Tamiya mixes (Xf range) and then faded and shaded till it looked good to my eye. Here is the Vought F4U Corsair Two-Color Scheme Color Profile and Paint Guide A A'Ryon Sculatti 127 followers More information F4U Corsair Two-Color Profile and Paint Guide Added Aircraft Painting Aircraft Art Wwii Aircraft Model Aircraft Fighter Aircraft Aircraft Modeling Military Aircraft F4u Corsair Wwii Fighters More information . But people like Bob are perishing fast. User friendly as Craig put it. Its great when done well, but a little goes a long way. PEDDINGHAUS 1/32 F4U-1A Corsair Markings Gregory Boyington Black Sheep Sq. Im never going to do that again. (LogOut/ - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products Login or Register PRODUCT INFO GALLERIES EXTRAS HOW TO VIDEOS COMMUNITY SHOP ABOUT US Home FineScale Modeler Forums Tools, Techniques, and Reference Materials Between August 1950 and December 1952, the light carrier Sicily supported strikes into North Korea by F4U . As for JohnB.He has some really great Corsair builds on this site. Tamiya did a great job on the P&W engine. I'm a newbie here and this is my first skin that I was planted to 'Make" for myself because there's only '1' Skin for F4U-1D and I was too tired to pay for the Premium every every month so.. please check it out. Now I can do it a little different from my friends. Corsair F4U-4 paint????? There are videos up on YouTube that do a great job of explaining it. . The few photos I have seen of VF(N)-101 aircraft display this very high degree of blending between colours. I used acrylic paints to paint the cockpit and the seat, followed by washes of thinned oil paint, with dry brushing with enamel base color and highlighted the details with colors. The one with japanese markings looks kinda weird, I think I'll build one like that! I spent time in the instructions to figure out what to glue first and paint secondand what to paint first and glue second. The few photos taken of these planes were shot from oblique angles with black and white film, mostly from the Island of the carriers INTREPID and ENTERPRISE, looking down. Lets get into it! It is not known if the Corsair was taken to Germany. Learn how your comment data is processed. ChrisK89, John B has never built a Corsair in his life. I use it on some of the places I expect fuel, oil, or other fluid/stain marks. (LogOut/ Does anyone else remember that? My father was chief electrical inspector for Vought. F4U-1A Cockpit Quinta. Link doesn't work. 1) The USN/USMC started using the tri-color scheme in February of 1943, so the first F4U-1Ds would have been delivered in this scheme. In the years that followed, Boyington refused to acknowledge his former sweetheart. The notes for this aircraft in the sheet instructions state that it is a Goodyear FG-1D and that I should paint the "Wheel hubs, gearlegs, and gearbays in GSB". So I wiped it all off and started again, This time I did better and almost repainted the entire upper fuselage, used lighter paint for the fabric surfaces, used a stipple brush of Mr Finisher to makes the non-slip walkway and then made the no walk lines a little thick and started in on my very first stencil (Montex). Otherwise you'll have a grand mess. Id sent him some pics of my 72nd, 48th and 32nd scale Corsairs and he was pretty impressed. Jesse Folmar flying a Corsair from VMA-312 was able to destroy one of two MiG-15s that had bounced both him and his wingman. The actual Corsairs engine was a beast and the gull-wing shape is due to the speed requirement of the contract forcing a mid-wing configuration and because the engine required a huge propeller, a design engineer, on a scratch pad, designed the iconic design. Nevertheless, as told by Warren Thompson in his book F4U Corsair Units of the Korean War, on Sep. 10, 1952 Capt. After this it was time to start slinging colors! Good wiring in the engine is analogous to great detail in the cockpit. The squadron didnt do a whole bunch of night flying to start with (ENTERPRISE was not yet at this time a dedicated night operations carrier), and operational attrition reduced the number of serviceable aircraft to a low number rather quickly. I left them in but over time, the oils in my hand would soften those marks up and they become more natural looking. (LogOut/ 24 hours to let them set up and cure. The Corsair it crashed into was in the Sea Gray over Light Aircraft Gray scheme. Bob wrote an excellent article for THE HOOK a few years back, which stimulated my interest in night fighters in general. It was taken while VMF-214 was on R&R, between VMF-214s first and 203215559383 All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. - Non-Spectral Sea Blue (ANA 607) - Intermediate Blue (ANA 608) - Insignia White (ANA 601) This was prior to flying to the East Coast for deployment to the Pacific. I have also received the same kits you have and have been looking in to the color schemes. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The weight of opinion sure seems to be an extended application of Sea Blue, but I dont think black is out of the question and I will likely use it when I build a -2 just for variety if nothing else! You want to stay fairly true to the era and type of model youre building so you do research and you read a lot and surf the web a lot. But in the field, resources can be lacking, and priorities elsewhere. . If you know how to place decals and use CA glue without gluing your fingers together you can use Quinta Studios decals. Not show here were three attempts to get the wavy camouflage line down the fuselagewhich required multiple wipes/re-paints. Youll see what I mean later on. This was prior to flying to the East Coast for deployment to the Pacific. MSN: 9149 Zoersel (Oostmalle) (OBL / EBZR) Belgium - August 17, 2012. Copyright 2023 Model Paint Solutions. Recently featured in the movie, "Devotion," the FG-1D . F4U-1A Exterior Details Eduard. To see more of Mats work, check out his Tamiya/Italeri Ju-87 Stuka, Trumpeter Me-109F, Tamiya F-51D, Hasegawa c.202 Folgore, Academy P-47, Trumpeter P-40B, or my personal favorite, FJ-4B Fury.). Aircraft is listed at Rechlin for 1944 under repair. Quick delivery of your "Decals Vought F4U-1 Corsair" decals for military aircraft at the price of 12.99 GBP with 1001hobbies, the Techmod specialist. When he staged the photograph in the late 1970s, he changed the planes name to Lulubelle, thinking no one would be the wiser. Tape was laid around them, then they were removed. Did the Corsair ever come in overall blue like some Helldivers? For the next ten years, he marketed books, prints, and even an LP recording of his lifes adventures. Vought F4U-4 Corsair. It is the Corsair F4U -4 ( 1/48) from Revell dated 1963. For the varnish, I used VMS Matte varnish. 1/72 F4U-1 Corsair. Flying eight F4U-4B Corsairs on August 3, 1950, VMF-214 became the first Marine squadron to see action in Korea, when they launched from USS Sicily and executed a raid against enemy installations near Inchon.After the F4Us delivered their incendiary bombs and rockets, they followed up with a series of strafing runs. Wouldn't be the first time, the modern photos of the Blue Angels Bearcat you see floating around are of an F8F-2 which the Blue Angels never flew. This diagram was adopted and sexed up with a colour version in Dana Bells book, but this is still the authoritative document: Definitely an interesting and thorough look at -2 colors. For reasons Ive gone into at length before, I prefer to prime in black. 15044 should be correct right (Gunze H326)? Aircraft deployed in the Atlantic had only black numbers above their gray-white paint scheme and were therefore easily recognized as such. I did the best I could to remove the adhesive using mechanical means and was able to remove the majority. Construction of my second 32nd Birdcage has begun. Enjoy these model airplane photos of the F4U-1A Corsair flown by Marine Major Gregory "Pappy" Boyington. whole other level. The early F4U's (the Island based Marine units) Had a paint schemed compries of: 1 Insignia white 2 Intermediate Blue ( I think this color is also called "non-specular sea blue", If I am wrong. The F4U-1D Corsairs used by the USN, USMC, and RNZAF were only painted in two basic patterns. Getting the right amount of weathering takes time and patience. I spent hours visualizing how I was going to pull this offand ended up using a LOT of tape (youll see), Plasti-tak, had to repaint the entire fuselage and parts of two wings and generally spent an inordinate amount of time mixing paints to get some semblance of an overall paint scheme that didnt include too much, or too little variations and hues of blue. I was trying to get some original aluminum and the anti-corrosion paint to show on the Corsair as weathering after I painted on the final color schemes. The earlier F4U-2s featured a very high degree of blending of the Non Spec Sea Blue with the Intermediate Blue. on Dr. Strangebrush Goes On the Bench with the Chaps from Down Under, on The Dragon 1/35 SdKfz 234/4 Panzersphwagen. There is an illustration in Francillon's Vietnam book of an F3D Skyknight with the same scheme, confirmed by the same markings on the Falcon 1/72 kit. We are an authorized Harder & Steenbeck reseller. There is the question of the actual hue of 603. Some thoughts hereas we age our eyes go "south" as some of you (most of you) know. This is well beyond my expertise. They are Tamiya kits, albeit from nearly 30 years ago. The one on the first photo is F4U-1, the other picture of the same plane clearly shows that wheel well covers are in the belly color, and both main and tail wells are primed (so it should be salmon):