Tamiya F4U-1A Corsair USMC

[JohnB]

As is my usual procedure when starting a new build, I spray paint most of the interior parts so they will be ready for assembly. Makes the build go smoother (at least for me it does).

[BlrwestSiR]

Go John go!

[Bomber_County]

.......one these days John we need to see all of your extensive collection of Corsairs as a slideshow.........did the FAA machines all the same interior colours as the US machines?

[Jeff]

14 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Go John go!

Aaaaaaannnnnnnddddd  we're............... oooofffff   !!!!   AWESOME !!!  This is going to be GREAT !!

[JohnB]

3 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

.......one these days John we need to see all of your extensive collection of Corsairs as a slideshow.........did the FAA machines all the same interior colours as the US machines?

I'll do that just for grins a little later on. As far as I am aware yes, the interior colors were the same.

[Bomber_County]

We will hold you to that......

[JohnB]

1 hour ago, Bomber_County said:

We will hold you to that......

LOL Please do!

[GazzaS]

[JohnB]

Been working on the cockpit. I see a couple of things I need to address.

 

[BlrwestSiR]

Up to your usually high standards I see. 

[JohnB]

2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Up to your usually high standards I see. 

LOL Thanks! The interior green came out fairly yellow in those photos. Don't know why as they are more green than yellow "in person".

[JohnB]

Pics fixed.

 

[GazzaS]

Outstanding, John!

[DocRob]

The pit looks beautiful John. What type of Corsair are you building? A Corsair I, based on the Birdcage version or a Corsair II, which is based on the 1A or 1D version?
In the book 'How to build...Tamiyas 1/32 F4U-1 Corsair', Brett Green builds a Corsair I and describes the differences between the Versions. Not exactly a historical based resource, but I thought, I should mention it.

For his Corsair I he used an American seatbelt and mentioned, that these were not changed normally and even the flight gear was American made, often. His interpretation of the cockpit colour is a rather darkish green.

For the Corsair II he describes the use of a Sutton Harnish and British radio equipment.

Cheers Rob

[JohnB]

5 hours ago, GazzaS said:

Outstanding, John!

Thank you Gaz!

[JohnB]

On 11/21/2020 at 9:44 AM, DocRob said:

The pit looks beautiful John. What type of Corsair are you building? A Corsair I, based on the Birdcage version or a Corsair II, which is based on the 1A or 1D version?
In the book 'How to build...Tamiyas 1/32 F4U-1 Corsair', Brett Green builds a Corsair I and describes the differences between the Versions. Not exactly a historical based resource, but I thought, I should mention it.

For his Corsair I he used an American seatbelt and mentioned, that these were not changed normally and even the flight gear was American made, often. His interpretation of the cockpit colour is a rather darkish green.

For the Corsair II he describes the use of a Sutton Harnish and British radio equipment.

Cheers Rob

Thanks Rob. It's a Mk. IV with overall GSB paint. Thanks for the info!

 

 

[harv]

Looking great as usual! .....harv 

[JohnB]

42 minutes ago, harv said:

Looking great as usual! .....harv 

Thanks Harv!

[KevinM]

Nice Work John!!

[JohnB]

16 minutes ago, KevinM said:

Nice Work John!!

Thank you!

[Bomber_County]

I blink and the pit is done.........you do sleep now and again? ........seriously looking amazing as ever.......

[JohnB]

4 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

I blink and the pit is done.........you do sleep now and again? ........seriously looking amazing as ever.......

Thanks!

[JohnB]

Cockpit finished. Due to problems with the Sutton belts I have (had) I decided to go on and use US belts.

 

[JohnB]

I hate to tell you guys this but I'm going to switch to a USMC -1A instead of a FAA a/c. This is due to a couple of things and down deep I feel like Tamiya is going to surprise us with a FAA version at some point (for one thing, the model has the fuselage air intake "holes" on either side which is only, as far as I know, on FAA a/c). We'll just have to wait and see. Sorry to disappoint y'all but that's the way it is.

[BlrwestSiR]

For a moment, I thought you were going to do a double build. 

Between the fuselage vents and the Sutton harness, it looks like they will do an FAA release. There's also the fact that the only Allied soldier honoured with a memorial on Japanese soil flew the Corsair when he won the VC posthumously.