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| XFU-1 Corsair Prototype | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Sep 30 2010, 06:22 PM (1,110 Views) | |
| bdye | Sep 30 2010, 06:22 PM Post #1 |
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I'm really not sure if this is between the wars or WWII . . I guessed WWII. Fairly extensive mods to the fuselage to move the cockpit, shorten the engine area and a few other mods. It started as a Hasagawa Birdcage Corsair. REal a/c fuselage was painted silver so I used (I think) antique silver.
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| Falcon50EX | Sep 30 2010, 06:57 PM Post #2 |
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Sure looks nice to me! I think this is the first 72nd scale Corsair prototype i ever saw. Oddly enough, given the kits basic nature this might be a case where it might be better to use a Hasegawa kit to generate a prototype rather than the more expensive Tamiya kit. None of those pesky recessed panel lines to fill in, or restore. d-bot |
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| renscho | Sep 30 2010, 10:24 PM Post #3 |
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That's real neat! The Corsair prototype was quite a unique looking plane, I congratulate you on your effort... Do you have more photos? |
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| gearheadrandy | Oct 1 2010, 02:40 AM Post #4 |
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Nice! I've wanted to do an XF4U-1 ever since Wayne Moyer's article in Scale Modeler, about a million years ago. |
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Ongoing: Italeri MiG-28 Next: Airfix Pup | |
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| bdye | Oct 1 2010, 01:04 PM Post #5 |
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Thanks all . . as to photos . . I'll see. If I don't it's pretty easy for me to shoot some more. Thanks again. |
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