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| FG-1D; Any differences from F4U-1D | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 4 2012, 02:04 AM (714 Views) | |
| dknights | Nov 4 2012, 02:04 AM Post #1 |
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I want to build an FG-1D. Any differences from an F4U-1D. I am going to use the Tamiya kit. |
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David M. Knights Fortes fortuna adiuvat 14 Finished: Special Armor V-2, Airfix P-51 15 Finished: SBS Gladiator engine 16 Finished: Brengun C2 Wasserfall, Merit SS-N-2 Styx, World's smallest diorama, Airfix Hurricane. 17 Finished: Japanese Carrier Deck, 18 Finished: NONE The bench:Platz T-33, Trump. T-34/85, Meng F-106, Airfix P-51 #2, Airfix P-40 Revell MiG-21F-13, Ace Citroen V-11 | |
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| airjiml2 | Nov 4 2012, 02:09 AM Post #2 |
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They were built in Akron, rather than Connecticut. ![]() Jim |
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| johnopfor | Nov 4 2012, 08:29 PM Post #3 |
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There are no real exterior differences between the The Vought-built F4U-1D and the Goodyear-built FG-1D. Goodyear deviated from the Vought design with the FG-2. |
| Gluing the wrong parts together since 1981 | |
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| dknights | Nov 5 2012, 04:07 AM Post #4 |
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Thanks. Good to know. |
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David M. Knights Fortes fortuna adiuvat 14 Finished: Special Armor V-2, Airfix P-51 15 Finished: SBS Gladiator engine 16 Finished: Brengun C2 Wasserfall, Merit SS-N-2 Styx, World's smallest diorama, Airfix Hurricane. 17 Finished: Japanese Carrier Deck, 18 Finished: NONE The bench:Platz T-33, Trump. T-34/85, Meng F-106, Airfix P-51 #2, Airfix P-40 Revell MiG-21F-13, Ace Citroen V-11 | |
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| Steve N | Nov 5 2012, 04:17 PM Post #5 |
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That's F2G, to be pedantic.. But yes, AFAIK there were no significant differences between Goodyear and Vought built -1D Corsairs (the F2G never got past a half-dozen pre-production prototypes.) SN |
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| Joe Hegedus | Nov 5 2012, 09:02 PM Post #6 |
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They got a little farther than that. There were 7 XF2Gs built, followed by 5 each of production-standard F2G-1 and F2G-2 versions. Another 5 F2G-2 and 403 F2G-1 on contract were cancelled, but Bureau Numbers for all 418 production airplanes were assigned by the Navy. The only major difference between the FG-1 airplanes and the F4U-1 equivalents was the TMS stencil on the rudder, that read "FG-1" on the Goodyear airplanes an "F4U" on the Vought ones. |
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| Steve N | Nov 11 2012, 06:21 AM Post #7 |
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Hero
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Thanks for the info..I didn't realize that many F2Gs were actually built. SN |
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