They are Tamiya kits, albeit from nearly 30 years ago. I think Ill be reverting back to my normal painting process but I did like the addition of post shading, which Ive not done much of in the past. I built it during the first few months of the Covid-19 Pandemic when working from home (still am as of August 20th, 2020). The Navy F4U-2s were not as well-documented as the Marine land-based ones. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. 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. Over the years disagreements have existed as to the colour of the fuselage sides. 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. As the reader will certainly remember, I stated earlier that I had visions of grandeur for weathering these aircraft. F4U-1D Corsair. That saidyou can still add detailsspecifically wiring. 5) The canopy appears to have been retrofitted with additional armor plate (The unmentioned Part E23 in the Tamiya kit). This gave me extra drive to make it as nice as possible. Boyingtons deeds in the Southwest Pacific were inspired by Lucy Malcolmson, a former showgirl he met aboard the SS Brazil in 1942. Additional clipped wing F4U-1B Royal Navy external model included Six authentic paint schemes: - No. Looking forward to seeing how yours comes together! After careful consideration, i decided Id build an F4U-2 for him. I knew even before I started building it that I wanted to give it a paint job that would match the awesomeness of the kit. Heres what we know. As explained by Bruce Gamble in his book Swashbucklers and Black Sheep: A Pictorial History of Marine Fighting Squadron 214 in World War II, one popular item was a poster that showed Boyington standing beside a Corsair decorated with the same graphics used in 1943: the number 86, victory flags below the cockpit (now increased to twenty-eight), and Lulubelle, the nickname of his girlfriend, on the fuselage. The Painting flow I used to get this chipping done: Alcad aluminum->chipping fluid->Dark Green weathering preshade->mix of yellow and green (their cockpit color) as directed in the instructions. Customer satisfaction 4,2/5. All rights reserved. Some Night Fighter F4Us were overall Flat Black in Korea. Emergency landing in a field at Sorvag, Hameroy, near Bodo, Norway on 18 July 1944. Armed with a plan I covered the 1/32 Corsair in primer, and used black-basing techniques to fill in the three main colors and felt like I had accomplished something decent. Some have said that the -1D was the high point of the Corsair's development as a true fighter bomber. :-). Analysis of some crashed examples of F4U-1s indicates black, while the factory Erection & Maintenance Instructions called for Dull Dark Green. First, when Ive used it in the past, I would place the mask, spray, and remove it, all within the same hour. on NorthWest Scale Modelers Show Version-2023: Come on Down! 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. Trial and error and fix and repeata lot. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. When he staged the photograph in the late 1970s, he changed the planes name to Lulubelle, thinking no one would be the wiser. Second, I think the conditions of the room where the model was in couldve been a contributing factor as it was quite warm and muggy. I still need a light blue though. It was a difficult scheme to apply in practice, and no two aircraft looked exactly alike. thats a new one no seriously never seen that on a blue grey F4U -1 /1A..or even a tri colour of any type This allowed me to place the mask, place the frame, and spray very quickly. In the progression of shots below you can see how I masked, and aligned some of the insignias. (He had just quit the AVG; she was married to a much older GM executive in Bombay and was traveling to safer shores.) I think its partially more art-form than coloring in-between-the-lines work. As for this particular aircraft, theres photographic evidence of VMF-222 running six insignias into 1944 https://ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=22782. I am Active Duty Air Force and paint F16s as my career, and have done some custom heritage tails lately, and am attempting my hand at painting them in scale form. I think there were two factors that contributed to this. Free shipping for many products! It took a bit careful placement of the fingers and thumbs to line everything up, ensure everything was level, and not create any finger prints in the plastic. When building a model I tell myself today will be the day I do subtle weatheringand a few minutes later theres so much of Florys Dark Dirt Wash on it looks like my prized model was dropped in the mud and ruined. Once that was complete, I covered the markings entirely for the subsequent painting. All trademarks, logos and brand names are the property of their respective owners. U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) fighter ace Gregory Pappy Boyington (Dec. 4, 1912 Jan. 11, 1988) was initially a USMC aviator with the Pacific fleet before being recruited by the legendary Flying Tigers (1st American Volunteer Group) in the Republic of China Air Force in Burma at the end of 1941 and part of 1942, during the military conflict between China and Japan, and the beginning of World War II. Link to full-size photo: F4U Corsairs in the three-tone paint scheme - 1944 Site statistics: Photos of World War II: over 26800 aircraft: 63 models tanks: 59 models vehicles: 59 models guns: 3 models units: 2 ships: 47 WW2 battlefields - 12 weapon models: - equipment: - people: - (Probably RNZAF Official - Used for Illustration purposes only) If you get a chance to build a model of a plane for the guy who actually flew it, take the opportunity while you can. The only spot of semi-trouble was the join of the outer and inner wings. 02710, Modex 10. In the only official photo that survived from the original publicity shoot, the first letters of Lucybelle were obscured by an individual standing on the Corsairs wing. In time, engineers at Goodyear pushed development of an in-house version intended for the low-altitude dogfighting role based on the F4U-1 - which it knew as the FG-1. I've never used MMP so far but it seems they perform much better on spraying smooth edges/mottling than other acrylic paints like vallejo or AK/MIG (with these paints i was never able to get a cloudy finish as it should be). Youll see what I mean later on. Semi Gloss Sea Blue is actually a darker hue than Non Spec Sea Blue, and Navy BuAer specs call for most of the wing upper surfaces to be painted this colour (F4U, F6F, SB2C, TBM, etc.). Dave also shared this from Dana Bell and Jim Sullivan. The French also operated Corsairs in a gloss blue gray scheme. In Part 3, I'm making a sideways step to explain how I will tackle two very confusing paint schemes, using a paint mule and a large sheet of styrene to 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. This time I spent more time on the Internet looking up paint mix schemes and settled on these mixes for the AS paints: AS6 Olive Drab = XF62AS7 Neutral Gray = XF53AS8 Navy Blue = XF17:5 + AF8:3 + AF2:2AS9 Dark Green = XF58:1 + XF62:5AS10 Ocean Gray = XF18:1 + XF-21:2 + XF24:2 AS11 Medium Sea Gray = XF19:3 + XF54:5AS19 Intermediate Blue (US Navy) = XF18:5 + XF2:4AS20 Insignia White (US Navy) = XF2:10 + XF55:1AS22 Dark Earth = XF52:1 + XF64:1, I decided I wanted to build a fairly weathered Corsairmaybe not as nasty as they were early in the warbut definitely cruddy looking. For the F4U-1 Birdcage Corsairs, photos taken at the time show the cockpits being a very dark colour, most probably black. Photo Gallery Related posts: Focke-Wulf FW190A-5 "Green 13" I am sure this is valid information too precious not to share. Its great when done well, but a little goes a long way. As an anti-glare measure, all cockpit panels above the lower edge of the instrument panel were to be painted matt black. Hes one of the few surviving Birdcage Corsair pilots. 2003. It's easy. This is for F4U-1Ds only - Interior Green would be used in the cockpit only. Black basing allows you to put variations in tone and hue across the entire plane in, more or less, a randomized way. After this it was time to start slinging colors! And thats what Tamiya did when engineering this models enginethey connected the fitting of engine, cowling, exhausts and fuselage as perfect as you can get it. Corsair is my favorite plane, Outstanding work. Hi Colin, This rather bent RNZAF F4U-1A Corsair (Stock USN Colours) shows quite well, the Wheel wells/Wheel well doors (given B/W Photo) which look to be white. Nevertheless, as told by Warren Thompson in his book F4U Corsair Units of the Korean War, on Sep. 10, 1952 Capt. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. FG-1D 92044 coded 648 of the Old Stick & Rudder Company. Testors Model Master. $13.53 + $13.19 shipping. I used Barracuda decals and other bits from Eduard to add detail and ambiance. U.S. warplanes would retain this marking until 1947. CockpitIn airplane model making the primary places to show detail are the engine and the cockpit. My best guess is the VF(N)-101 planes either had the very highly blended scheme where the Non Spec Sea Blue blends very broadly with the Intermediate Blue, or the intermediate blue sides were overpainted, probably with semi gloss sea blue or Fresh Non Spec Sea Blue. Despite my desire to lay all three numbers side by side, I found it easier to place and spray one at a time. Boyington had appointed Lucy as the executor of an allotment for his children from a previous marriage, and by 1945 the deposits added up to some $15,000. worth the wait. 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.). Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Why two, you ask? 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. Cockpit: FS 34151 Interior Green. 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. Top RC Model reproduces the F4U Corsair legend in a 93" scale ARF that's packed with realism. FG-1D 92050 coded 94 was airworthy, previously with the Wings Over the Rockies Museum . You can never have enough sanding sticks/pads/wheels/whateverbut remember plastic is really easy to scratch so make sure you get some fine sanding sticks to work those out. Yes, there's photos of an AU-1 that was painted in a gull grey and white scheme during the sixties, I believe. As for the Marking Color i can use Gunze offwhite and the so called "insignia blue" but what FS number is it? And keep looking because he and other's have some great Corsair builds going. In 1976, NBC launched a weekly action-adventure series called Baa, Baa, Black Sheep, loosely based on Greg Boyington's autobiography of the same name. Under the command of Chick Harmer, VF (N)-101 was present for the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot, and its complement was able to complete its combat tour in the F4U-2, achieving 5 kills, and without losing a single pilot. Thats just me rough-handling the model w/o gloves on and getting either fingernail or tool scratches on the paint. On the Corsiar -1 Birdcage the interior color of the tail wheel section and most of the interior section forward of the cockpit were painted in a pinkish color called Salmon Pink. It makes other good kits look decent at best. AS-8 = USN/USMC Sea Blue FS 35042 (MMP-062) ? New tool New parts New decals. Im never going to do that again. Vought F4U Corsair Tri-Color Scheme Color Profile and Paint Guide 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. 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 ) Non-specular Sea Blue - XF17:5 + XF8:3 + XF2:2 For the gloss paint you can either add the Tamiya Clear Gloss to the mix or just spray the gloss one over the Matt Sea Blue. 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. Im going to give your method a try. My guess is they repainted the F4U-5 to mimic the old paint scheme of a VMF-312 F4U-4. It started years ago when hair spray was used (still used) as the chipping fluid. Video editor, Motion Graphics, Sound en. With its 2,000hp Double Wasp engine, it could out-fly any propeller-driven aircraft it faced on the opposing side.