Lancfan's F4U-7 Corsair ***Finished***

[lancfan]

I will build this Italeri F4U-7 corsair in French Navy Suez markings for this GB.


David.

[Stuart]

I have this kit too so will be following with interest!

[Marek]

That kit looks very good, never seen it before (not that it means anything ).

[K5083]

Cool, don't see a lot of these built. Worth watching closely.

August

[JohnRatzenberger]

Will look sharp in that scheme, good choice !

[lancfan]

I began by painting the engine and cockpit parts and assembling both.


The wings and fuselage were then assembled this afternoon.


David.

[lancfan]

To make the model a little different I will reposition the flaps, before joining the wing to the fuselage the flap sections were cut away from the wing and the resulting voids were filled.


When the filler had dried the wing was then glued to the fuselage and is now set aside for the glue to dry.


David.

[Martin R]

Quick progress, David.

[splash]

I have published a walk round of the F4 Corsair in the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton Here is the link http://cluster8.secure-staging.uk/ashdo ... index.html

I hope you find it useful.

Regards Splash

[K5083]

Dropping Corsair flaps is hard to do, but should look great. I respect the effort and look forward to the result. Kit looks not bad so far.

August

[lancfan]

Cheers splash, August the kit could be better.

David.

[lancfan]

Splash, thanks for including the link to your walkround, it was very useful- I now plan to make a model of the Yeovilton machine at some point.

David.

[lancfan]

The wing to fuselage joints needed some filling as these joints were annoyingly awkward to fit properly.


The airframe complete with tailplanes and flaps, painting can now begin.


David.

[JohnRatzenberger]

Hmmm, shame about the wing-fuselage filler. One of the reasons for the inverted gull was the clean join of the wings to the fuselage - the mold-maker must not have gotten the word.

Very good work, always a pleasure to watch.

[TobyC]

That's going to look very good in those markings. Excellent choice.