Does anyone know of any examples of F4-U Corsairs in a full or part NMF.
Any country, any era, post war racers etc?
Nige

Nige theres a profile in Kagero, Corsair Vol 2 of a NMF F4U-1D of RNZAF used for pilot training late 1945 SrNo. NZ5531. Roundals are an odd size!

Ciao
Luciano

Hi Luciano.
Any chance of a scan? Its for a friend in the states who is looking to build a R/C Corsair but wants to do a NMF.
Nige

Nigel,

"Mystery of the silver corsair"

From a very old and out of print "Air Classics" issue IIRC - most of the so-called experts claim this a/c never existed - well here is the proof.






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Greg

Sorry Nige I don't have a scaner, I'll check the web and see if I can find anything.

Ciao
Luciano

Youve got me at it now!
I quote...................
"" NZPAF / RNZAF Aircraft Colour Schemes - Corsair Special" by Warren P. Russell. Published 1984.

F4U-1 NZ5526 and NZ5531 both wore overall Aluminium paint schemes. Anti-glare panel on top of fuselage, canopy framing and rear aerial mast Black. Propeller dome and cup on wheels Red. Main wheels were unpainted magnesium alloy.

These two F4U-1 Corsairs were operated by the Electrical and Wireless School and by the Central Flying School, Wigram, 1946 as Instructional Airframes

Additionally the Red and Blue in the Roundels should be a little thicker than shown in the illustration. The width of the Red, White and Blue in the FF3 type fin flash should all be equal. There should be a slight gap between the "NZ" and the "55" and another slight gap between the "55" and the "31". I do not believe there is a break in the "NZ", they are solid letters. Also there is no fuel tank sealing tape present in the photos in this publication.

Unquote.

Profiles anyone?

Nige

The only one I have is this.

N.

Probably doesn't qualify as an "era" as such - but under re-build





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