I have just posted a new Aircraft Feature by David W. Aungst. He builds a beautiful F4U-1A Corsair and adds some custom decals to boot.

The article can be found here and, as always, you can discuss this wonderful bird in this topic.

Bryan,
Nice work on your first full-text feature. I went ahead and made it the main feature story.

I haven't had time to read it fully yet, but I am sure Dave has done another great job of narrating one of his builds. I am continually thankful that he allows us to re-print his work here.

Cheers,
Jim

Thanks Jim.

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I really enjoyed this article. I really like the fact that no aftermarket stuff was needed to make this Corsair great...

:-) Superb, love the weathering. Like Penny says it's very good that aftermarket stuff is not required. I just have to get my Corsair done. :-)
Mal

I really love this feature, and specially the weathering job...
Just a tip, I think you should had to highlight the model maker and the scale, I found dificult to figure what was the maker, and I still don´t know what scale is that, but maybe I over read something.
The model is great, keep up the good work.
Cheers

Paulo, It should be 1:48 scale. I don't think the 1:72 version has the option for folded wings OOB.

Paulo, your right on adding the scale. I'll go back and insert that (it's 1/48). Thanks.

Wow, nice job. Most the time when I look at models they either seem over weathered or not weathered enough. Occasionaly I see one like this that just looks real. Everything comes together just right and that's what your bird looks like to me. I haven't read the article yet but you can bet I will. Thanks for sharing your work and methods with us.

David,
Your Tamiya Corsair is BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Here's my question, to anyone who may know. I have read as many books as
I can get my hands on, regarding the Corsair. I have only seen one reference
to the tape applied to the top of the fuselage, forward of the canopy, that was used
to "seal" the fuels cells from leaking.

There are a variety of patterns that were used, as may be seen in photogrpaphs,
however, I have yet to read anything that pertains to the "logic", or reason behind
the various tape patterns. I can only assume that each crew chief taped his plane
according to where it leaked and how much.

Does anyone have any insight or knowledge that is more specific than this??

Thanks in advance,

John

:-) John, first of all welcome to this wonderful site


I honestly can't give you a difinative answer but I think you have probably hit the nail on the head. They are exactly my thoughts on the subject and I don't worry about it any more than that. My corsair will simply display the tape pattern on the decal sheet :-)
Mal