Italeri f4u-4b corsiar 1/72

[peterairfix]

This one when finished will sat on a carrier deck with a spinning prop.

So far the office is finished and the color has been acheived by mixing yellow and green and a bit of experimenting.

Peter t.

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[monica]

nice start Peter,looks good so far with the cockpit,think thats close to it, why did they ever use such a yuk green/yellow,

look forward to next update,

 

[flyjoe180]

I'm looking forward to seeing this one Peter, nice subject with the F4U and the carrier deck.

 

[peterairfix]

This ones almost finished as its not got many parts so heres the remaining in build pics and the almost finished plane but i can't use the spinning prop as its to smaller diameter.

peter t

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[Willi262]

Too bad about the spinning prop effect. Nothing's worse than buying an upgrade (to anything) only to find out it didn't work. Hopefully you'll be able to find a use for it on another kit, so it's not wasted.

 

[flyjoe180]

The F4U had the largest propeller ever fitted to a piston engined aeroplane when it was introduced. Hence the cranked wings, in order to provide enough clearance for the propeller. I suppose the generic propeller disc you bought is more suited to a 'normal' sized propeller like on a Spitfire, 109 or such like. Nice progress Peter, it's looking smart in that dark lue scheme, and nice weathering (fading) job on the wings.