Chance Vought F4U-2 Birdcage Corsair
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4 16 July 2018, 05:53

Wow, very authentic looking pictures ! Especially no1, I had to look twice to distinguish model from reality, top result !
16 July 2018, 08:01

picture number 1 looks like refernce picture from the age... amazing!!!!
17 July 2018, 21:05

Thank you Mates.
This was my first model which I published in the german modeling magazine ModellFan in 1997. I was so proud because I could assist Uwe Lacina (chief editor) by shooting the pictures and by creating the article in Illustrator (!!). In result of this action I wrote more dozen articles for the next 16 years... This was a great time.
18 July 2018, 03:29

That is a great rendition of a very well known bird that Pappy Boyington would be happy to have on his office table. For sure. : -) He received both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.
18 July 2018, 12:11

This is a breathtaking result, Bernhard. And those "period" photos. Stunning!
17 August 2019, 21:23

Looking great mate. But isn't it F4U-2 that is the right name for this bird?
18 August 2019, 14:29

Thx Zbynek & Urban, especially for the Dash 2 hint. Indeed, I've forgotten that is a F4U-2 because I build this bird 23 years ago.
18 August 2019, 18:21

Strange how it's easier to forget something than it is to remember the same thing...
18 August 2019, 18:43
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At the weekend I "found" the old pictures of my first Corsair and realised that this model is no presented yet in the net.
Tamiya, 1:48 with any scratchbuild details and weapon bay probably of Verlinden. The pictures shot Uwe Lacina.