1/48 Minicraft-Hasegawa F4U-4 Corsair-Korean War

[vandee]

I have the kit in hand and just started pre painting the cockpit. I have decals for Jesse Brown or Tom Hudner's planes from December 4, 1950. I also have some rockets and bombs a fellow modeler sent me a few years ago from one of his 1/48 Hasegawa F4U-5 kits. I just tried a 1,000 lb. bomb on my kits wing pylon and it seems useable. This kit I have is an early Hasegawa kit and the pylons are different from the later F4U-5 and AU-1 Hasegawa kits. I didn't like the looks of the external fuel tanks, bombs look more "war like" to me.

 

[Wurger]

 

[vandee]

I did one of these subjects a few years ago using a 1/72 Hobbyboss F4U-4 and after market decals, Jessie Browns' plane. Never cared for the looks of the decals, they look wrong. Almost as if they are the wrong scale.

 

[fubar57]

Awaiting the build

 

[vandee]

Some of the build awaiting the viewing.

 

[fubar57]

Good start....tiny details

 

[vandee]

Thats why it's called MINIcraft!

 

[vandee]

Last update for the night, fuselage closed up. Looks like a few antennas need some repair. The top spine mast was rolling around in the box and one radar altimeter was broken before I cut the fuselage off the sprue. The sprues were free floating "every which way and loose" in the bottom of the box.