DONE: F4U-1A of Lt. Bill Case of VMF-214, Group Build...

[Catch22]

 

[Airframes]

Now I hope I'm wrong, and I'll say now that I don't know all the ins and outs of the Corsair, but that 'strange prop' I mentioned might be more than just the shaft being too long. In the first pic Cory posted of the cowl-flap mod, the frontal shot with the yucky green cowling, the whole engine seems to be too far forward to me. I think that's what I probably saw in that review pic.
It looks as if the entire gearbox is further forward, standing outside the cowling by a large margin. If it is, that would account for the strange look, but as I said, I hope I'm wrong.

 

[Catch22]

Godd*mn Terry, you're right. That's major. Unfortunately, with the way everything lines up, you can't really fix it as it will also throw off all the exhaust lines as well.

 

[lesofprimus]

That looks like a nice bit of scratch building Cory, but I dont think the gaps between the flaps should be completely covered, there should be gaps between some of them.... Lemme do alittle research.....

Yea I was right, some of em are completely gap filled, some are slightly gapped, mainly on the lower part of the cowling....

Heres some pics... Terry, there is also a shot of the front of the engine area where u can see the protrusions of the gearbox...

 

[Catch22]

Ah, you're right Dan. I'll have to take a look at that.

 

[Airframes]

Yeah, I see that the nose of the gear box protrudes, but those shots of the models look like it protrudes too much. If you take a line from where the prop shaft emerges from the reduction gear housing (on the 'green' model), and extend it outwards parrallel to the front edge of the cowling, it appears to be far too far forward. As I said earlier, I hope I'm wrong. But, if I'm right, I'd suggest looking at ways of either shortening the engine mounts, or maybe reducing the depth of the rear cylinder bank or similar, in order to stop the whole lot being too far forward. A bit (a lot!) of trial fitting before committing to that part of the build should find a solution.

 

[lesofprimus]

Ive looked and looked Cory, and it seems that every single build that Ive seen on the net shows the flaps being just as u have shown up above, they all have NO gaps in them....

I dont really know why everyone does them the same, but that seems to be incorrect.... I have been wrong before so.....

Im hoping to get some great research material from Micdrow soon, and there may be some detail pics that will confirm or deny this....

Terry, once I get goin on this crate, we'll take a hard look at what the engine front is gonna do and go from there... It wierd that u noticed that and no one has ever said anything about the error in any of the reviews of the Trumpter kit....

I hope ur wrong....

 

[Airframes]

Yep, I hope I'm wrong too Dan. But that shot in the review made it stand out like a dog's dangly bits!
Still, a man of your calibre should be able to sort out a teeny weeny fault of that nature. Piece of p**s!!

 

[muller]

Lots of cool pics on this thread, including your Grandfather and his warbird Dan. Looking forward to this one!

 

[Micdrow]

Hi Dan, here are the pictures I was talking about. I beleive these where taken a few months after this corsair came out of restoration in 2003 and even won an award at EAA for its accurate restoration.

 

[Wayne Little]

excellent pics Paul!

 

[Catch22]

GREAT pics!

I think that Corsair is now actually at Vintage Wings of Canada at Gatineau/Ottawa. I THINK it's the same one, don't quote me on it though.

 

[lesofprimus]

Great shots Paul, thanks for posting them....

Looking at those shots, it does seem that all the cowl flaps are not gapped...

 

[Catch22]

So it does Dan, I didn't actually even look at those hehe. That makes things nice and easy then!

Having said that, looking at the second picture that you posted Dan, those do not have gaps on the bottom, but also look at how badly bent and beat up they look.

 

[Micdrow]

Thanks guys!!! Any one else need some info just pm me. I dont always get to all the modeling links.

 

[Airframes]

Great pics of a beaut restoration Paul, thanks.

 

[Micdrow]

Great pics of a beaut restoration Paul, thanks.

Thanks Terry, dont know why but its one of the few aircraft that I did a walk around. To bad no one is doing a Grumman Duck for the Pacific. I took some nice pictures of one a couple of years back.

 

[Lucky13]

Didn't Classic Airframe do the Duck in 1/48 or who was it?

 

[Micdrow]

Didn't Classic Airframe do the Duck in 1/48 or who was it?

Looks like it as I found this link.

J2F-5 Duck by Phil Hale (Classic Airframes 1/48)

 

[Njaco]

Yes, they did, Jan. I have one I was going to model as the Duck from the movie "Murphy's War".