A sheet for the F4U-1A Corsair carrier fighter in 1:72. Both schemes belong to a single pilot, Ira Kepford of squadron VF-17, and capture two of his machines of the beginning of 1944.
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The Corsair got its nickname from the enemy, after the sound made by the cooling intakes at the wing root. The cranked wing in the shape of an inverted W did not come about on a whim: an enormous propeller needed clearance from the deck and short landing gear could only be made where the wing is lowest. The subversion designated F4U-1A solved the greatest weakness of the first examples, that is the negligible view during landing, by raising the seat and the canopy. Only this change opened the way for the type onto the decks.
What is unusual is what joins the two schemes. These are not two different pilots or two units, but one man and his successive machines, which carried the same tactical number. Ira Kepford flew with squadron VF-17, which chose a skull-and-crossbones emblem for itself and fought from land bases in the southwest Pacific. A modeler who wants to build both examples side by side gets exactly what he needs, because the machines differ in details of the finish, not in their markings.
With such pronounced markings it is worth trying the placement out on paper beforehand, because once slid onto a glossy surface the film can be moved only for a few dozen seconds. A damp brush is a better tool for this than tweezers, which easily tear a thin film. The Corsair itself is not in the package.
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