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Hi all, I'm trying to finish off my Corsair, and am running into trouble making open cowl flaps. Does anyone have a good way of making them? Thanks Glenn

Greetings from Dixie, Maffe! Your work is excellent, thanks for sharing, Glenn

Great looking bird, Mark. Who do the kill marks belong to? Thanks Glenn

Nicely done, Jeff. What scale is it? Glenn

Very nice! Glenn

It's looking good! I wish I had built mine instead of giving it away :( Glenn

Very nice build! You don't see many of those at the shows. And you're right, it is surprising how small they are. I'd bet you could fit three on each pylon of a B-52 :D Glenn

Hi Mark, Just how old is that kit? Glenn

Those were some unusually marked birds. Hasegawa put a kit out of another Olathe Corsair (plane #11) that had since been restored to flying condition; there was also a picture of it in the back of the "In Action" book. Matter of fact, I understand that it just came back from France, where it had been flown for the past several years. The one I'm building was also rescued and is currently unflyable; it's in Kermit Week's museum in Polk City (?), Florida. It was flying until 1992, and I have pictures of her when she was in Millington, TN at an airshow in 1983. Glenn

Hi all, I started this in '07, though I've wanted to build it since the early 80's. It is a Hasegawa 48th scale F4U-4 built to represent a Navy Reserve Corsair from the 50's that ended up at a warbird dealer's lot in an Arizona airfield. There was a picture of it in a very early 70's "Air Combat" magazine, and since I lived in Olathe as a little tyke, and Cutting Edge had a decal set for that very aircraft.... I'm trying to get it to look like the picture, so I cut open the cowl flaps (will add later), and cut up the wing, and flaps as well. I finished the fuselage in '07, and now am starting to work on the outboard wings. I am using a "Fine Scale" article from the early 90's for the cowl detailing and the wing flaps, but am having to deviate from that on the wings as the outer flap has some detail that he omitted. All of the bulkheads in the wings are scratched, and I'm using the wing fold hardware from Tamiya's -1D kit (except for the seat, the only kit-bashed item I've used so far). After that, it's making rocket rails, cowl flaps, and wing tanks for it. I didn't realize until I saw an internet photo that it still had the tanks hung on it. First picture is the photo, second is the kit so far, and third is a very fuzzy photo of the wing work done so far.

Great looking Spitfire, Gil. Glenn

Those are priceless! Thanks for sharing. Glenn

Hi all, This is one of the last ones that I've done. It's the 32nd Academy Hornet with VFA-151 CAG markings from Superscale (only $.99 for the sheet!). I painted the chevrons instead of using the decals, it was easier than it looked. Neat kit, enjoyed the build, but will probably only do it once.

Very nice, AJ. I love the RBF tags. It's hard to believe that scheme was over 30 years ago. Thanks Glenn

Hi ya'll, Just wanted to say hi. I was going to show a plane I had finished, and might still, once I figure it out. LOL Thanks Glenn from Mississippi

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