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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Scale Models => Topic started by: Bob Heywood on November 20, 2009, 06:05:35 PM
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Help Wanted ~ Are there any Corsair experts on the forum?
Thanks.
Bob Heywood
Dayton, OH
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I know a little about the racing F2G's.
Chris...
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No "expert" here but what do you need to know?
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I have a small "Library" of F4U Corsair reference material. What is it your inquiring about?
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Specifically, I'm looking for photo documentation of the F2G-2's in Navy markings. BuNo 88459 is the only one for which I've seen any pics. I was hoping perhaps someone had something squirreled away.
Thanks.
Bob
Edit @ 8:12 PM EST: Photos of BuNo 88459 added. There is a 1/48 plastic model of this plane. The IPMS guys seem to have it covered pretty well.
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Oh, that's too easy...here's a website that has several.
NATC is "Naval Air Test Center".
The Bud Light Corsair was built from parts, Race 57 is the real deal!
http://www.air-and-space.com/Goodyear%20F2G.htm
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Here's some more...nice reference website by-the-way.
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/571/3/15
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/571/3/14/128
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Specifically, I'm looking for photo documentation of the F2G-2's in Navy markings. BuNo 88459 is the only one for which I've seen any pics. I was hoping perhaps someone had something squirreled away.
Thanks.
Bob
Edit @ 8:12 PM EST: Photos of BuNo 88459 added. There is a 1/48 plastic model of this plane. The IPMS guys seem to have it covered pretty well.
Bob,
There is a book published in France titled
"Corsair 30 years of Filibustering" by Bruno Pautigny
ISBN: 2-913903-28-2Publisheres number: 2-91303
Histoire & Collections -- Paris
The book is available in English. I highly recommend this book for anyone with even a passing interest in the Corsairs. It covers the complete development and evolution of this airplane with drawings and tons of color and pictures of all variants.
Regarding the F2G, there are several pages and color profiles of the several airframes that were built. There are also several pages (8) of color profiles and color paintings of the racing versions of these F2G machines.
The book is published on glossy paper, hard bound, is a bit pricey, but well worth the investment. It will not disappoint. You can find this at
http://livres.histoireetcollections.com/en/publication/1308/corsair.html
You might be able to find the book on Amazon. Good luck
Keith
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Thanks for the links.
The book is on order courtesy of Amazon.com and my trusty VISA.
Actually, I was able to spend a day at Walter Soplata's collection some years ago. Race # 74 was still in as good a shape as it could be given the circumstances. Still, pretty cool.
Bob
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Thanks for the links.
The book is on order courtesy of Amazon.com and my trusty VISA.
Actually, I was able to spend a day at Walter Soplata's collection some years ago. Race # 74 was still in as good a shape as it could be given the circumstances. Still, pretty cool.
Bob
That French book has a black and white profile of #74 with the caption:
"It was aboard this blue F2G-1 with a white checkerboard tht Cook Cleland won the Thompson Trophy in 1947. new high-octane fuel took the power rating of the P&W R-4360 engine up to more than 4,000 bhp which enabled the plane to reach speeds of more that 440 mph."
You will enjoy this book.
Keith
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The attached photo is from A Season of Eagles by Robert Hull. Mr. Soplata let us rummage around to our heart's content.
Bob
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Bob,
There is a book published in France titled
"Corsair 30 years of Filibustering" by Bruno Pautigny
ISBN: 2-913903-28-2Publisheres number: 2-91303
Histoire & Collections -- Paris
The book is available in English. I highly recommend this book for anyone with even a passing interest in the Corsairs. It covers the complete development and evolution of this airplane with drawings and tons of color and pictures of all variants.
Regarding the F2G, there are several pages and color profiles of the several airframes that were built. There are also several pages (8) of color profiles and color paintings of the racing versions of these F2G machines.
The book is published on glossy paper, hard bound, is a bit pricey, but well worth the investment. It will not disappoint. You can find this at
http://livres.histoireetcollections.com/en/publication/1308/corsair.html
You might be able to find the book on Amazon. Good luck
Keith
Hi Keith, I just looked up this book on Amazon and it sells for $26.56. Seems like a pretty reasonable price for a book of this quality. Thanks for the reference.
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Walter A. Musciano just finished writing a book on the Corsair, which he claims is the most complete ever.
I do not have the source, but he's still living in Lodi NJ.
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Walter A. Musciano just finished writing a book on the Corsair, which he claims is the most complete ever.
I do not have the source, but he's still living in Lodi NJ.
Has this been published yet? Keep us informed. This plane has a remarkable history.
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Walt is not an internet guy, but he responds to Ma Bell and the US Mail. I'm on a two-week non-modeling deployment, so I can't give you a reference now, but I check up on Walt when I RTB.
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Keith,
The guy in the big brown truck delivered the Corsair book today. I've only had enough time for a quick scan but it is a keeper.
Thanks again for bringing it to my attention.
Bob
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I found the new (2009) Walt Musciano Corsair book on the usual search engine. He also wrote a smaller "Corsair Aces" book in circa 1978.
The new BIG book goes for $79.95 discounted to $69.95 (Amazon.com). Somebody is already trying to Ebay a copy for a buy-it-now deal at $116.95.