Author Topic: Would you like to help paint a Warbird??? Win free stuff! (Read 6632 times)

Labovsky · « **Reply #30 on:** April 10, 2006, 03:55:47 PM »

Hello there...

a friend from USA gave me a link to this topic. I want to apologize first for my poor english. I hope it will be understandful

I'm from Poland, but I am trying to know as much as I can about Corsair and his history. This is my favorite part of history so I would like to help with my not very big knowledge. I do not know every F4U-4 Corsair warbird wich is still "at service" so I will be shooting with my proposal. If it exists plz let me know. I'm sorry for no pictures but I'm searching something special only in my books.

If u, Bodhi, are searching nice historical paintjob for american WW2 F4U-4 there will be only a little of them as u know for sure. I was searching for some time for some nice painting of this kind of F4U-4 but I found nothing.

The only one is F4U-4 from VF-82, but I'm not sure is this Corsair was taken by US Navy at war or after. This specific Corsair is quite interesting because of rare identification number on the both sides of the fuselage. I have color photo of 82-F-20 and this last '20' is also on rudder and cowling. It had red "propeler nose" (how is it called?). It's whole in sea blue ofcource.

This color photo was taken on USS Randolph (CV15) in july 1946 but Corsair looks very fatigued so it can be at service from more then half of the year.

How do u think?

Best regards!

straffo · « **Reply #31 on:** April 10, 2006, 04:02:41 PM »

Excuse my ignorance , but what is the reason for the red bar on the marking ?

Bodhi · « **Reply #32 on:** April 10, 2006, 04:49:26 PM »

labovsky, could you scan it and post it in here?

Bodhi · « **Reply #33 on:** April 10, 2006, 04:50:22 PM »

straffo,

the red bar was just a further attempt to ensure easier identification of the national insignia....

Guppy35 · « **Reply #34 on:** April 10, 2006, 05:27:00 PM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
labovsky, could you scan it and post it in here?

Looks like someone skinned it for another sim. Claim is that the image is from 1947
http://www.combatfs.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=6247

Guppy35 · « **Reply #35 on:** April 10, 2006, 05:45:24 PM »

Another, right after the war 1946 F4U4 with the WW2 star and bar. VF-17 apparently

Widewing · « **Reply #36 on:** April 10, 2006, 10:29:58 PM »

I'll try and find out the unit....

VF-17, September 1945.

Unknown unit.

My regards,

Widewing

Labovsky · « **Reply #37 on:** April 11, 2006, 12:01:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
labovsky, could you scan it and post it in here?

I will try, but plz wait. I don't have scanner at home.

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Originally posted by Guppy35
Looks like someone skinned it for another sim. Claim is that the image is from 1947
http://www.combatfs.com/index.php?loc=downloads&page=info&FileID=6247

Yup, this is it. Is this F4U-4 was flown also in 1947 I don't know. On my picture, wich is taken from National Archives (by publisher) there is information that it was made in july of 1946.
But I can't see right number on cowling of this CFS skin.

Best regards!

Donzo · « **Reply #38 on:** April 11, 2006, 07:02:52 AM »

straffo · « **Reply #39 on:** April 11, 2006, 08:12:12 AM »

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Originally posted by Bodhi
straffo,

the red bar was just a further attempt to ensure easier identification of the national insignia....

ok, this is post war or not ?

Bodhi · « **Reply #40 on:** April 11, 2006, 09:54:37 AM »

donzo, those are all post war skins.

Straffo, yes, the red bar is after the war.

straffo · « **Reply #41 on:** April 11, 2006, 10:07:16 AM »

Thank,if my memory is good it was in use during 4 month during WWII , that won't make a lot of paintjob availlable

Bodhi · « **Reply #42 on:** April 12, 2006, 09:35:25 AM »

any more suggestions?

Waffle · « **Reply #43 on:** April 12, 2006, 11:38:29 AM »

April 18, 1945, taken at Iwo Jima otw to Okinanwa

Donzo · « **Reply #44 on:** April 12, 2006, 02:44:02 PM »