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Offline Banshee7

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F4U markings
« on: April 16, 2015, 11:55:37 PM »
Has anyone ever seen an F4U with black and yellow checkerboard markings either on the cowling, wings, stabilizer,  etc...??  Trying to find one for a fellow guitar player that wants to paint a guitar with a corsair theme including the yellow and black, but he wants it to be historically accurate.  I figured this was the best place to ask.

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Offline Saxman

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Re: F4U markings
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2015, 06:35:45 AM »
Nothing I'm aware of off-hand. Certainly not during WWII.

US Navy/Marine color schemes tended to be a bit bland, and most ID markings of that sort would have been white.
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Offline Greebo

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Re: F4U markings
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 07:09:51 AM »
There were some post-war French Navy Corsairs with yellow and black ID stripes but nothing US that I know of.

If you do resort to to making something up you could use the aircraft shown in this link as a basis and just change the colours of the checkers.
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Offline BuckShot

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Re: F4U markings
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2015, 03:36:53 PM »
I can swear that one of my books has a color photo of a Brazilian corsair with taxi checker bands on the wings and/ or tail. I'll check when I get home.
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