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Title: F4U4 skins?
Post by: StokesAk on April 20, 2009, 03:59:50 PM

Is anyone working on any F4U-4 skins. It would be nice if there were more. :rock

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: lyric1 on April 20, 2009, 04:12:27 PM

I gave one to a skinner a while back it was placed on his to do list I believe.

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: whiteman on April 20, 2009, 04:18:41 PM

Only pics I ever find of 4-Hogs didn't make it over in time to fight. sucks cause i found some of VF17 4-hogs

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: Saxman on April 20, 2009, 04:57:21 PM

You're going to find a LOT of pics for Korea-era -4s, but not many from WWII. I believe VMF-224 was flying F4U-4s by war's end so that at least gives a squadron to look for.

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: StokesAk on April 20, 2009, 05:46:34 PM

Im not much of a history person but here is a good pic of one. VF-84.
http://warbirds.studiobird.com/samples/F4U-4-VF-84-Final-sml.jpg

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: Stoney on April 20, 2009, 06:10:12 PM

According to http://www.history.navy.mil :

As of July, 1945 the following squadrons were deployed in the PTO with at least 1 F4U-4 assigned

VF-6
VBF-86
VF-86
VBF-94
VBF-99
VMF-212
VMF-222
VMF-223

Same goes for the F4U-1C

VBF-5
VF-85
VMF-314
VMF-311
VMF-441

May help find some pictures if you can find unit histories

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: StokesAk on April 20, 2009, 06:33:38 PM

Ill keep looking.  :aok

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: Saxman on April 20, 2009, 10:52:55 PM

Quote from: StokesAk on April 20, 2009, 05:46:34 PM

Im not much of a history person but here is a good pic of one. VF-84.
http://warbirds.studiobird.com/samples/F4U-4-VF-84-Final-sml.jpg

Pretty sure that one's been discussed and is not accurate.

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: whiteman on April 20, 2009, 11:09:19 PM

Quote from: Saxman on April 20, 2009, 10:52:55 PM

Pretty sure that one's been discussed and is not accurate.

at least once it has been proved not accurate, maybe we could try again :D

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: Guppy35 on April 20, 2009, 11:46:41 PM

Quote from: Saxman on April 20, 2009, 10:52:55 PM

Pretty sure that one's been discussed and is not accurate.

Yep.  Would have been a F4U-1D for those markings and time frame.  The danger of profiles :)

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: StokesAk on April 21, 2009, 03:59:59 PM

I use Google. :)

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: Stoney on April 21, 2009, 04:16:51 PM

There is a profile of Ken Walsh's F4U-4 in the Corsair Aces... Osprey book.  You take the basic glossy dark blue and put 24 Japanese flags on it (or how ever many he had), and you've got yourself a new skin.

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: whiteman on April 21, 2009, 06:35:45 PM

think i may have found some pics, I'll post them later or tomorrow when i have a chance.

Title: Re: F4U4 skins?
Post by: StokesAk on April 21, 2009, 07:16:11 PM

That would be great.  :aok