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Title: F4u-4n
Post by: Viper17 on October 20, 2002, 05:12:08 PM

I have been wprking on this one for a while. I just need to know is it accurate. The marking I mean.

Title: Re: F4u-4n
Post by: Widewing on October 21, 2002, 08:22:49 AM

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Originally posted by Viper17
I have been wprking on this one for a while. I just need to know is it accurate. The marking I mean.

Red bar on national insignia is too wide.

See attached images. The snowy deck scene has a F4U-4N in the foreground, with wings folded. The second is a -4B recovering aboard the carrier. These should help you.

(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g420000/g428267.jpg)

(http://home.att.net/~Historyworld/F4U-4.jpg)

My regards,

Widewing

Title: F4u-4n
Post by: Spritle on October 22, 2002, 02:43:56 PM

Widewing,

That Corsair on the snowy deck is a -5N.  There weren't any -4N.  N stands for Nightfighter and they were equiped with a radar pod on the leading edge of the wing as shown in the picture.  

The seconds picture is a -4B.

Viper,

As widewing said the red in the star and bar emblem is too wide.  Also the number 13 would have been in white.  Pretty much the red letters were used exclusively on aircraft that were painted overall black.

Spritle

Title: F4u-4n
Post by: Viper17 on October 22, 2002, 03:36:08 PM

Thanks guys.

Title: Re: Re: F4u-4n
Post by: Hawklore on October 22, 2002, 04:00:06 PM

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Originally posted by Widewing


(http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/g420000/g428267.jpg)


My regards,

Widewing

I would not want to be that man on the snow plow. One slip of the accelerator and bye bye ice taker awayer man:D

Title: F4u-4n
Post by: Widewing on October 23, 2002, 12:35:57 AM

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Originally posted by Spritle
Widewing,

That Corsair on the snowy deck is a -5N.  There weren't any -4N.  N stands for Nightfighter and they were equiped with a radar pod on the leading edge of the wing as shown in the picture.  

The seconds picture is a -4B.

Viper,

As widewing said the red in the star and bar emblem is too wide.  Also the number 13 would have been in white.  Pretty much the red letters were used exclusively on aircraft that were painted overall black.

Spritle

Vought built a single F4U-4N modified from a production F4U-4B. From it, the Navy had 16 more rebuilt as -4Ns. You are right however, I did make a typo, the aircraft on the snowy deck in an F4U-5NL. All of the F4U-4Ns were later reworked back to -4B configuration as the -5N and -5NLs were transferred from reserve to active units.

My regards,

Widewing