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Offline whiteman

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adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« on: June 06, 2021, 01:05:25 PM »
This was adopted from fencer. I kept it to what he had done except for the large diamond that was on the wing, it seems there hasn't been great photos to get the right position or shape. Newer videos released show the position on the upper right wing clearly. I bought the book he did so I'm holding on just in case it shows a large G symbol on the wing. This aircraft would survive a bomb attack from a D4Y Judy on the Franklin March 19 and was and was transferred to the USS Yorktown.

I also added the diamond to the bottom left wing but might remove it as i can't find photos it was there.

vf5 f4u1d b by whitemanLS1, on Flickr
vf5 f4u1d by whitemanLS1, on Flickr
« Last Edit: June 06, 2021, 01:37:01 PM by whiteman »

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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2021, 01:32:54 PM »
Very nice.
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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #2 on: June 06, 2021, 02:19:48 PM »
Well done.

(I just cross-posted an update of one of mine.   Apologies as I did not intend to step on either of yours.)
« Last Edit: June 06, 2021, 02:26:27 PM by Vraciu »
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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2021, 04:34:08 PM »
Well done.

(I just cross-posted an update of one of mine.   Apologies as I did not intend to step on either of yours.)


you can bury mine lol. I'm not worried about it, only so much you can do with solid blue planes.

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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2021, 07:58:34 PM »
you can bury mine lol. I'm not worried about it, only so much you can do with solid blue planes.

Well, you're making some blue plane people very very happy, bro.   :aok
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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2021, 02:01:55 AM »
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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2021, 08:16:59 AM »
Great job on the update Whiteman.

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Re: adoption VF-5 F4U-1D USS Franklin
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2021, 08:20:05 PM »
Another amazing contribution in this adoption. There's definitely some love for the F4U in my squad, I'm sure they're excited.  :aok
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!