WHIFs found at HyperScale

[Captain Canada]

Now that's a neat looking plane an very well done !

[Hotte]

Marseille Dora 


http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1494417603/A+%26quot%3Bwhat+if%26quot%3B+desert+Fw190D-9


Hotte

[The Wooksta!]

Beautifully done but for crying out loud?  Marseille?  Vastly over rated poster boy.

[Captain Canada]

Took me a minute to figure it out ! Very well done.

[The Rat]

This just looks so right: http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1497709077/My+first+what-if+plane

[Old Wombat]

Does look good!

[Joe C-P]

A Scooter-eh!

[Captain Canada]

Not a big fan of the demarcation or the markings, but it does look good and certainly makes sense !

[The Rat]

Fantastic looking Flapjack: http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/message/1497899269/latest-++1-48+F5U-1+Flapjack--+NAS+Olathe+1957

[Dizzyfugu]

The F5U is VERY nice - even though the paint scheme is rather dubious, since it made sense on the F4U where it comes from (which had outer wings replaced from an older, all-blue aircraft). Here it looks interesting, but makes ...little sense? Anyway, great build, and the grey/white scheme suits the F5U well. 

[PR19_Kit]

The F5U is VERY nice - even though the paint scheme is rather dubious, since it made sense on the F4U where it comes from (which had outer wings replaced from an older, all-blue aircraft). Here it looks interesting, but makes ...little sense? Anyway, great build, and the grey/white scheme suits the F5U well. 

Ah, but the guy who flew the 'Pancake' was the SAME guy who flew the Corsair, and he was an Admiral by the time he was flying the 'Pancake', and he liked the old Corsair's scheme, so they painted it HIS way. 

[AXU]

I like it a lot !

[Old Wombat]

"KNAVY"? ... Love it!

[CANSO]

The F5U is VERY nice - even though the paint scheme is rather dubious, since it made sense on the F4U where it comes from (which had outer wings replaced from an older, all-blue aircraft). Here it looks interesting, but makes ...little sense? Anyway, great build, and the grey/white scheme suits the F5U well. 

Ah, but the guy who flew the 'Pancake' was the SAME guy who flew the Corsair, and he was an Admiral by the time he was flying the 'Pancake', and he liked the old Corsair's scheme, so they painted it HIS way. 

In fact the true story is that WWII hero Capt. James H. Flatley, Jr. just loved that Black 5 "Corsair" we all know.

He became vice admiral and CO of NAS Olathe for about a year (check Wigooglopedia if you don't believe me ). BTW the station was renamed Flatley Field for him between 1962 and 1969. As a CO he ordered to paint ALL a/cs in the base incl. "Super Corsairs" and "Flapjacks" in this famous scheme.

And a legend was born...

[TheChronicOne]

How cool! I'm a big fan of the color scheme, too. The Captain had good taste.