Chance-Vought Corsair FB.Mk.6(modified Matchbox F4U-4).

[CSMO]

The FAA liked the Corsair IIs & IVs that they used in combat so much that they bought a bunch of F4U-4s from Uncle Sammy. To ease the pain of "not made here", They reinvented the wheel and put Sea Fury propellers on them, which gave them slightly better performance.



I bought a Matchbox kit with no canopy, propeller, or decals. A fellow modeler gave me the glass from a Hobby Boss kit. The prop came from a FROG Sea Fury that I put a Shackelton propeller on, and the markings came from the odds-and-sods box.



The paint is hand-brushed Humbrol dark Sea Grey and White Ensign Sky. It aint the best model I ever built, but it was saved from the bin with a little ingenuity.



Adios, Larry.

[Librarian]

That's beautiful . The Hog just belongs in those clothes and the spinner sets it off so well. I'd like to do the monster FG-2 in FAA markings.

[PR19_Kit]

That 5-blader suits it very well indeed, nixe job. 

[sandiego89]

The Centaurus suites it well, good save!

[NARSES2]

Nice one sir 

[Mirage]

The Centaurus suites it well, good save!

Go(o)d save the Corfury !! 

[Dizzyfugu]

RN color suit the Corsair so well...  Nice aircraft.

[nighthunter]

Thanks, now you all have doomed me to make a profile of a Centaurus engined Corsair

And a FG-2 as well... you guys never let me rest

[nighthunter]

I'll just leave this here:

[Glenn Gilbertson]

I like the different take on the Corsair. Good one.

[Captain Canada]

Maybe not the best model you've ever done....but she's quite nice nonetheless ! A natural in those colours.

[comrade harps]

A nice save of an old kit from the bin