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Corsair Mk.3

HobbyBoss | No. 80396 | 1:48

Boxart Corsair Mk.3 80396 HobbyBoss

Facts

Brand:
HobbyBoss
Title:
Corsair Mk.3
Number:
80396
Scale:
1:48
Type:
Full kit
Released:
2020 New parts
Barcode:
6939319203960 (EAN)
Packaging:
Rigid box (Top opener)
Topic:
Vought F4U Corsair » Propeller (Aircraft)

Markings

Vought F4U Corsair

Vought Corsair Mk.III
GB Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (1937-now)

Box contents

Plastic sprue, Decalsheet (waterslide)

Dimensions:
400x260x70 mm (15.7x10.2x2.8 inch)

Weight:
527 g (1.16 lbs)

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Magazines

(Model Aircraft Monthly Volume 20 Issue 04)
Model Aircraft Monthly | Volume 20 Issue 04
English (TOC: 10 lines)
April 2021
(Model Aircraft Monthly Vol 21 Iss 02)
Model Aircraft Monthly | Vol 21 Iss 02
English (TOC: 12 lines)
February 2022

Comments

Gareth Windsor
Some lovely details and moulding on the kit. I had read that the markings provided are for Mk.II Corsairs, but a little research seems to show that Hobby Boss have it correct in that the markings are for Mk.III’s. The Brewster built Corsair F3A-1 was known in the FAA as the Corsair Mk.III. However, what Hobby Boss appear to have in the box is the Vought Corsair F4U-4 /F4U-5. These aircraft had the exhaust moved to the sides of the engine cowling allowing the new twin drop tank configuration or bomb mounts. Neither appear to have ever been delivered to the British Fleet Air Arm.
8 July, 02:55
Gareth Windsor
The final series version of the Corsair manufactured during World War II was the F4U-4, first projected mid 1943. The first prototype, a modified F4U-1 redesignated F4U-4XA, was flown on 19 April 1944, followed on 12 July by a second prototype, the F4U-4XB. The first series F4U-4 flew on 20 September 1944, and the initial aircraft of this sub-type was accepted by the US Navy five weeks later, on 31 October, with 500 being delivered by the following April. The principal changes between the F4U-4 and the preceding series model were provision of an R-2800-18W (R-2800-42W in later series aircraft) with water injection boosting the normal maximum rating of 2,100 hp to 2,450 hp, and a redesigned cockpit. The engine drove a new four-bladed, 13 ft 2 in (4,01 m) diameter propeller and was fitted with a down-draught carburetor, the intake ducts for which were moved from the wing leading edges to a position beneath the engine cowling. The standard sextet of 0.5-in (12,7-mm) guns was retained for the principal production series, but 297 were completed as F4U-4Bs with an armament of four 20-mm cannon. Goodyear was to have produced the F4U-4 as the FG-4, but orders for 2,371 FG-4s were cancelled following V-J Day and before completion of any examples of this model. Production of the F4U-4 by Vought continued, however, a total of 2,357 being delivered - including one F4U-4N night fighter and nine F4U-4P reconnaissance aircraft - with the final example being completed in August 1947.
8 July, 03:07

Gallery

Vought F4U-4 Corsair 1:48
Vought F4U-4 Corsair The Flying Bulls
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by Stefan Fraundorfer on Modellversium
Vought F4U-4 Corsair 1:48
Vought F4U-4 Corsair The Flying Bulls
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by Stefan Fraundorfer on Kitchecker Modell-Journal

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Reference material

Les Corsair de la Royale (Editions Larivière 71)
Les Corsair de la Royale Combats et batailles
Le fana de l'aviation hors série avions de légende No. 71
Sébastien Guillemin
2023
Corsair Cockpits: F4U-1 Family (Self-published 1)
Corsair Cockpits: F4U-1 Family
Rivet Counter Guide No. 1
Dana Bell
2022

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