Vought F4U-1 Corsair USMC (Bird Cage)

Subject:

Vought F4U-1 Corsair

US Marine Corps Aviation (1912-now)
VMF-124 Whistling Death 13 (Lt. Kenneth Ambrose Walsh)
August 1943 - Munda, New Georgia (Result: 21)
FS35189 FS36440

Scale:

1:72

Status:

In progress

Started:

June 28, 2025

Project inventory

Static model kits

Vought F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair

Tamiya 1:72

60774 2006 New parts

Detail and Conversion sets

F4U Corsair set

Yahu Models 1:72

YMS7204 2015

F4U-1 / 1A / 1D Corsair Tamiya / Revell

Yahu Models 1:72

YMA7226 2014 New tool

F4U wheels Tamiya

Eduard 1:72

672204

Masks

Vought F4U1 Corsair Tamiya

Montex 1:72

SM72135

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Project colors

HTK-BS53 Early US Navy & USMC paint set

Hataka Hobby Blue Line
6x 17ml ()

Acrylic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exterior

B218 Blue Grey (FS35189)

Hataka Hobby Blue Line
17ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

B048 Light Gull Grey (FS36440, ANA 620)

Hataka Hobby Blue Line
17ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

Interior

ACUS30 Bronze Green 9

Colourcoats (discontinued 2014)
14ml

Satin

Enamel

Weathering

A.MIG-1619 Panel Line Wash - Blue Dirt

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
35ml ()

Matt

Enamel

A.MIG-1607 Panel Line Wash - Sky Grey

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
35ml ()

Matt

Enamel

A.MIG-1008 Dark-Wash

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
35ml ()

Matt

Enamel

Details

A.MIG-045 Gun Metal

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Metallic

Acrylic

A.MIG-033 Rubber & Tires

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

A.MIG-194 Metal Acrylic Color - Matt Aluminum

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Metallic

Acrylic

A.MIG-195 Metal Acrylic Color - Silver

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Metallic

Acrylic

B066 Insignia Yellow (FS33538)

Hataka Hobby Blue Line
17ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

A.MIG-0711 ACRYLIC WASH Black Wash

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
15ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

A.MIG-046 Matt Black

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

113 Rust

Humbrol
14ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

B219 Insignia Red (FS31136)

Hataka Hobby Blue Line
17ml ()

Matt

Acrylic

B049 Insignia White (FS17875, ANA 511)

Hataka Hobby Blue Line
17ml ()

Gloss

Acrylic

A.MIG-074 Green Moss

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Satin

Acrylic

A.MIG-210 Gray Blue AMT-11 (FS35237)

Ammo by Mig Jimenez
17ml ()

Engine Crankcase

Matt

Acrylic

X-25 Clear Green

Tamiya
10ml ()

Gloss

Acrylic

X-27 Clear Red

Tamiya
10ml ()

Gloss

Acrylic

Project references

Books

Corsair 30 Years of Filibustering 1940-1970

Bruno Pautigny

2003

Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea

Barrett Tillman

1979

The Chance Vought F4U-I Corsair

Aircraft Profile (Red) No. 47

J. F. Dial

1965

F4U Corsair Part 1: XF4U Through F2G

Detail & Scale No. 55

Bert Kinzey

1998

F4U Corsair

In Action No. 1145

Jim Sullivan

1994

F4U Corsair

In Action No. 1029

Jim Sullivan

1977

Chance Vought F4U Corsair Vol. I

Monographs No. 9

Andre R. Zbiegniewski

2004

Chance Vought F4U Corsair Vol. II

Monographs No. 26

Andre R. Zbiegniewski

2006

Vought F4U Corsair

WarbirdTECH No. 4

Barrett Tillman

1996

Vought F4U Corsair

Air Vanguard No. 17

James D’Angina

2014

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