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Crashing Airplane Diorama
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 01:02 PM UTC
I found this amazing photo, but I have no idea what kind of plane it is. I really want to a dio of this picture, and I think it would look really cool. I am planning to do it in 1/48, and am open to suggestions about the base and such.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 01:34 PM UTC
Looks like an F4U Corsair to me..
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 01:35 PM UTC
Looks like an F4U Gullwing Corsair to me.





For the base, I would just model a portion of the deck and superstructure of the aircraft carrier. Good luck.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 01:52 PM UTC
what would be the best kit for this? TAMIYA? And any idea of what ship this is, so I could find some reference?



-Thanks for the help so far.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 01:56 PM UTC
NO questionabout it...a Chance Vought F4U Corsair, probably an F4U-1D given A.)_ the paint scheme, B.) the lack of rocket attachements common on the F4U-4 and C.) the greater number of 1D's. A definitive identification could be made if you could tell if this was a three or four bladed prop, the most distinctive visual diffference between the two. Gino's firsty picture shows an F4U-4B, armed with 4 20mm instead of the more common 6 .50's. The others are F4U-1D's, with three bladed prop and bubble canopy. The original F4U-1 had a birdcage canopy.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 01:59 PM UTC
Not sure what kit would be best...I'm a USMC Grunt and armor is my thing...but I do work at the NMMC and see two of these beauties from the bottom all day long...

No telling what ship it is...but Corsairs flew mostly from straight deck Jeep Carriers...the USN flew the Hellcat instead of the Corsair and late in the war the Corps put them on Jeeps in support of USMC operations and in the Philippines...

Looks like a two tone blue and gray paint scheme...so I hope that helps...

S/F

Pat
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 02:35 PM UTC
You're going to have to scratch build the base. If you are going 'true scale' it will be quite large in 1/48th. You may want to only do a 'cut-a-way' portion of the tower as reference vs. a true full build.

I'd try the MSW site for reference on the deck and ships detail.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 03:21 PM UTC
I'm most likely not going to do a conning tower, as I think it would distract from the dramatic position of the plane, I guess I'm also going to have to scratch-build alot of the engine detail, and some interior stuff, I'll look on Aeroscale, and MSW, for ideas


-THanks
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 03:39 PM UTC
Both the Tamiya and the Academy Corsair are nice. (Probably a resin cockpit would be a good idea for either.)
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 06:31 PM UTC
If you need help with this diorama. I suggest you got to ARC and hyperscale. Big aircraft modelling sites. Here are the links: ARC homepage
ARC
forum
Hyperscale

Hope this helps.

Daniel
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 08:21 PM UTC

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I'm most likely not going to do a conning tower, as I think it would distract from the dramatic position of the plane,

On the contrary William , I think having the tower will aid the viewer in establishing the location, and therefore what has happened.
What is the guess on what has happened here? Has the Corsair come in too soon with the wire snagging the landing gear? The arrestor hook appears to have never engaged the wire... (This is making a nice change from typing 'amour associated' words... )
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 08:54 PM UTC

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NO questionabout it...a Chance Vought F4U Corsair, probably an F4U-1D given A.)_ the paint scheme, B.) the lack of rocket attachements common on the F4U-4 and C.) the greater number of 1D's. A definitive identification could be made if you could tell if this was a three or four bladed prop, the most distinctive visual diffference between the two. Gino's firsty picture shows an F4U-4B, armed with 4 20mm instead of the more common 6 .50's. The others are F4U-1D's, with three bladed prop and bubble canopy. The original F4U-1 had a birdcage canopy.


I am NOT an expert on Corsairs but ..... I thought that F4U1-D model Cosairs were painted overall navy blue. Not the tri-colour scheme. I have only ever seen F4U-1A Corsairs (and earlier) with this scheme. Just my two cents. And between the Academy and Tamiya kits. The Tamiya kit is vastly superior in both level of detail and ease of assembly. Tamiya Corsairs are one of my all time favorite kits. In both 1/72 and 1/48 scales. Also you might have more luck posting this in the Aeroscale forum. Good luck.
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Posted: Thursday, November 15, 2007 - 09:45 PM UTC
In my opinion this plane is still in movement, the crash not finished. So i think it is doubtful that on the end of the movement it will remain in this position.
You can try to show the ongoing movement in your dio, but it will be hard to bring that feeling over to the viewer (flying debris etc.)

Cheers
Claude
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