1/72 Vought F4U-1D Corsair
Item #60752

Product Description

About the Vought F4U-1D Corsair
Designed around the new Pratt & Whitney 2,000HP radial engine and
tuning the largest propeller ever attached to a fighter plane,
the Vought F4U Corsair became a legend in its own time. The F4U-1
was the first production version of the Corsair. It had an
inverted gull wing and a production version of the Corsair. It
had an inverted gull wing and a framed canopy with a flat top.
However may problems were found soon. For example, the port wing
stall often gave the Corsair unstable landing. Anther problem was
poor visibility because of its long nose and framed canopy.
Therefore F4U-1A: the cockpit was raised about seven inches, the
framed canopy was replaced with a semi-bubble design canopy, and
the taller tail wheel strut was equipped; was introduced. F4U-1D
with clear vision canopy on frameless was introduced later for
more visibility. Also the F4U-1D had two pylons under the center
wing section that could carry the bombs up to 1,000 ponds and the
napalm. Furthermore 5 inch rockets could be carried under each
wing. Therefore in1944, the F4U-1D was formally deployed as the
first carrier based aircraft of Corsair series. Beginning by
placing the F4U 1D as Marine squadrons VMF-124 and VMF 213 aboard
the ESSEX on the way to the Phillippines, the F4U-1D was used
for attacking Japan as the first operation from U.S. Navy in
1945. About 3,700 amounts of F4U-1D were produced, then it held
an established position from U.S. Navy because of its ability and
reliance.

Suggested Paint Colors

AS-8 - Navy Blue (US NAVY)
X-10 - Gun Metal
X-11 - Chrome Silver
X-18 - Semi Gloss Black
X-3 - Royal Blue
X-4 - Blue
X-5 - Green
X-6 - Orange
X-7 - Red
XF-1 - Flat Black
XF-16 - Flat Aluminum
XF-19 - Sky Grey
XF-3 - Flat Yellow
XF-5 - Flat Green
XF-58 - Olive Green