Another Corsair comes out of its box

[AirJimL2]

http://www.midwaysaircraft.org/acft/f4u.htm

http://www.midwaysaircraft.org/F4U.PDF

Jim

[mike furline]

Why, Why, Why, isn't the above made into a flyer??!! Arghhh!


And now, here's a Corsair really out of the box.


Regards,
Mike

[agent86]

That is really a great model.Did you build it?great detail.

[spookyboss]

So what's the deal with the Corsair? it looks like they were unloading it at someones house. Is he going to restore it? where is it at ? any info on the plane itself?

[Ryan Keough]

So what's the deal with the Corsair? it looks like they were unloading it at someones house. Is he going to restore it? where is it at ? any info on the plane itself?

Actually it looks like they were loading it up at the house... the last frames look like it was being unloaded in CA.

[Jack Cook]

This is Lori Crown's F4U-4 B/N 196885 FAH-618 the wings of which are/were in our hanger. The rest is/was at lori's in-laws home.
I've known about this deal being in the works for quite a while and what Midway was offering (less and less) and quite frankly am surprised this went though. I just hope and pray it doesn't turn into a screw job! Sorry but I can't/won't say more on-line about the deal.

[B-29 Super Fort]

Why, Why, Why, isn't the above made into a flyer??!! Arghhh!


And now, here's a Corsair really out of the box.


Regards,
Mike

Did that model came from www.fineartmodels.com?

[Rob Mears]

Anything that gets BuNo.96885 out of storage and back into some semblance of its former self is fine by me. I'll be bold enough to assume that the museum is planning on displaying it inside the ship rather than on top of the flight deck. The FG-1D aboard the USS Yortown museum seems to be faring pretty well under the circumstances, despite its obvious exposure to the saltwater environment.

I just can't get my head around the whole situation with the plane's owner. Over the years, Ms. Crown has remained vehemently opposed to parting with the plane. Nobody's money was good enough to acquire it...and now it's being willingly handed over to a government museum? I certainly have nothing but praise for the crew at the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum, but a project like the old "Kissimmee Corsair" would be a far better candidate for this kind of aesthetic display duty (i.e. a plane with limited heritage that will never fly due to core engineering faults, etc). Something already in Navy or Marine inventory would have been even better yet!

Regardless, it'll be nice to see this "lost" Corsair being aired out, back on its gear and in one piece again. I can only hope that one day the owner and her peers will decide to reclaim the plane and see to its proper and complete restoration - before it becomes just another picked over shell on permanent static display.

[mike furline]

Yes, the Corsair in the wooden box is from Fine Art Models.

Regards,
Mike

[Jack Cook]

Yes, the Corsair in the wooden box is from Fine Art Models.

The box is $12,000-$14,000 and the model is free.

I just can't get my head around the whole situation with the plane's owner.

Don't jump to conclusions or make assumptions here.
There's a lot more going on here under the surface here that's beyond the scope of this board.

[krlang]

I just can't get my head around the whole situation with the plane's owner.

There's a lot more going on here under the surface here that's beyond the scope of this board.

[Rob Mears]

Geez, get that model under glass will ya! Is factory support offered for that beauty in the event you bend a flap or something? I could definitely see designing my next house to fit around that.

[mike furline]

Like this? The glass case is free as well. Table...under construction.

Regards,
Mike

[tom d. friedman]

i thought it was a model, to good to be true......... otherwise i was gonna call my optometrist. great work!!