F4U-4B Bu 97359 in new colors...

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

Pictures of the Alaska bound Corsair's new colors can be found here:
http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/smf/ind ... opic=329.0

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Tue May 02, 2006 4:11 pm

I think I'm the only person I know of that actually enjoyed the uniqueness of the green & white stripes. :lol:

Except for the "too bright" white nose, I've never been able to figure out why the blue/green scheme turned so many people off. Looks like everything other than the stripes remains the same on BuNo.97359.

B-29 Super Fort · **Joined:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:12 am **Posts:** 871

Couldn't open the photos as it requires a password.

Chad Veich · **Posted:** Tue May 02, 2006 6:05 pm

Rob Mears wrote:

I think I'm the only person I know of that actually enjoyed the uniqueness of the green & white stripes. :lol:

Except for the "too bright" white nose, I've never been able to figure out why the blue/green scheme turned so many people off. Looks like everything other than the stripes remains the same on BuNo.97359.

I liked the stripes too Rob, almost as much as I liked them on the ex-Mike Bogue (sp?) Tigercat.

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 12:36 pm

Rob Mears wrote:

I think I'm the only person I know of that actually enjoyed the uniqueness of the green & white stripes. :lol:

Except for the "too bright" white nose, I've never been able to figure out why the blue/green scheme turned so many people off. Looks like everything other than the stripes remains the same on BuNo.97359.

I built the Matchbox 1/72 kit with those colors many moons ago (oob), and did like them. So you're not all alone Rob...

T J

wendovertom · **Posted:** Wed May 03, 2006 1:06 pm

in following the links and reading a bit about the planes new owner all I can say is - that is one heck of a birthday present for a non-pilot!!

Tom P.

corsair166b · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 2:20 pm

Our info on the www.f4ucorsair.com website is fairly old....and we have'nt updated it in quite a while, obviously something we need to think of doing here soon....the plane was sold by Max Chapman to Tony Raftis, who then sold it on to the guy in Alaska....far as I know, it still appears in its current livery with green and white stripes and I have not heard of any plans to repaint it....apparently it will split its time between Alaska in the summer and California in the winter...

Mark

Chad Veich · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 2:27 pm

corsair166b wrote:

far as I know, it still appears in its current livery with green and white stripes and I have not heard of any plans to repaint it....
Mark

Maybe you should click on the link in the first post.

B-29 Super Fort · **Joined:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:12 am **Posts:** 871

Chad Veich wrote:

corsair166b wrote:

far as I know, it still appears in its current livery with green and white stripes and I have not heard of any plans to repaint it....
Mark

Maybe you should click on the link in the first post.

Can someone post the photos of the new livery here, I can't access them from the first post.

B-29 Super Fort · **Joined:** Wed Sep 01, 2004 11:12 am **Posts:** 871

Chad Veich wrote:

corsair166b wrote:

far as I know, it still appears in its current livery with green and white stripes and I have not heard of any plans to repaint it....
Mark

Maybe you should click on the link in the first post.

Can someone post the photos of the new livery here, I can't access them from the first post.

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

If they were my pictures I post em here.
Maybe this will work for you
Try going here
http://www.warbirdaeropress.com/
Click on Message board and it is under the heading Corsair to ID.
Hope it works for you.

DaveM2 · **Posted:** Thu May 04, 2006 6:31 pm

Or it takes litle effort to register!

Dave

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