Fiberglas Corsair photos needed

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:28 am

I could use some help:
Does anybody out there have any good photos of Tallichet's Fiberglas, full- sized, Corsairs on display? This is one of the first steps to getting the one off the pole in Stratford, CT. Also, any thoughts as to how they look in person and how they are holding up under outside weather and display conditions?
Thanks a bunch!
Blue skies,
Jerry

snj-5 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:32 am

Airdales wrote:

I could use some help:
Does anybody out there have any good photos of Tallichet's Fiberglas, full- sized, Corsairs on display? This is one of the first steps to getting the one off the pole in Stratford, CT. Also, any thoughts as to how they look in person and how they are holding up under outside weather and display conditions?
Thanks a bunch!
Blue skies,
Jerry

Here's a pic. I took earlier this year. I thought the Mustang and
Corsair (in particular) were fairly convincing. Displaying these
fiberglass replicas gear-up really helps, as some other types that
were displayed out back behind the restaurant were setting on their
fiberglass "gear", and the detail just wasn't there (makes for a
dead-giveaway that the aircraft are not real).

http://www.havasreti.com/LA_Trip/Proud_Birds_F4U.jpg

Bela P. Havasreti

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:06 am

Man, that's the spitting image of David O'Maley's FG-1D.

ramprat · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 12:32 pm

Just over the river in Windsor Ontario the Canadians had a Lancaster mounted on a pedestal in Jackson park. The Lanc (FM212) was taken down and replaced with fiberglass replicas of a spitfire and a hurricane. Just this last month the Hurricane was blown off it's pedistal by high winds and damaged on it's return to earth.

snj-5 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:30 pm

Rob Mears wrote:

Man, that's the spitting image of David O'Maley's FG-1D.

Can you post some pictures?

Bela P. Havasreti

snj-5 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 1:31 pm

ramprat wrote:

Just over the river in Windsor Ontario the Canadians had a Lancaster mounted on a pedestal in Jackson park. The Lanc (FM212) was taken down and replaced with fiberglass replicas of a spitfire and a hurricane. Just this last month the Hurricane was blown off it's pedistal by high winds and damaged on it's return to earth.

Cool... A "flying" fiberglass Hurricane replica! :lol:

Bela P. Havasreti

Zagi-2 · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 9:33 pm

Hi Jerry,

Here is a link to a picture of a different fiberglass corsair.
http://www.weddinglocation.com/images/l ... image1.jpg

That corsair is mounted at the 94th Aero Squadron restaurant in College Park MD.

FYI to all you WIXers in general, if you pass through College Park, check this restuarant out! It also has a fiberglass Bf-109, P-47, P-51, and "AVG" P-40. Plus, it's located on the College Park airport premises - and is literally right next door to the College Park air museum.

Best,

Mike

Jerry O'Neill · **Posted:** Thu Dec 01, 2005 11:10 pm

Thanks for the pics Bela and Mike.
They look pretty convincing.
I heard there is one at Tallicet's rest. on Long Island. Does anybody know if that's correct? I might like to fly over and see one in person!
Jerry

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

One of Tallichet's guys told me that the P-47 would sell for about $100k because of the detail required for the engine. A P-40 or P-51 is significantly less expensive to make.

Rob Mears · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:15 am

Kind of an inside joke Bela.

The O'Maley Corsair was the one Mr. Tallichet's team used to pull the molds for making these replicas.

Zagi-2 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:11 pm

A question for the Board:

(1) Is David Talichet and company the only source for fiberglass warbirds?

(2) Was there a limted production run, or can you still buy them new?

(3) Have there been any multi-engine fiberglass warbirds produced?

Thank you!

- Mike

snj-5 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 1:22 pm

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11324

There is also the B-24 that Tallichet did in fiberglass.

There was a guy making Spitfires in the UK, and there are various fiberglass Spits and Hurricanes on display around the UK. West-Pac made a glass P-51 for Jeff Clyman's store years ago. They may still have the molds, but probably not enough time to make any more. Also, some of the Tora Tora Tora P-40s were glass.

Kernal, what A-26 at Chino? Is there a glass one there, or the A-26 was used to make the mold?

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:18 pm

Tallichet's B-24 replica, is that the one now at Lackland AFB,Texas?

Zagi-2 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2005 8:48 pm

Lackland's B-24 looks like its windows are painted on. That goes for a lot of their planes - including a B-17. Anyone know if they're fiberglass?

Heres the link to the Lackland website:

http://www.lackland.af.mil/info/Planes/

- Mike

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