Cowl Flap Lines
This picture is one I downloaded from somewhere, awhile back. I liked it so much that I set it for my desktop background. It is a painting of Maj. Herman H. Hansen, Jr’s F4U-1D, obviously preparing to land on his carrier: the U.S.S. Bennington. This is the aircraft that my ‘red box’ Corsair is being patterned after. But the reason I posted it is because it shows many, subtle details that are not normally visible in most WW II era photos. In particular, notice that the cowl flaps are slightly open (more open than the Top Flite cowl flaps will appear to be), AND that the cowling top does not have cowl flaps AND blends perfectly into the fuselage.