RE: GROUP BUILD - Top Flite Giant Scale F4U Corsair
Gryper,
As you have already noted the most visible trait are the twin scoopes. What is difficult to find are pics that clearly show the bulge along the sides of the cowl and how far these carry back along the fuse. The bulge or flair starts way back about where the mainspar would pass through the fuse. The scoopes give the cowl an egg or oval shape when viewed from the front. This oval shape continues with the -6 that was renamed the AU-1. On the AU-1 the bulges are there but the opening for the scoopes have been removed. On the -7, the last corsair produced a chin scoop was added to the cowl similar to what the -4 model had. Yes, the -5 and AU-1 cowl lose a lot of the roundness on the bottom between the scoopes. I would refer to it has almost flat or semi flat and it carrys on into the fuse. Sorry for including the 3-view drawing and the pic on the right of an AU-1, but they give you the general over all shape of the -5 model.