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Old 12-23-2002, 06:29 PM
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Default RE: Hostetler 33% Decathlon

Yes Jeff, that is a Stokes painting of Corsair #13 on final. A little trivia, #13 is the CAF Corsair based at Lancaster Texas. However, when they repainted it about 3 years ago they chose to do it after a real Corsair, not the fictitious #13 one. It was repainted like the famous #530 of Marine Squadron VMF 312 (Checker Boards) flown by Lt. M O Chance. You can see my #530 on the last page of my gallery on RCU. It's powered by a Brison 5.8 and is exciting to fly and watch. When the Vought retired employees were looking for a Corsair to restore they acquired an FG-1D (Goodyear) and after restoration (#13) it was christened an F4U-1D.

Back to the SD. The detailing out of the fuselage sure seems to take a lot of time. I think I'm just slow. This first photo shows the left side window construction. The outer surface is 1/16" balsa and is backed up with 1/8" balsa strips. The plastic will glue to the rear of the 1/16" balsa.
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