About the fabric covering: A long time ago, a company named B&D produced a 1/8 scale Corsair kit, which I consider to be the most accurate/ detailed 1/8 Corsair kit ever made (I had one). It featured a built up wing center section, but the outers were foam. The beauty of it was that you could use 1/16" sq. strips to simulate the wing ribs where necessary, and sheet the rest. With that in mind, I am currently building a Wing Mfg. Corsair as such, and have made up 2 sets of foam outer wing cores for use with the Top Flight Corsairs.
The Wing Mfg. one will be completed in a month or two, it will be next season (2004) before I can find the time to complete a Top Flight conversion.
The rocket racks should be easy to install, even if the aircraft is completed. The bomb racks likewise, as long as thet are not made to be functional
I will be Vacu forming M.G. ports, and may have extras available/ for sale soon. Maybe Dion and I can work out a trade: tanks for guns?
One item that I still desire: a source where I can get -1D canopies (no lateral braces). What do the Royal ones look like? If they are 1D type, maybe I can still get them thru Marutaka(spelling?)?