mirwin

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I KNEW you were going to say that!!!

Mike

Whistling Death

Brainstorm here, If they were to come out with an all blue body, the leave the decals off. But have a decal set that can cover Navy, Marines in both WWII and Korea eras. Just a matter of omitting a stripe here and/or words there to make the difference.

It may make the end cost a bit more but that would give guys a wide range of birds that they would want to portray.

They could even offer a birdcage canopy kit to sell separately, similar to the razor back addon for the P-47.

mirwin

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BBOwen, I like the way you brainstorm. I have a very specific requirement for markings. Yeah, it's an F4U-4, but I'd accept any model if I could just get a giant scale ARF without decals or multiple colors already on it. That's my dear old daddy over North Korea.

warks62

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Here is one I thought of. How about covering it in cloth (Coverite or the like there of). KMP has this on several of there planes and gives a good second to glassing. It doesn't wrinkle as bad as normal covering and if it does it lays back down easier. Go ahead and paint but that way it can easily be repainted in whatever color scheme you like. Next if you would like to glass, it comes off much easier than plastic covering. I am bashing a Skyshark P-40 right now and when I peeled all the cloth off the wing to glass it came off so easy compared to plastic covering. I personally would like to all Warbird ARF's be covered in cloth. I would gladly pay extra for it not to mention Warbirds just don't look good with a shine.

Randy

Whistling Death

Very cool, did he see a lot of combat?

mirwin

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He flew the earlier F4Us during WW II as well so, yes, he saw combat.


Mike

Whistling Death

What a beauty............

Do your part, drop a line to one or both of these companies.

http://www.top-flite.com/suggest-a-plane.html
http://www.hangar-9.com/About/Contact.aspx

dthomp8007

Done. Well only to TF I did.

theo63

did you guys see the TBM PAGE WITH the new giant corsair they are offering in mid 08 looks good to meeeeeeee

Whistling Death

TBM ? Link....

theo63

troy built models check out the website

theo63

http://www.troybuiltmodels.com/

theo63

ill try to post news letter here

theo63

its in the feb news letter i could not post it here i tried

Whistling Death

Here is a link to the news letter. http://www.troybuiltmodels.com/Newsletter.htm Scroll down to 95" Corsair. That one is going to be out of my price range but I do love that someone has a birdcage corsair coming out. It is a good looking airplane.

Keep up the good work!!

http://www.top-flite.com/suggest-a-plane.html
http://www.hangar-9.com/About/Contact.aspx

kahloq

They stated the prices would be about 1/2 of most build kit prices.....so somewhere on the $600 to 850 range would be possible. For a 95" wingspan plane, thats pretty good. Most KMP planes with fiberglass fuses cost $500 and they are still under 80". Those with fully composite wings cost $650+ and still are under 80".
They also list a number of planes they plan on doing including an ME-109. I will definitely look at getting that one.

NCIS

I am about to start on a 1/4 scale 120" wingspan F4U-1A Corsair by Don Smith Plans and am looking forward to the years it will take to get it just right. BUT I would rather have a ready to glass 120" Corsair already to go. I love the detail work but the rest is very time consuming. If there would have been an ARF that big sold in the USA I would of bought it in a minute. The cost of the 120" scale ARF in Germany is not really that bad when you think of my engine costing $2,000.00 alone. Retracts another $1,500.00. The list goes on and on!!!!!!![X(] The shipping is what held me back from getting one from overseas. I think an ARC or an ARF built here would be a big seller.

Gibbs

Whistling Death

My favorite warbird on the flight line at Iwo Jima.

Whistling Death

Ok model companies, I have moss growing under my feet............

http://www.top-flite.com/suggest-a-plane.html
http://www.hangar-9.com/About/Contact.aspx

Whistling Death

Hmmmm, just where did I put that giant scale kit at? Lets see..................................

Whistling Death

Is this what is going to happen to our dream?

David Jackson

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I would have purchased a 100"+ Corsair had it been introduced 9 months ago. At the present time, I have tied up too much money into building a 1/4 scale Corsair from D. Smith plans. With that being said, I would be interested in a P-47 with a span of at least 110".

jeffk464

You guys must have much bigger trucks then me, I cant fit anything over 74".

David Jackson

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Actually, I drive a 94 Chevy Lumina Van. I have a 40% Yak 54. This plane is 121" long with the prop and spinner attached. It will fits inside with a little work. If I wanted to carry two planes to the field, I can place one of the small jets underneath the Yak. The Large Corsair that is currently being built will only be 95" long with spinner attached, and the 120" + wing will separate into three(3) sections. This plane will be far easier to transport than the Yak or my Ziroli's B-25.

Whistling Death

I have a 6x14 trailer. I can get several 80"+ planes in there.