rarias

I'm building a NWHT F4U Corsair and have chosen not to build a full cockpit. I would like to try something I heard about from another modeler. I would like to simulate a cockpit floor bottom by scanning the picture into my computer and sizing it to fit my plane. I'll then paste in a half pilot on top of that. I've searched many websites to find a picture that shows the cockpit floor from directly above the fuselage, but have had no luck. Can someone direct me to a good site? or better yet does anyone have apicture available?
Thanks for any help,
Rob

GeeBee_Jimbo

I was climbing around a full-size Corsair some years back, and took some like that. I used about four rolls total on the bird, perhaps I have the right one. I'll look into it today, and if I have it I'll scan it and get it out onto a website and leave a link in here. If I don't have it, then.....I guess I won't!
Jimbo

rarias

Thanks Jimbo. I appreciate the effort.
Rob

GeeBee_Jimbo

No problem. Sounds like a fun thing to do, and simple yet effective. I'm still looking.

Jimbo

whstlngdeath

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There really isn't much to see on the floor of the corsair. It's really
just a flat metal floor painted zinc green. You might be better off
to simulate the seat and the two side consoles with their instruments. Here is a shot looking down into a corsair. (Never mind the young lady sitting in the seat!). With a pilot in place, all
you could see is a flat floor, the stick, the seat and the two side
consoles. My second pic that follows shows what the side consoles look like:

Jesse

Click on the white box below to see the pic. Don't know why it doesn't show a thumbnail:

whstlngdeath

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side consoles with instruments.

rarias

Thanks Jesse,
I appreciate the photos. I think I now know what I want to do.
Many Thanks,
Rob

dionysusbacchus

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The only thing I could find in my books.

tailskid

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Check out AeroFiles distributed by Madison Components - go to:

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and click on the AeroFile icon on the bottom of the products page.

Jerry

Holeshot

I'm not sure what scale you need, but here is one in 1/5 "Giant" scale for the Top Flite plane, $18!!!



Buy it here

GeeBee_Jimbo

Hey Holeshot, not to get off the subject, but isn't that a 1970 AMX in your little thumbnail photo by your name? One of my favorite cars from my childhood.

Holeshot

It's actually a '69 AMX with the SS hood. I have 2 BigBadOrange '69 390s and a '71 401. We get lots of looks and questions, like: "Is that a Camaro?" "Is that a Mach One?" "What is that?" Great fun. One of the BBO '69s has a dual-quad, tunnel ram, roller cammed, 600+ HP 390 with a Richmond five-speed, 4-wheel discs, and a built Ford 9-inch rear. The other one is in the shop getting tubbed and full roll-caged. It turned a best time of 9:80, which is too fast for a 4-pt roll bar, HAVE to put a cage in to go quicker. Since I just put 2-stage 600+ HP Nitrous on it, it WILL be going faster!........Dave

GeeBee_Jimbo

Ahhh, brings back memories of cruising in an AMX. What an un-sung musclecar they were. Not just fast....BLISTERINGLY fast, and lines that made you stop and look. It's true, folks just didn't know what they were, so they assumed they were some Camaro or Mustang offshoot. AMC finally had a real winner and then ruined them when they went to the weanie AMX's in I think 73, the lines were nice but the car was de-muscled and was just a fancied up Javelin with mushed suspension.
Okay, sorry to go on a tangent, fellas, back to the Corsair cockpit thread!
Jimbo