Category: Corsair

  • Colorful Corsair in MUSKETEER markings

    F4U-7 Corsair 133828/20, Flotilla 15.F, Suez Crisis, 1956 This is another kit “lost” on the shelf for 17 years awaiting decals. A very colorful scheme even if only worn for a short time. The Subject The Corsair is one of the first aircraft that enjoyed a very long life with numerous Air Forces and Navies…

  • US Navy Night Ace in Korea

    F4U-5N NP-21, VC-3, K6 Korea, July 1953, Lt Guy Boredelon When this kit was first released I grabbed it and quickly started the build. Thoroughly enjoyed it and I finally had a -5N. It was much later that I found out it was “not quite right” in the aft fuselage, and until then I was…

  • Hasegawa F4U-1A Corsair

    Vought Corsair, F4U-1D, VF-17, Lt Ira Kepford, Solomons, 1944 This is one of those subjects in my “must do” category. Ira Kepford racked up 16 kills in 5 months, 4 in one day protecting a local carrier task group. When he left the combat zone he was the highest ace with the US Navy. This…