Build the Magic Factory F4U-1A Corsair - Part 1: Cockpit and Fuselage
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- čas přidán 28. 03. 2024
- Thanks for stopping by as we begin the build review of the Magic Factory F4U-1A in 1/48 Scale. Today we're building up the cockpit and starting on the fuselage. We'll also be using the Quinta Studio 3D instrument panels and seat details. Everything was graciously provided by our sponsor Hobbynut Models - be sure to check them out at this link:
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Hi John,
Great build so far, that cockpit looks great. Look forward to the other parts and love the music 😀👍🏻
Jason 🇬🇧
Hi Jason- thank you very much! So far the kit has been great with very few issues. Appreciate you watching and I'll have more soon.
Great video John. Really enjoyed the discussion on using masks for the national insignias. You’ve given me the courage to try doing this.
Thanks Boyd! Definitely worth a try!
Great to see you building this. John I built both of mine wings extended. You just cut the folded wing braces and reposition them as extended and then the folded wing parts mate up perfectly as extended wings. You just have to fill in a few tiny doors that are part of the folding wing mechanism. It’s an easy modification if you don’t want a folded wing version.
Hi John- if anyone would come up with a solution to the folded wing issue, I knew you would! I will have to look at that for the -2. Appreciate you watching, and thanks for that Idea!
@@MisterGsWorkbench I can’t take the credit! I got the idea from an article on modeling madness by Tom cleaver!
Wish I had thought of that. The folded wings make the kit “fragile”. I actually had busted off one of the braces from handling, but managed to reattach. I left the wings themselves off till the very end.
Hi John that is a great start to the F4 Corsair, that Quinta cockpit set looked absolutely outstanding, looking forward to the next update, very bedt regards from a Kiwi living in Australia, happy modelling, Les
Hi Les- it's a great kit so far and the Quinta panels are a big plus. Thanks for watching- regards from Texas!
Lol great intro to Sean @ Primed model works I do follow, great work on the MF F4U John
Thanks! The kit is great so far. Appreciate your support!
I’m working on the 2nd plane now. It’s a nice kit, but no tamiya. I made a couple of goofs on the fuselage and ended up using that fuselage for the folded wings version. The 2nd fuselage is complete and I have been working on the wings this weekend. I don’t care for the order of assembly - I always leave the landing gear to the end to keep from busting off from handling. Magic Factory would have you attach the landing gear before you even attach the wings to the fuselage - dumb. Overall decent kit(s) and certainly better than the Academy F4U- kit I recently built.
I try to do the same thing- leave the gear off as late as possible. When I dig into the second one I'll probably change up the order of assembly based on what I've learned from this one. Thanks for the feedback and as always thanks for your support!
Worthy of noting that the US Navy did not clear the Corsair for carrier duties until the Royal Navy showed them how to land them safely on RN Carriers only 2/3 (or less) the size of the US Fleet carriers. (The RN had immediately seen the issue and devised a work-around with the landing proceedure and signals, which the US Navy hastily adopted. A modernised variant is still used as a standby proceedure, today AFAIK.) Personally I think the Magic factory kit practically obsoletes the 30 year old Tamiya Corsair kit, having better details, a 99% complete R2800 in the cowling, not a 1 piece bulkhead mount engine and the cockpit almost does not need AM details, apart from Harness. IF you look at the sprues there is a spare set of inboard flaps with the mounting step cut out already, not a scribed panel. This strongly hints that an F4U-1D (and later) marks will follow as the step cutout was introduced with the D Model and found on all Corsairs after that _4,-5, etc.
Thanks for the background on the carrier landings- I had read it recently as well. I was surprised that for all of the detail provided the engine wasn't complete with only partial exhausts inside the cowling. Appreciate your input and thanks for watching!
I wish you could pick this up as a single kit. I’m not a cheapskate, but I haven’t seen the kit in any of my LHS’s for under $150.00, and I’m not a fan of a mandatory folded wing.
Agreed Kevin - I think they'd sell a ton more if they were available as individual kits. The forced folded wing is a mystery to me - seems like they could have incorporated the wing stuff onto one sprue and offered both. Thanks for watching!
I saw another review where the builder cut the folded wing spar and managed to build it with wings extended.
@@justinryan3902 yes there is a way to do it that has come to my attention and I'll discuss that in the episode for the wings. Good catch!
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Thank you sir.