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Re: Vought F-4 Corsair
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Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:41:30 GMT
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In lugnet.build.military, Drew Lawrence writes:
> > From one F-4 builder to another, well done!
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> Hey, you built an F-4 too? I didn't know that. Its not on your BrickShelf
> gallery - do you have pictures?
I do, actually. It's not in my brickshelf account, yet. I need to redesign
my whole web page but I just haven't made the time.
http://home.columbus.rr.com/jacobsen/html/Pacific/Pacific%20Intro.htm
Is the intro to the page. I did a cheesy diorama for it, as well. Just some
things I had that I thought would fit around in a kind of "Black Sheep
Squadron" setting. :)
> > I wish I had some of those black props for myself.. they look much better
> > than the 3-blade prop I had to use on mine.
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> Actually, the 3-bladed prop is WW2-era accurate. The 4 bladed prop wasn't
> added onto the F-4 until it served as a ground attack / night fighter /
> close support machine in the 1950's Korean War.
Point, but I still like the 2 bladed props doubled up for 2 reasons:
1. 4 blades look better than 3 IMO. ;)
2. See 1. I also .believe. that the 2 blade prop's diameter is larger than
the 3 blade's is. Which makes it look more to scale. Seeing as the real prop
was a whopping 13 FEET in diameter... geesh...
> > Do the landing gear retract? I can't really tell from the pictures, but it
> > looks like they might be able to?
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> No, they don't. That is one of the things I dislike about this model, how
> little detail I could put into it.
Understandable. I was able to make my gear retract but not 'correctly'.
> I find that click hinges worked excellently for me. Not only do they give
> you the correct angles, but they also allow for the wings to fold.
> Unfortunantly, the problem with click hinges is the amount of room they take
> up on a minifig scale model. The beginning of the wings are really a bit too
> thick, and there is no room for the landing gear to fold anywhere. (thus no
> landing gear.)
They're a smidge too thick, yeah, but it doesn't look bad.
For mine, I determined that optimal thickness was around 3-4 plates tops..
it just doesn't give a lot of room to work with, though. ;/
> Hmmm. About the wings, you're right. Its especially obvious they are too
> short when they are folded - they barely extend above the cockpit. About the
> tail fins - yes, they are too small as well. I was originally going to do
> that, but like I said, I used every single blue slope that I own in the
> Corsair's long nose. Blue just isn't a strongpoint of my collection. (and
> annoyingly, a lot of WW2 planes were blue.)
No worries. Just something to file away for the future. I have a lot more
blue now, than I did even a year ago so I'm going to give it another shot in
a few weeks (or less with luck) and see if I can't get my own F-4u rebuilt
so I'm more happy with it... that and I need to Brasso one element to fix
the back of the cockpit and how it blends down to the tail... just keep
putting it off. :P
> > Regardless, you've captured the spirit of the plane exceedingly well.
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> Thanks! I tried!
You never lose a thing for trying. You only lose if you sit on the sidelines
and fail to stretch your creativity. ;)
> > Now we just need to work up a battle! We've got a few Zeros and German
> > fighters around here and we've got P-38's, P-40's, P-51's and F-4's...
> > hmm... did I miss any? :)
>
> Yeah!! That would be awesome! We could do a WW2 themed BrikWar.. Muwhaha!
I'm not sure how a WWII Air Combat would work.. but it could be
interesting... and highly entertaining I'm sure! :)
It'd have to be an alternate universe thing... where all Axis powers team up
against the Allies. Otherwise all thse Allied planes would make quick work
of the handful of Axis craft that have been built to date, here. :)
It could get interesting... Now if only Joe Davenport were around with his
B-17, still.. and his own fighter... it was a cross between a P-51 and a
Spitfire, it looked like.. with AWESOME green and brown camoflauge.. but his
page is down, now...or moved.. I haven't been able to get to it since
January, though, with the link I have. :(
His work is what inspired me to try my F-4u.... and I have plans for a B-29
at some point but I'm just not convinced how I'm going to do everything,
yet....I keep mulling it over and will eventually find something that will
work. :)
Joel J
(who has to figure out how NOT to be so long winded..sheesh..!)
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