![]() This was the way planes were identified back in the 30s and 40s and was based on manufacturers and their individual designs. I have grouped the sub sub-variants by number because we can really go down an esoteric rabbit hole if we are talking about Corsair variants that were manufactured by Goodyear or Brewster.īefore I get into it, for those who do not know why the Corsair is called the F4U: It is very simple. Here is an old drawing of what I mean: Now that’s a messed up family tree But when it comes to labeling the various Corsairs that were developed, if there was a logic to it, the logic is not clear to me. I have tried to simplify it by putting it into a seemingly logical numerical order. I am keeping this to the US for simplification but I can see doing this type of article for other nations as well. If you model in other scales, you can still benefit from a lot of the information I have put down below. Its actually incredibly quick as there are books that devote chapters to each of these variants. This is a very quick and dirty guide to modeling one or more of the many US variants of the Corsair in 1/48 scale. ![]() ![]() Should I begin by saying the most awesome airplane that ever was is the Corsair? Sure there are those who would quickly disagree with me and cite all sorts of hard data and common knowledge – but those people are wrong. ![]()
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