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Your cart is empty.Detailed 1/48 scale assembly model kit of the Chance Vought F4U Corsair, a single-seat carrier and land based fighter of the United States NAVY and Marine Corps. The F4U saw service in both World War II and the Korean War. The Corsair was a formidable fighter aircraft as it was both fast and maneuverable, thanks in large to its Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial (capable of speeds up to 400mph) and advanced aerodynamics.
LM
Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2024
Likes: accuracy, good instructions, great fitGreat value, good quality.
カスタマー
Reviewed in Japan on May 17, 2020
1996年の初登場から25年近くが経過しようとしていますが、現在でも第二次大戦型のコルセアとしては決定版と呼べるキットです。プロポーション、ディテール、組み立て易さ共に申し分なく、現在でも一級品の仕上がり。フラップはダウン状態で再現可能なのは嬉しく、主翼も折り畳み状態で再現可能で、夜間戦闘機型のF4U-2としても製作可能なのもポイント高いです。F4U-2として作る場合は、尾脚はキット指定のA3ではなく、不要パーツ指定のA4を取り付けるのが正しいので注意しましょう。右側のフラップにある足掛け用の穴は、F4U-1/2にはないものなので、拘るならパテなどで埋めた方が良いでしょう。マーキングはF4U-1とF4U-2が二種づつ付属しており、塗装図Aの機体はワイルドキャットで3.5機を撃墜した、ジェイムズ・ハルフォード中尉機ですが、コルセアでは1機も撃墜していません。塗装図Bの機体はフォイ・ガリソン中尉機で、1943年6月30日に零戦を二機撃墜していますが、それから間もない7月17日に零戦に撃墜されて戦死しています。塗装図Cの機体は、1944年4月14日の夜に一式陸攻を撃墜した、ハワード・ボルマン大尉機です。WWⅡのコルセアならタミヤ製を選べばまず間違いないので、お薦めのキットです。
Miyabi
Reviewed in Japan on March 27, 2020
中級者以上の方なら難なく組めます。初心者の方でも、丁寧な説明書や精密なパーツなので挑戦してみるのも楽しいでしょう。翼を折り畳んで作ることも出来ますし、自由度の高い製品です。価格も安価ですし、プラモデル・コルセア好きの方には大変オススメです。完成すればテンション上がること間違いなしです。
The Machine
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2020
This kit is crisp and detailed. There are options to build a WW2 USN (VF-17) and USMC (VMF-213 or VMF(N)-532) Corsair F4U-1. The camouflage scheme for the former is Sea Blue (FS 34052) over Immediate Blue (FS 35164) and Insignia White (FS 38375) and the latter is M-485 Non-Specular Blue-Gray (FS 35089) over M-495 Non-Specular Light Gull Gray (FS 36440).I would recommend this kit for serious modelers because of the price and detailed parts (cockpit interior/instrument panel/engine). If this is a gift for a young adult who wants to slap some glue and paint together I would recommend Revell/Monogram's Corsair.
Stuart Slater
Reviewed in Canada on April 6, 2019
Good detail in model. Does require more skill due to smaller size, but all parts are molded well. Product was delivered on time and as promised. Look forward to completing it and adding it to my collection
George F D'Amato
Reviewed in Canada on May 5, 2018
Good looking kit in the box. Nice detail and options. i just have to build it.
Robert Bausch
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2017
The Corsair kit arrived (a day early I believe) in good shape as far as I can tell. Have opened it, but left sprues in their plastic bags. In a quick look, seems like everything is there. Now all I have to do is figure out how and where I can build it in our new, much smaller apartment (after living in houses for years).I would love to have the 1/32 Tamiya F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair, but doubt I'd find room to display it. It would remain unbuilt, in the box. That's why I got this one, in 1/48. This was the definitive Corsair model kit when it came out, and still is, in this scale. The ability to build the F4U-2 night fighter is a bonus. Well done, Tamiya.
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