This new decal
sheet from Cutting Edge
Modelworks includes markings for two different 1/48 F4U-1 Corsairs.
The first aircraft is a F4U-1 Corsair
BuNo 02576 flown by 1st Lt. Edwin L. Olander from Munda in October 1943. This aircraft
white 576 "Marine's Dream" with VMF-222. This aircraft flipped
over while attempting an emergency landing on Bougainville and there was a good
selection of photos taken of the recovery which was common practice by the
Marine Corps of a recovery (the photos are stored in the US National
Archives). The paint scheme
for this aircraft is the early two-tone scheme of M-485 Blue Gray (non-specular)
over M-495 Light Gray (non-specular). This aircraft was extremely
weathered with much touching up to the paint scheme which the instructions go
into. The nose art appears on the
right side of the nose and is
a beautiful blonde in a sitting position wearing a white 2 piece bathing suit
with dark yellow text below the artwork reading "Marine's
Dream". The
artwork for this aircraft has a white decal to go underneath the noseart decal.
The
second plane is F4U-1A Corsair BuNo 17965 with VMF-422
by 1st Lt. Stout from Engibi Island ion May 18 1944.
This fighter features a Vargas Cow Girl artwork. It is unknow if the
artwork appeared on both sides of the nose. The artwork of this aircraft
has white decals to go underneath
the noseart decal.
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