Official FlightLine F4U-1A Corsair 1600mm (63") Wingspan

[Elbee]

Grossman56

Hello Danger,

You had commented some time back about how I had printed Max Grueter's WWII Navy/Marine Pilot.

I ran across a picture of the pilot before final mods.

I think I 'cut' the legs into more parts in Prusa Slicer than the original STLs.

I sized the upper body to look wide enough in the cockpit and sized the lower body to best fit the seat.

There is no real formula for this, I used seat width and then an overall height I needed to fit beneath the sliding canopy.

The Seat Height in the cockpit was my variable as the foam floor was fixed.

Leaning the pilot forward helped with a better fit and actual seating according to most reference pix I have.

I printed the pilot parts with 5% infill to save weight,

I had to carve and fit each piece a little to get arms/hands where I wanted those and used thick CA and epoxy putty to assemble/fill the parts.

Painted the all up weight was around 4 ounces for a full sized pilot, as I recall.

I hope this helps, but let me know if you have any other questions/comments.

Best, Steve

[f4u ausie]

Congrats ellbe. Well deserved recognition steve.. harder U work luckier U get

[jetfool]

Dangerous Dan,
Fabulous!
Dan if you don't receive my package by Friday I'll make some more and send out. That Pony Express rider must have run into Indian trouble or found a good Bordello to get thru the holidays.

Best Regards, Rex

[davegee]

Looking great, Dan!

Although I haven’t done it on my Marine Corsair yet, I think the best answer, as far as realism goes, is to remove it. It was 70 pounds of dead weight, and period photos show them removed for their island- based operations in the Pacific.

[Grossman56]

Some pics of the tail wheel, to me it looks more authentic than the white, beside, I'll guarantee there was nothing on these birds that stayed white for very long



Now the question of the arrester hook, color, remove??

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[jetfool]

Da ngerous,

I love my MINWAX poly acrylic!

Yes, Our own Elbee in print. Congratulations!

Rex

[Grossman56]

Hmmm, looks a lot like Spar Varathane to me at a much higher price, see what you think?

https://deluxematerials.co.uk/collections/building-finishing-products/products/foam-finish-gloss

[Grossman56]

Got a bit of work done with the air brush, I painted the tail wheel hub and strut a dark black/navy blue combination as I've notice that only the factory fresh Corsairs seemed to have white hubs and white struts, probably from the exhaust I would guess. At any rate, it tends to look more authentic to my old mind. Did the same with the bearcat and it really added to the overall look.
Still kicking around the idea of what to do with the wheel wells, but I'll save that for when the bushings arrive.
BTW, got my 01/2025 edition of the AMA magazine and lo and behold, on page 48, there's Elbee's bird
It's always cool to see one of the gang get recognition al la cover of the Rolling Stone Congrats Elbee!!!!
Now, on page 63 there's a new-to-me product called 'Foam Finish to 'enhance and protect' foam airplanes. Anyone familiar with this??
Something new to try.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[boomer108]

Merry Christmas to all the Squawkers and a Happy New Year!

[boomer108]

Thanks Rex, we're both on the mend, turns out its just a bug going around, no the dreaded C word
And a Merry Christmas to you as well as all my Squawk buddies, if I could have one Christmas wish granted, it would be to have a fly in with all of you. Nefi was soooo great for that, but man, it's a long way from home.


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

I have the exact same Santa Claus and his airplane only in ceramic that my wife gave me a few years back. The prop spins and there is lights on the wings its one of my favorite decorations at Christmas. Too bad we are all over the country it would be nice to meet in person and go flying.Merry Christmas to all!

[davegee]

Dan,
What we need to do is plan to all meet (You, Me, Dave and Elbee) at the Nationals. Plenty of flying fields to fly on. We could sit around the fire like in Blazing Saddles and talk airplanes for a few days. Also, gives you a good excuse to the wife why you need an enclosed Trailor.

Rex

Good. I'll bring the beans to the campfire!!

davegee

[jetfool]

Dan,
What we need to do is plan to all meet (You, Me, Dave and Elbee) at the Nationals. Plenty of flying fields to fly on. We could sit around the fire like in Blazing Saddles and talk airplanes for a few days. Also, gives you a good excuse to the wife why you need an enclosed Trailor.

Rex

[Grossman56]

Thanks Rex, we're both on the mend, turns out its just a bug going around, no the dreaded C word
And a Merry Christmas to you as well as all my Squawk buddies, if I could have one Christmas wish granted, it would be to have a fly in with all of you. Nefi was soooo great for that, but man, it's a long way from home.


Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[jetfool]

Grossman56,
Sorry to hear your under the weather. No fun at this time of year especially when your aircraft is down for Maintenace and needs to get back in the air ASAP to take on your arch rival - MR. P-47
You will like the salt treatment on your props. Makes the paint chipping look real.
You should receive a letter in the mail with a small package inside any day. I mailed it Monday but don't know how fast the Ponies run up in Gods Country. LOL
Get Well and have a Merry Christmas! Rex

[Grossman56]

Sorry guys, been fighting a bug and the wifes got it pretty good as well. Got to hook up with Dave, but I really don't want anyone getting this darned thing.
I'm pretty well over it but it's drained me pretty good. Yeah I know whine whine whine
Anyway, the bird looks awesome and I'll probably get back into it on Sunday, I'd like to get into the wheel wells and see what mischief I can create there. I like Elbee's weathering on the tires, I never thought of that but it looks cool. Got to get some rock salt as well and experiment with that.
Finally, I want to try coating matte spar varathane over the workable fixative on a scrap piece of foam. If its good to go, that will solve the protection problem. The workable fixative seems to hold the chalk on quite well. The good thing about working at the hospital is that they're always throwing out things like little lids and stoppers that can be made to look like motor parts, scored some today that should work well on the two Bearcat motors.
Anyway, that's all for now, thanks to all my Squawker friends for the assistance, just hope the dang thing flies!!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Elbee]

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2868780

Hey all, davegee

This is on Thingiverse and is the same EDF Whistle that has been floating around for a few years.

It is also the same design/modified design I have in my Phantom, Hornet, and Spitfire.

Might be easier to download this and slice it for your selves.

Best, LB

[Elbee]

Hi Elbee: Thanks for doing that! At the moment, I haven't been able to get the files out of Acrobat. Is there another way you can send the files so I can pull them up? I would definitely be interested in the one for the Corsair, maybe all of them if I can pull up the G Codes somehow.

Thanks!

Davegee

I've never used Adobe Acrobat to open a ZipFIle, but if it works, no worries.

I have just sent the file to you by email, too.

Best, LB

[Grossman56]

Thanks Elbee, just seems like a natural for the Corsair to have a whistle as the nick name 'Whistling Death' would indicate it.
Somewhere behind the cooler intake in the leading edge I'm thinking.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Grossman56 davegee

Whistles_0.4n_0.2mm_PLA_MINI_1h23m.zip

I have attached G-code files for Dave's Prusa Mini of all the 'whistles' I have in my STL inventory.

I have used the large one in my Freewing F-4, F-18C, and my Flightline Seafire modded Spittie.

These sound good and need to catch some air to sound properly.

Test the angle by blowing into the whistle at different angles and try to emulate that angle position wherever you place these.

Good Luck, Gentlemen.

Best, LB

Hi Elbee: Thanks for doing that! At the moment, I haven't been able to get the files out of Acrobat. Is there another way you can send the files so I can pull them up? I would definitely be interested in the one for the Corsair, maybe all of them if I can pull up the G Codes somehow.

Thanks!

Davegee

[Elbee]

Grossman56 davegee

Whistles_0.4n_0.2mm_PLA_MINI_1h23m.zip

I have attached G-code files for Dave's Prusa Mini of all the 'whistles' I have in my STL inventory.

I have used the large one in my Freewing F-4, F-18C, and my Flightline Seafire modded Spittie.

These sound good and need to catch some air to sound properly.

Test the angle by blowing into the whistle at different angles and try to emulate that angle position wherever you place these.

Good Luck, Gentlemen.

Best, LB