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

[chabd]

Bent Wing Brethren,

Y'all are no doubt woefully bored with my build, however, the bomb rack is complete in that there is nothing left to redesign. Quick pic.

I will make STL/Gcode Files available soon either here or at Prusa Printables.

In either case these are free as usual.

Best, LB

Amazing work LB, you're a true artist.

Roger

[davegee]

Hugh Wiedman Aros jetfool. and the finest Gentlemen/Pilots/Members on the planet right here at the Squawk. Many Thanks Bros !!. Best, LB

👍👍👍👍👍

Awesome, Elbee!!

[Elbee]

Hugh Wiedman Aros jetfool. and the finest Gentlemen/Pilots/Members on the planet right here at the Squawk. Many Thanks Bros !!. Best, LB

[jetfool]

Awesome Elbee!

[Aros]

Bent Wing Brethren,

Y'all are no doubt woefully bored with my build, however, the bomb rack is complete in that there is nothing left to redesign. Quick pic.

I will make STL/Gcode Files available soon either here or at Prusa Printables.

In either case these are free as usual.

Best, LB

Finest EPO foam F4U Corsair on the planet right there!

[Hugh Wiedman]

Bent Wing Brethren,

Y'all are no doubt woefully bored with my build, however, the bomb rack is complete in that there is nothing left to redesign. Quick pic.

I will make STL/Gcode Files available soon either here or at Prusa Printables.

In either case these are free as usual.

Best, LB

SWEET! :call_me:

[Elbee]

Bent Wing Brethren,

Y'all are no doubt woefully bored with my build, however, the bomb rack is complete in that there is nothing left to redesign. Quick pic.

I will make STL/Gcode Files available soon either here or at Prusa Printables.

In either case these are free as usual.

Best, LB

[Elbee]

Outstanding work Elbee The finished product is destined for a museum. You should open the LB Aircraft Designers Shrine! My only question is will it ever get the chance to FLY! Or be another "Trophy Wife" :trophy: like Tamms! You gotta take it out and let it be FREE! :hot_face:

Hugh, when you're right, you're right.

See my last post in the "What did you Fly Today" thread, responds to some of your comment.

In my defense, not that I need defending, a Corsair, much like a Phantom, can never have too many details, (he wrote trying to justify his procrastination).

Let's just say, idle hands lead to mischief...

Love ya Man. My best to the lovely and the talented, Mrs Wildman.

Best, Steve

[Hugh Wiedman]

Outstanding work Elbee The finished product is destined for a museum. You should open the LB Aircraft Designers Shrine! My only question is will it ever get the chance to FLY! Or be another "Trophy Wife" :trophy: like Tamms! You gotta take it out and let it be FREE! :hot_face:

[Elbee]

Thank you, Rex...I appreciate your appreciation. LOL Best, Steve

[jetfool]

Excited to see it finished and installed on your Corsair. Incredible work Elbee

Best Regards, Rex

[Elbee]

Steve your incredable work of art,,, will soon b in the smithsonian awsome,, incredable.. (blabla) i have seen those racks b4,, did not no what they were..,,, b safe hav fun

Craig, thank you. I just build what I see in my mind's eye.

I had not seen these before, only the wing pylon bomb mounts and the swinging mounts like on the Douglas SBD Dauntless.

I think the Brewster mounts are a complicated design, seeing how this was war time.

I've seen other pictures of these torn down to functional bare minimum.

In any event, I certainly have not seen one on an R/C model, but I don't get around much.

Best, Steve

[f4u ausie]

Steve your incredable work of art,,, will soon b in the smithsonian awsome,, incredable.. (blabla) i have seen those racks b4,, did not no what they were..,,, b safe hav fun

[Elbee]

Again, my thanks, Dave. Best, Steve

[davegee]

Awesome! Nice job, Elbee!

Davegee

[Elbee]

Happy Memorial Day to all,

I had some time today and mustered up the courage to 'cut' some holes in my Corsair for the "Brewster Bomb Rack" thingie-mah-jiggers.

Please bear with me as these are first dry fit of all the parts and these will be printed in a finer detail for final.

The rack is adjustable, i.e., the forward mount is not printed with the whole rack and can slide along the rack nose.

I printed magnets in both the mount cylinders and there are magnets in the rack as well.

These are cut into the fuselage and will be glued into the fuselage underside then filled and painted as needed.

I designed a jig to get the distance between the mounts as exact as I could; worked great.

There will be other printed parts that replicate a rear cover and forward mount "empty" when the rack is not mounted.

Functionality will be a project for another time, but for now I like where this going for static display and in-flight use.

Best, LB

[Elbee]

Coconut Aros davegee Gentlemen, I truly thank you from the bottom of my heart. Best, Steve

[Aros]

The Maestro at work!

[davegee]

Bent-Wing Brethren,

I've been finishing the Brewster Rack with a few details and test printing the 'odd' parts.

So far, so good.

Weight sans paint is 17 grams making the all up printed weight of 500lb bomb and rack 31 grams or a smidgen over an ounce.

Not certain if the equivalent 'foamie' part would be as heavy.

Also, been illustrating some water-slide stencils/markings. I have the Callie Graphics set in white and black, but wanted to add a few more.

She whose authority exceeds my rank is now in total belief I have lost all perception of reality and I said, "...quite the opposite."

Note: I am currently residing on the sofa until further orders.

Enjoyed the illustrating, though what a slow process what with all the breaks I needed to get another eye exam.

For size reference, the decal sheets in the pic are 3 X 5 inches each.

If anyone is interested, I can do a quick post on how I did what I did.

And BTW, don't ask for samples b/c I have a legally binding non-compete with the talented Callie of the aforementioned Callie Graphics

More when there is more.

Best, LB

Excellent work, Elbee!! 👍👍👍

[jetfool]

MAD Creator at work! Excellent Elbee