【WAR BIRD COLLECTION】1/72 Vought F4U-1D Corsair model kit with 3 marking options & various parts!

Gazing at plastic models of fighter aircraft, you might sometimes feel “This airframe alone can be recognized even looking from afar”. What can be called a representative example of that would be the Corsair. “1/72 Vought F4U-1D Corsair” is a plastic model assembly kit reproducing the F4U-1D that appeared at the end of 1944, among the US Navy carrier-based fighter Corsair active on the front lines from the Pacific War to the Korean War. The biggest highlight is, whatever you say, the large-diameter propeller and inverted gull wings drawing characteristic angles from the central part. Powerful outlines slightly different from general fighters are condensed into a 1/72 scale, and after completion, you come to want to observe thoroughly from various angles such as front and diagonally forward, not only looking at the airframe from the side. The place where you can savor roughness unique to actual aircraft and functional beauty on top of a desk as a small model is a major charm of this kit.

Some people might think “If it's the Corsair, don't all types look the same?”. However, the interest of models deepens the more you know details. In this kit, frameless teardrop canopies and long tail wheel struts characterizing the F4U-1D are firmly modeled as well, becoming contents that can be enjoyed being committed to airframe formats rather than simply making Corsair-like appearances. Especially because canopies are parts greatly influencing facial expressions of fighters, the point where neat figures unique to teardrop shapes are reproduced is a point wanting to draw attention to. Furthermore, because 2 types of canopies are prepared, being able to assemble while thinking about ways of showing upon completion is also a pleasing point. Shifting eyes to fine parts after enjoying the intensity of the whole airframe, you can make new discoveries thinking “Are they built separately up to this far?”, it is a single aircraft possessing such fun of appreciation.

Speaking of F4U-1D's charm, not only figures as smart fighters, but attention also wants to be drawn to equipment letting you feel its attack power. In this kit, in addition to 8 rockets, two 175-gallon drop tanks are attached. Aligning rockets under wings, impressions change greatly from unequipped states, turning into figures looking powerful at a glance. Not only speed and power that the Corsair possessed, but up to powerful attack capabilities come to be imaginable from model silhouettes. Figures equipped with drop tanks also have a unique sense of weight, and the time itself thinking “What kind of completed state should I make?” seems likely to become fun. Airplane models tend to have an image of finishing by making only airframes, but when such equipment items are enriched, the place being able to give your own aim to completed shapes is interesting.

What heightens feelings at once in the final stage of model building would after all be markings. Because 3 types of markings are set in this kit, not only completing sculptings of F4U-1D, but fun of choosing in which specification to finish is prepared as well. Because impressions after completion change depending on markings even with the same airframe, choosing while imagining completed figures before assembly is fine, and deciding looking at balance with the whole after painting progresses is fine too. Large-diameter propellers, inverted gull wings, teardrop canopies, long tail wheel struts, and when markings are added to where armaments under wings assemble, presence typical of F4U-1D stands out further.

The charm of “1/72 Vought F4U-1D Corsair” is not simply reproducing famous fighters small. Gazing at characteristic airframe shapes, noticing differences around canopies or tail wheels, and imagining operations of those days while attaching rockets or drop tanks. In such ways, assembly processes themselves become triggers to know the F4U-1D. The Corsair demonstrating speed, power, and attack power in the skies of the Pacific. Completing the figure of its representative type little by little with your own hands, and finally being able to gaze to your heart's content from favorite angles. The place where both this “fun of making” and “fun of looking after completion” can be savored would be the very reason making you want to pick up this kit.