MA Cooke Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Howdy everyone. I'm looking for input, please, for a good 1/48 F4U-4 kit. I have the old Academy kit, and the fit and detail are just lacking enough that it became a "slug" for testing techniques. Are the Hobby Boss F4U-4 kits a good selection? Dang it, it's be great if Tamiya offered a kit of the -4. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
seawinder Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 This is a discussion/debate that has been going on for years because there isn't any really top notch F4U-4 kit in 1/48. Leaving aside the Academy F4U-4B, which is really misshapen, the two choices are the relatively recent Hobby Boss and the much older Hasegawa (ex-Mania). Rather than reinventing this particular wheel, here are some hopefully useful links to check out and make your own choice based on your own priorities: https://imodeler.com/2021/03/hobbyboss-f4u-4-corsair-1-48-a-small-build-review-of-sorts/ https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234916352-148-f4u-4-how-would-you-do-it/ https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/hyperscale/1-48-f4u-4-corsair-which-kit-t516487.html https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NvNqAERUMHHpqKrxHoLlt6fFuIgHXx-i/view Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Geoff M Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) If you are inclined to kitbashing, you can take the Hasegawa/Mania kit and combine it with the Tamiya F4U-1D. Here is a link to my effort at doing this. What did you just finish building? - Page 73 - The Display Case - ARC Discussion Forums (arcforums.com) Edited February 12 by Geoff M Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) Oops see next. Edited February 18 by MA Cooke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 (edited) Does anyone have knowledge or opinion of the -5 offering from Minicraft? Edited February 18 by MA Cooke Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe Hegedus Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I have opinions about the Minicraft kit - stay far away from it! It is not a good representation of an F4U-5. I built one many years ago, and don’t recall all the issues, but I do remember using an old resin conversion set that was intended for the Hasegawa F4U-4 (or maybe it was intended for a Heller AU-1 or F4U-7 kit, it has been more than 20 years) in order to correct what was wrong with it, and I’m pretty sure I needed the windscreen, canopy, and the area just behind the cockpit of the fuselage from the Heller kit as well (the Heller late Corsair canopy really is a very nice example). Far more work to get a decent F4U-5 than building the superior Hasegawa kit, but Minicraft released theirs a couple years before Hasegawa did. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 2 hours ago, Joe Hegedus said: I have opinions about the Minicraft kit - stay far away from it! It is not a good representation of an F4U-5. I built one many years ago, and don’t recall all the issues, but I do remember using an old resin conversion set that was intended for the Hasegawa F4U-4 (or maybe it was intended for a Heller AU-1 or F4U-7 kit, it has been more than 20 years) in order to correct what was wrong with it, and I’m pretty sure I needed the windscreen, canopy, and the area just behind the cockpit of the fuselage from the Heller kit as well (the Heller late Corsair canopy really is a very nice example). Far more work to get a decent F4U-5 than building the superior Hasegawa kit, but Minicraft released theirs a couple years before Hasegawa did. Thanks Joe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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