Vought's first, but not finest - F6U1 Pirate OOB

[Faust]

As I go through my modelling journey, I find that I get onto “themes”; I’ll go hog-wild over various familes of planes, and scoop up all of what I can locate like a Roomba eats dirt. Sometimes it’s a specific type of plane, like a float plane, or one-seaters that were made from two-seaters. Other times, I get fixated on a service, like the WWII IJN or Royal Navy jets. One such tear saw me dive into the world of US Navy and Marines jets. My Twogar is a result of that particular episode.

 

However, it’s likely no surprise that even when “under the influence” of a particular fetish, I still have a nose for the weird and often best forgotten. Surely, one such aircraft must be the Vought F6U1 Pirate, the first attempt by that storied company to produce a jet. Dumpy, barely capable of flight and deemed unfit for service, it was a long way from its later siblings the Crusader and Corsair II.

 

Of course, when I came across the Admiral kit of this portly aeronautical dead end, I had to have it. Since it’s the 11^th Anniversary of the Sprue Lagoon, I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate. Check out this half-baked and half-wooden faltering first step at the link below. Don’t tell me you don’t think it has a certain loveable charm!

 

https://adamrehorn.wordpress.com/admiral-1-72-vought-f6u-1-pirate-early-oob/
 

[scorvi]

I have one too.  Important historically...First generation jet with Aftermburner and it used a intersting composite [similiarly used on the corsair] of Balsa sandwiched in between sheet aluminum.  "Metalite" for its skin. This was made of balsa, sandwiched between two thin sheets of aluminum. 

 

 

 

Yes a failure as an operational bird but I am sure it yielded some important research for future Chance-Vought projects!  AMde in Stratford CT..teh good ole days LOL

 

Steve,