TAM60774 - Tamiya - 1/72 F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair - WWHP113297

TAM60774 - Tamiya - 1/72 F4U-1 Bird Cage Corsair - WWHP113297

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The Vought F4U Corsair paired the biggest engine and the biggest propeller available with an inverted gull wing that kept the blade tips clear of the deck, and the result was the fastest US Navy fighter of its day. The original F4U-1 is known to modellers as the Bird Cage for its heavily framed sliding canopy, with the cockpit set well aft behind a long nose. Carrier qualification took time, so the early Corsairs went to war from land bases with the US Marines in the Solomons from early 1943, where pilots like Kenneth Walsh of VMF-124 built formidable scores against Japanese fighters.

In the box

• Tamiya 1:72 scale injection moulded plastic kit, War Bird Collection No.74
• Clear parts for the framed Bird Cage canopy
• Detailed cockpit, Pratt & Whitney R-2800 and undercarriage
• Poly caps for the propeller
• Assembled fuselage length 141mm, wingspan 173mm
• Waterslide decal sheet with several US Navy and US Marine Corps marking options, including the aircraft flown by Lt Kenneth A. Walsh of VMF-124
• Illustrated instructions with painting and decal placement guide