Revell Corsair F4U-4 1:48 Scale
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: RevellBrand: Revell
Edition: Toy
Model: RMXS5248
Publisher: Revell
Studio: Revell
Music Label: Revell
Product features:
- Rotating propeller, gear bay doors open and close, retractable landing gear, movable tail hook
- Meticulously recreated with highly detailed parts
- Detailed cockpit with separate pilot figure
- Waterslide decals for two versions
- Illustrated assembly instructions
Toys and Games Reviews of Revell Corsair F4U-4 1:48 Scale
Customer Review: Builder's review
Summary: 4 Stars
This review is from a model builder's point of view.
Positive points concerning this model:
It is sufficiently detailed, nice to paint on.
The cockpit detail is excellent. If you put a bit of customization, such as a seat belt, it looks really good.
It has retractable landing gears. The landing gear doors also work, and when they close, they fit fairly well.
The wings can be folded, which is also a rarity.
The decal is very detailed. It is 3% larger in scale compares with the instruction manual, but no one would notice.
95% of the design quality is good--as in all the parts fitted as they should.
The negative points of this model:
Parts that don't look as good is the canopy.
The clear canopy doesn't seem fit as well as I would like to--had a hard time trying to squeeze the main canopy into position.
I also wish that you can open the cockpit canopy, so you can see inside it. With the "clear" canopy closed, it's a bit hard to see inside.
I know the picture presented that the wings can be folded.
While that is true, I wouldn't fold the wing back and forth too much.
The wing hinges are too weak. I personally think the hinges should be bigger thus, withstand the folding movement.
There is an instruction problem which I will email Revell after this review. If a builder follows the hinge attachment with the manual, he/she will not be able to get the outer wing fitted on correctly. The hinges are upside down. However, do play around with them before you glue. That's how I discovered the issue.
Overall:
This is a good model, and had a great time building it.
For me, the building time was one week.
Description of Revell Corsair F4U-4 1:48 Scale
1-48 Scale. Wingspan measures 10 1/2 inches long. Molded in light gray with waterslide decals, features folding wings, retracting landing gear and doors, optional armament 3 external drop tanks, 2 -1000 pound bombs and 8 underwing rockets. Decals for VMF-214 Black Sheep squardron USS Sicily 1951 and VMA-332 USS Bairoko 1953. Skill level 2.Aircraft Toys
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