1/72 scale War Bird Collection No.52 plastic model kit of the WWII US Navy carrier capable fighter Vought F4U 1D Corsair.

• Ready to assemble precision model kit from Tamiya.
• Realistic gauges and flight control equipment fill the cockpit.
• Landing gear is in great detail.
• This plane comes with two large drop tanks.
• Various underwing armament included: rockets, bombs.
• Powered by one 3-blade propeller engine. The engines are internally detailed.
• Two types of canopy included: framed and frameless clear plastic.
• Inverted gull wings.
• Detailed pictorial assembly instructions.

Length: 5–1/2" (14.1cm)
Wingspan: 6–3/4" (17.3cm)
Tamiya Product Number: 60752
Scale: 1:72

This plastic kitset requires assembly, paints and glue to complete.

Suggested Paint Colors (not included):
S-8 – Navy Blue (US NAVY)
X-10 – Gun Metal
X-11 – Chrome Silver
X-18 – Semi Gloss Black
X-3 – Royal Blue
X-4 – Blue
X-5 – Green
X-6 – Orange
X-7 – Red
XF-1 – Flat Black
XF-16 – Flat Aluminum
XF-19 – Sky Grey
XF-3 – Flat Yellow
XF-5 – Flat Green
XF-58 – Olive Green

Designed around the new Pratt & Whitney 2,000HP radial engine and tuning the largest propeller ever attached to a fighter plane, the Vought F4U Corsair became a legend in its own time. The F4U1 was the first production version of the Corsair. It had an inverted gull wing and a production version of the Corsair. It had an inverted gull wing and a framed canopy with a flat top. However may problems were found soon. For example, the port wing stall often gave the Corsair unstable landing. Anther problem was poor visibility because of its long nose and framed canopy. Therefore F4U-1A: the cockpit was raised about seven inches, the framed canopy was replaced with a semi-bubble design canopy, and the taller tail wheel strut was equipped; was introduced. F4U1D with clear vision canopy on frameless was introduced later for more visibility. Also the F4U-1D had two pylons under the center wing section that could carry the bombs up to 1,000 ponds and the napalm. Furthermore 5 inch rockets could be carried under each wing. Therefore in1944, the F4U-1D was formally deployed as the first carrier based aircraft of Corsair series. Beginning by placing the F4U 1D as Marine squadrons VMF-124 and VMF 213 aboard the ESSEX on the way to the Phillippines, the F4U-1D was used for attacking Japan as the first operation from U.S. Navy in 1945. About 3,700 amounts of F4U-1D were produced, then it held an established position from U.S. Navy because of its ability and reliance.