Solomons-based Corsairs - open cockpit flying?

[Ruy Horta]

Where do does "studies" end up?

Just curious

[chicoartist]

Originally Posted by Ruy Horta

Where do does "studies" end up?

Thanks for asking!

The answer is: hopefully on a distinguished collector's wall!

This piece will be available if anybody's interested. The small pencil study above will be as well. These smaller pieces look nice once professionally framed.

Email me directly at: chicoartist (at) yahoo.com for details. Put the @ symbol in the appropriate place.

Wade

[R Leonard]

Well, live and learn, I guess. I knew the XF4U-1 had provision for wing tanks along the wings' leading edge outboard of the fold. These were eliminated with the addition of the two additional .50 cal. machine guns per wing and their requisite ammunition storage in the production F4U-1’s (also when the internal fuselage tank size was increased). Then, of course, on the -1’s there was the fabric covered areas out board of the gun and ammunition compartments. Where were these tanks located?

[chicoartist]

Originally Posted by R Leonard

. . . Where were these tanks located?

I've never seen an exploded view of the integral tanks, but they were located along the leading edges of the wings, as "wet wing" tanks, I gather.

Here's a real quick "edit" of Jack's pic above:



Wade

[chicoartist]

Here's the latest incarnation ... I think I'll be going with this one. The canopy will be slid back with the larger works (larger pencil and oil studies, then the final canvas):

Study for VF-17 painting
5.25 x 7 inches
Oil on panel



Wade

[chicoartist]

Recently finished the small oil study ... next up is the detailed outline of the plane, where I'll slide the canopy back so we can see the driver (LCDR Tommy Blackburn, CO of VF-17). After the outline is complete, I'll be doing a 1/2 scale pencil study, followed by a 1/2 scale oil study. The final canvas will follow that. Hopefully by then I'll know just what the hey-all I'm doing!

Got some annoying reflections on the canvas on this hand-held snapshot , but I'll scan it in "proper-like" when the paint dries a bit.



Wade