Loose ends................

Somehow Rod's response wound up on the Traveling engines post - Reproduced here.

Only Australian marked Corsair I can find is this strange looking beast.  Only pictures I can find are of models.  Note squared off tail, In-line engine and counter-rotating props.

Bob, I had several models in unfinished state. I have limited space and this was critical. I'm also to saturation point once again. Time for disposal. We do have a swap meet coming up next week. I generally build two to three models at a time and bounce between them as this is the most effective. Not only for construction purpose but glue and materials. I like to dope all at once and glue the same way. I would complete models without terminating the ends of the control lines, I can't tell you how many unflown models were in that state. From now on, I do that part immediately. I have one last model, unflown and unfinished from 25 years ago. I hope to fly it 4th of July weekend. Model is a Sterling PT-17 C series. I built it for my friends handicapped son and I hope he can make it to see it fly. I promised him a video if he couldn't.

Looks like @OldEngineRod did what I have done occasionally, replied in the wrong thread. I was wrong, I thought may be that Australia had F4U Corsairs in their military forces during WW2 or after, but after doing a search, didn't find such. That which Rod shows, I recall seeing such a while back, appears to be an experimental version with an inline instead of radial engine and contra rotating props, enlarged rudder to add stability with an anti-submarine radome in the right wing. The fuselage appears to be from another aircraft.

Did find an interesting Twitter video, the discovery of the USS Lexington in the Coral sea some 500 miles from Australia, 2 miles down. Short 1 minute video includes what I believe is a Douglas Dauntless that went down with the aircraft carrier.

https://twitter.com/PaulGAllen/status/970721650969755648

Ken Cook wrote:                Bob, I had several models in unfinished state. I have limited space and this was critical. I'm also to saturation point once again. Time for disposal. We do have a swap meet coming up next week. I generally build two to three models at a time and bounce between them as this is the most effective. Not only for construction purpose but glue and materials. I like to dope all at once and glue the same way. I would complete models without terminating the ends of the control lines, I can't tell you how many unflown models were in that state. From now on, I do that part immediately. I have one last model, unflown and unfinished from 25 years ago. I hope to fly it 4th of July weekend. Model is a Sterling PT-17 C series. I built it for my friends handicapped son and I hope he can make it to see it fly. I promised him a video if he couldn't.

I hate loose ends but they happen.  I don't fly my models while you do.  I don't know your attrition/wear-out rate but considering how much you fly it must be considerable.  My models collect dust.  It is easy to leave small loose ends and move on to something more interesting. I do it all the time.  I just took the time to finish these.

George, I couldn't open your link.

Easy-Off oven cleaner will make short work of that metalized finish, then re-work the engine and build an elevator.  After that I may fly it as a test before I refinish it in the blue that I did the Dauntless.  I really like the way it turned out, but I imagine fuel will eat it.  





I also finished the green Stukas. Cox did a good job on the canopies, still need parts for one.





Aslo cleaned up a Cox handle and got some more things from the loft to fill up open spaces on the bottom shelves.

Bob, you have to click on the link, not the screen capture photo of the Twitter post. I just did a copy and paste into another browser, and link does work. I did the special screen capture, because sometimes just giving the link doesn't fully explain what it is about.

The link opens a new window in Twitter. You click the video there.