Repaint for the Alpha Bleu Ciel F4U-7 Corsair, depicting the restored warbird NZ5648 (civil registration G-BXUL/ZK-COR) in four different variants. Included are renditions of 1997, 2001, 2004 (RNZAF) and 2010 (USN) schemes. These are texture files only! Prior installation of the Alpha Bleu Ciel F4U-7, filename corsf4u7.zip and the model upgrade cof4ufix.zip (available at avsim.com and flightsim.com) is required. Textures won't show up without the upgraded model!
The real NZ5648 is a Goodyear-built FG-1D (c/n3305, BuNo92044). The model I used for this repaint is a carrier-based F4U-7, originally built for the french Aeronavale (AU-1 variant). The most obvious differences of the F4U-7 compared to the FG-1D are
- number of prop blades (4 instead of 3),
- rocket racks underneath the wings,
- four .79 inch/20 mm cannons instead of six .50/12,7 mm guns,
- tailhook (the land-based FG-1D had no hook),
- exhaust's position.
Some colour areas had to be shifted due to texture mapping.
I hope you can live with this in-accuracy!
The real NZ5648 is a Goodyear-built FG-1D (c/n3305, BuNo92044). The model I used for this repaint is a carrier-based F4U-7, originally built for the french Aeronavale (AU-1 variant). The most obvious differences of the F4U-7 compared to the FG-1D are
- number of prop blades (4 instead of 3),
- rocket racks underneath the wings,
- four .79 inch/20 mm cannons instead of six .50/12,7 mm guns,
- tailhook (the land-based FG-1D had no hook),
- exhaust's position.
Some colour areas had to be shifted due to texture mapping.
I hope you can live with this in-accuracy!
