F4U-4 CORSAIR

[mackmobile43]

There's supposed to be a wire antenna that goes from that post to the tail
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/F4U_corsair.jpg

Yes as seen in my post.

 

[park]

The navigational beacons (NDB's, which was all they had for navigation back then other than sextant and dead reconing) are in the LF/MF band 190 kHz-535 kHz. They still use them today Non-Directional Beacon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was referencing to the two-way radio antenna.

 

[park]

There's supposed to be a wire antenna that goes from that post to the tail
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/F4U_corsair.jpg

Yes, you are correct. The picture in your post shows how much alike those two post are. I'm checking with a CAF friend of mine to find out about these Corsair antennas.

 

[park]

Yes as seen in my post.

Ok, I've heard from my WW II airplane tech. The front post is just that, it supports the wire antenna that is HF (if equipped). The rear post houses the VHF antenna, these post are interchangeable.

 

[Simon004]

For years and years the main manufacturer of these type of model planes in the UK was/is called Airfix, I built a few as a kid, but I was never any good at painting them

Thought some of you might find this video interesting. This is just a trailer, but I watched the show on TV a couple of weeks ago and it was quite good. The jist of it is the guy wanted to get kids interested in building these kind of models again and got them to build a lifesize model of a Spitfire. Kind of made me want to build one again, hehe. Can't find the full show on youtube but here's the preview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8g0b-fS8x0s&feature=PlayList&p=3754839464226F05&index=3

 

[Switch Kit]

That's just it Simon , what we used to do as kids has come and gone like it once was. Computers and Gameboys and Playstations have took over . Now I don't know if that's a good thing or not ? At least you knew where your kid was and what he was doing in the other room building his model.

The times have surely changed.Life in the fast lane comes to mind.