I was very impressed by the Euro Decals 1:48 Vought Corsair Collection (https://aeroscale.net/news/vought-corsair-collection), both in terms of quality and the variety of colour schemes it presented. The really goes without question in anything that Ray Horwell at Fantasy Printshop produces, and the sheet is ideal for anyone looking for a comprehensive set of Corsair decals covering the aircraft in its key WWII schemes and variants.
While the sheet was impressive in 1:48, it's even more so in 1:32 - if only in its sheer size. It boasts the same flawless registration and, once again, the centres of the Royal Navy fuselage and underside roundels are supplied separately to line up by eye.
The aircraft depicted are unchanged - 6 x Vought F4Us, plus a Brewster F3A - and each colour scheme is shown in a full-colour 4-view drawing that includes original paint names/codes and matches for Humbrol, Xtracolour, Xtracrylix, Mr. Color Aqueous, MRP and Vallejo Model Air model paints.
1. Vought F4U-1A, s/n NZ5272/NZ5307, "307", No.1 Servicing Unit, RNZAF, October 1944
2. Vought F4U-1, Bu.No. 17590, "590", VMF-215, Bougainville, USMC, January 1944
3. Vought F4U-1A, "SS11/Sally", Service Squadron 11, Marine Aircraft Group 11, USMC, New Hebrides, 1945
4. Brewster F3A Corsair, s/n JS479, "BH2/Q", 718 NAS, RNAS Ballyhalbert, 1945
5. Vought F4U-1, Bu.No. 02310, "13/Viva!", VMF-124, Guadalcanal, USMC, May 1943
6. Vought Corsair Mk.II, s/n JJT260, "P54", 757 Naval Operations Training Unit, RN, Ceylon, July 1944
7. Vought F4U-1A, Bu.No. 17965, "K99/103", VMF-115, USMC, May 1944
Conclusion
So long as you've got the budget and shelf-space, the prospect of a line up of 1:32 Corsairs in US and UK markings, in a mix of camouflage schemes and silver is pretty hard to resist! Perhaps a more realistic option for most of us is to use Euro Decals' collection as the basis of a club/group-build. It would be a guaranteed head-turner at any model show.
Item #ED-32139 is available now from Fantasy Printshop - Price: £32.95
Many thanks to Fantasy Printshop for the review sample.
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