Builder Puts His Own Spin on a Classic Aircraft

by Stephen Coomer Photos by Grant Brummett When ParkZone introduced its Corsair with retracts and working flaps, I was excited at the possibilities it would create for detailing. I had previously taken the company’s Bf 109G in an Erich Hartmann paint scheme and “corrected” it to be properly detailed and marked for Hartmann at the time of his 200th kill. With this approach, I began researching the victim of my newest effort. I have always been an admirer of the war-era nose art that flourished on Pacific Theatre aircraft, and now I had a canvas with which to work. I…