1:18 scale F4U Corsair by BBI. Fully finished and ready for display, this F4U goes from box to shelf in just a couple of minutes. It can also be used as a hanging display by the teen or adult collector.

PRODUCT FEATURES:

•Canopy with sliding open/close action
•Super Detail Cockpit complete with control stick, gun sight and pilot seat
•Detail Panel Lines
•Working Flaps
•Moveable Control Surfaces
•Retractable Undercarriage
•Fully detailed Pratt-Whitney R-2800-18W Double Wasp 8-cylinder Radial Engine
•Spinning Three Bladed Propeller
•Folding Wings
•External Drop Tanks
•5 in (127 mm) rockets x 8
•28 inch wingspan
•Fully poseable F4U Pilot with 17 Points of Articulations and Removable Helmet

Development of the Corsair began in 1938, when the US Navy issued a request for a new single-seat carrier-based fighter. The Chance-Vought company won the contract with their unique, gull-winged airframe pulled by the largest engine then available. The wing design was necessitated by the tall landing gear which was, in turn, necessitated by the huge propeller required to propel the plane at the desired high speeds.