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Larry's latest work is the new Hasegawa 1/48 F4U-5N Corsair. Using an Aires engine and cockpit as the basis, Larry
added loads of detail to build Guy "Lucky Pierre" Bordelon's machine, the only US Navy ace from the Korean War.
Tamiya's 1/48 F4F-4 Wildcat received a new cockpit, wheel well, and detailed engine (notice the Pratt & Whitney on
the ignition harness). The plane is in the markings of Stanley "Swede" Vejtasa, VF-10, USS Enterprise. During
the Battle of Santa Cruz in October 1942, Vejtasa shot down six Japanese planes in a single sortie.
Here is one of Larry's many 1/48 scale F6F-5 Hellcats. This Hasegawa example wears a rare example of
Navy nose art: "Death and Destruction," from VF-83 on board the USS Essex in the summer of 1945.
Not all of Larry's models have propellers. This Hasegawa 1/48 scale F-4B was completed in the markings of a Vietnam-era
MiG killer from VF-51 aboard the USS Coral Sea.
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