1/48 Special Hobby Super Corsair Racer #57

Gallery Article by Ermanno Bonafin on Jan 22 2016

 

      

This is the Super Corsair Special Hobby in 1/48 scale.  It is the reconstruction of the original racer number 57 with which Cook Cleland won the Thompson Trophy Race in 1957 and the Tinnerman Trophy Race in 1949.

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Found abandoned and reduced to scrap was restored by Robert Odegaard. After his tragic death in 2012 of another Super Corsair he restored as the original number 74, this is the only remaining Super Corsair in flying condition.

Was recently purchased by Larry Perkins with whom he participated in races Pylon in Reno, Nevada.

My best from Italy.

Ermanno Bonafin

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Photos and text © by Ermanno Bonafin