Vought SU-1 Corsair Flag Rank Command Airplane, 1/16 scale model

The Vought O3U-3 Corsair entered service the U.S. Navy in the early 1930s, with 75 aircraft eventually being built. Proving that model building was not only a male pastime, this model was built by Grace Beckwith in the colors of an command aircraft. She entered it in the 1938 Scale Model Airplane Contest sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution.