The Republic P-47 was a massive fighter aircraft, designed specifically as a bomber escort. It was also used as a daylight air superiority and ground attack aircraft with unparalleled success. The top 10 P-47 fighter aces survived the war. No other aircraft can make that claim. It was ROBUST.
here are some images of my current project
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because a lot of the iconic look of this airplane is centered on the massive R2800 twin Wasp radial engine and its super-charger, getting the engine and cowling detail enhanced is critical.
The kit provided vacu-formed and molded-in engine detail were insufficient and not what I wanted to see at the front of my Jug - so I cut away the Guillow motor and made my own..
I also had to redo the lower air intake and strakes..
to get to something more like this...
...you made that out of a box of sticks..?
...what is WRONG with you!
When finished, the sanded and painted balsa between the fuselage formers and stringers will look just like riveted skins. It is interesting that the Grumann, Republic and Chance-Vought factories, all users of the Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines, were all within 60 miles of each other. Does the kit come with any of the Li'l Abner markings? I'm looking forward to seeing how your P 47 turns out.
Hi Chris. The decal sheet that Guillow provides is for only Hub Zemke's plane. I can order any set I like from Callie's Graphics however and just might decide to go that way. It all depends on how the model comes together. I'm leaning toward the Zemke finish though..
...you made that out of a box of sticks..?
...what is WRONG with you!
Very enjoyable to see this model getting the Heywood build treatment! I built one years ago; does it come with a separate vacuum-formed R2800 engine like the Hellcat and Corsair? I assumed it did, but I can’t remember if I used it. Your version is way better, anyhow.
This kit has the engine face and intake area molded into the cowling - all in one. The engine detail is nonexistent and the intake is completely inaccurate. I cut it out of the cowl just inside the cowling rim. If the Guillow motor had been molded separately I might have used it. Interesting to hear that the Guillow Corsair and Hellcat have separate R2800’s - I assumed they would have been the same as this kit.
...you made that out of a box of sticks..?
...what is WRONG with you!
I wondered why I couldn’t remember the engine; so there was none! Thanks for the quick update. It seems so easy to include the engine when it’s in the other kits.
Flying-termite, I have not fabricated the prop yet but plan to use sheet balsa for the blades and the kit provided prop hub.
42Swing - I hope to do the P-47 in proper homage to the people at Republic who designed her and to the courageous pilots who flew her to victory in WWII
...you made that out of a box of sticks..?
...what is WRONG with you!
Leaning still toward the Gabreski box art version - but I’m still having trouble getting back to work on the project. I seem to be in one of those lulls in motivation / inspiration that come and go. I think I completed four straight projects in a row before this one and now I guess I need to reload. Hopefully this slump will end soon but I never know when the urge will strike.
...you made that out of a box of sticks..?
...what is WRONG with you!
I generally like the box versions, and you get the decals. I used it when I built the model, back in my early days. Could have done a better job in more recent times, as I wasn't a detailer back then and completely missed the camo detail.
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