Ordnance loaded P47

The p47 had quite a variation in it's weapons load (intended configuration in pic)
I will be building the rocket tubes as part of that.
Their position on the wing is between the landing gear and the 500 lb. bomb. Weapons hard mounted and interchangeable.
Pics when finished weapons.

Thinking of mounting an auxiliary fuel tank on the belly but;;;;; if a gear up landing is required, bye bye belly pan among other things.........
Possibly high quality velcro mounting would release the fuel tank with minimal or no damage?? Time will bell

It's certainly possible it could work Sandy.
Still considering options for the belly pan tank.....
Not sure what direction I'll take yet.

What you guys gonna shoot at, anyway....

Spitfires!!!!

I agree with the Yak Man , although I'm thinking that the real P47 could in fact fly faster than a Spit.  I'll check into that once I'm back home.  27 litres vs 46 litres; 5,500 pounds vs 15,000 pounds....hmmm.

Been picking away at my P47.
Started the project early as I will be away some of the winter.

-Strengthened the frame in many locations.
-Got the DLE 61 installed/radio/retracts.
-I painted the wheel covers and wells the colour of yellow oxide.
-The yellow looks a little brighter then it really is due to camera   flash.

-The canopy is now painted the scale colour and mirror finished.
-I won't be gluing down the canopy for awhile.

Yet to be done;
-fabricate rocket tubes 3/8"aluminum tube
-some of the hard points in the wing for the weapon load need   to be finished.
-Triangle stock at various locations for strengthening.
-removing much of the covering to finish in scale "Snafu"
-using invasion stripes as in picks.
-Painting the cowl to scale,not looking forward to that job...
-Adding this line to say Grrrr.... lots of measuring/taping.....
  for checker board with it's double tapered cowl.
-Scale graphics as in pics.
-etc,etc.etc.

Will add more pics as I progress

Thanks Mike, will try your method.
Re-masked and cleaned up some edges then re- painted the canopy last night.
Some paint got under the tape.

Got some of the invasion stripes done..
Used 400 grit sandpaper to weather the stripes.

Its moving right along Dan, good stuff.

Yes, paint often gets under the tape.  Its a real PITA.  Generally fairly easy to clean up, but would be better if the paint masks and masking tape sealed down better on the model.

What are you guys using for masking tape?

Here's a set of pics that I took at Duxford in 2012 while the real SNAFU was being restored.  Sorry about the poor quality; I only brought a little pocket camera.

I use much the same as Mike does.
Frog tape for precision areas and blue/green standard for masking off large areas.
I will be spraying the cowl with a "light" coat of clearcoat before painting. It helps to seal off the tape edges.

Pic of wing stripes

Great job Dan.  The edges look nice and sharp.  Spraying with clear to seal the tape seems to work well; I'll give it a try.

Krylon with satin finish to seal the paint.
If you can't get the Krylon brand clear coat the Rust-Oleum brand works well. The Flat type works well also as it provides a slight gloss finish in spite of it's name.

I also used this to seal the tape edges prior to painting.
The paint used for the checker board was also Krylon brand.
It has the primer already in the paint.
I've used this paint/brand for other projects and have been pleased with it's performance.

Got the yellow oxide colour done on the inside and outer edge of the cowl.
The back-plate for the radial engine is temporarily installed.

JackDD wrote on Oct 27^th, 2016 at 3:47pm:


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Those will look sweet Dan

What were the real rockets? The Brits put rockets under the Hurricane; 6 pound bombs on the end of a long tube. Not very accurate but I guess the effect was nasty 

Replica engine installed on back plate.

Multiple pics, not quite finished yet.
Setting deflections,paint touch up and conduit for wiring remaining.

Forgot these;

very nice Dan

Nice!

Well done Dan; it looks fantastic!

You have decidedly raised the bar.

I don't know about the 20mm's but, the P47 50 cal. guns had some upgrades at different times.
That may account for the muzzle variations...

PS How's the Hurricane build and re-build going?

I have the same problem, Dan, with my Spitfire. That should work great

lol

Found them

Here's a pair of picture of the Stbd. four 50 cals on a P 47 (not SNAFU) on display at Duxford.  Shows the concave ends of the gun barrels.

As it turns out I took the pictures, that's why you couldn't find them on the web

Duxford is a wonderful place.  I could spend days there with a camera and a tripod.

The plate you see under the muffler bolts is provided with the muffler.
It distributes the pressure for tightening and would be handy if you needed the bolts exposed for access.
I think it would be a good solution for your DLE 55RE ......
How's the Dauntless coming along?

Congrats on the successful flight Dano. always good to get it back in one piece....

Congrats, Dan.  Your plane looks great.  Would be interested in reading your comments on how it flew?

Very nice plane. I want one....