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    1/72 Republic XP-47F Kitbash/Conversion of Academy P-47D Razorback

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

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    On 1/31/2023 at 7:28 PM, TheRealMrEd said:

    Anyway, the second reason the aircraft is historical, is because when they added the laminar flow, more "straight wing" wing to the aircraft, it changed the CG, so that (8 or 10 inched were added to the front cowl area, a mod which stuck on the later C and D model, etc.

    Well, I hate to be the bearer of bad news but two pictures in Warren M. Bodie's "Republic P-47 Thunderbolt From Seversky to Victory", page 219, shows clearly that the XP-47F had B-model standard fuselage lenght, no extra front section as in C and later models. 

    Text in another page mentions that the F received the QEC engine mount as in the C and later models but no mention of fuselage extension. 

    Cheers,

    Lucio

    Two Sea Dragons: De Havilland D.H.89s converted from the 1/72nd scale Heller kit

    in Work in Progress - Aircraft

    Posted · Edited by Lúcio

    On 6/9/2020 at 7:52 PM, Moa said:

    The first Rapide here then will be CX-ABI, an Expreso del Plata machine, that operated in 1938 plying the Río de la Plata waters, uniting Uruguay and Argentina (my country of birth), shuttling back and forth from Colonia to Buenos Aires.

     

    I would be very happy if there was still a seaplane doing this stretch ... But the Buquebus is also great! And my motorcycle traveled in the cargo deck! :D

    Ah, and the sun setting over the Rio de la Plata...

     

     

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    He-70G Rolls Royce engine testbed

    in Aircraft Interwar

    Posted

    Bringing back to life an old thread!

    Thanks for the informations. I even found an Airmodel kit in eBay!

    But wait: Classic Plane have a new Kestrel-powered He-70 listed, this time using the ICM kit as basis. I think I will have a go at this one. 

    In the meantime, another picture. From Flight magazine.

    He-70%20Kestrel_1_zpsukqnoeye.jpg

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    Revell 1/72 Nakajima J1N1-S Gekko

    in Aircraft WWII

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    The moulds are believed to have been made by Revell's Japanese partner Takara and the kits date to the early 1970's. Some report that the moulds were lost at sea during one of Revell's frequent transfers between countries - which if true is a great pity. These were the kits in the series:-

    Gekko (Irving)

    Toryu (Nick)

    Ginga (Frances)

    Ki-21 (Sally)

    Ki-49 (Helen)

    They appeared variously in Revell (Japan), Revell (GB) and Revell (USA) boxings and the last issues were marketed as Revell-Takara with new box art. The Japanese boxings are high quality, very substantial with glossy instruction sheets and many alternative decal options.

    Gekko appears in black, white and olive green plastic and, for some reason, the white seems to be the most "flash" prone!

    Great kits, all of them, but the Ki-21 has never been bettered and is still prized and very hard to find. MPM's horrible kit seemed to be the kiss of death to Hasegawa's rumoured new kit.

    Gekko, Toryu and Ginga were made in Brazil, also, by Revell´s local partner, A. Kikkoler.

    I have three Toryus, two brazilians and one japanese. The Hasegawa Ki-45 is far superior.

    My Gekko (from Kikkoler) was assembled wen I was a teenager and still are in great shape, but I already got the Fujimi superior version.

    My Ginga (Kikkoler) are waiting assembly. I never saw Fujimi´s Ginga but I have been told it´s better.

    Cheers,

    Lúcio

    Wellington test bed

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Ross and Walrus,

    MANY THANKS for the excellent material you both sent to me. Now I have a solid starting point for Battle, Lancaster, Lancastrian and (I can dream...) Lincoln test beds.

    If you need something, please drop me a line.

    Best regards,

    Lúcio

    Wellington test bed

    in Aircraft WWII

    Posted

    Walrus and Rossm,

    I gladly accept your offers.

    I really love engien test beds and other experimental aircrafts but there´s very little info and pictures of most of them.

    The Lancasters are the ones with more pictures and details published. In the other hand, the french Marauders with ATAR and Jumo engines in the rear fuselages are very elusive critters.

    I just reveived a small lot of old Airfix Magazines. There´s a small feature in converting the Airfix Fairey Battle to a test bed (Bristol Centaurus, Merlin and other engines) but pictures are very dark and low res and drawings very sketchy. It´s a start, however...

    Now that the new ICM He-70 are out I will probably convert my old Matchbox Blitz to the Kestrel engined example owned by Rolls Royce.

    Cheers,

    Lúcio

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