Plasto Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Hi, I’m going to have a go at building Expected Goose.... A classic Ie Shima based P-47N Im going to use the 1/48 Academy kit. I think the base plastic is reasonably good. The kit is the basis for the recent Academy ‘jugs’ kits... IIRC I have some replacement decals... But for the most part I’ll build it OOB... I’ll dig the kit out of the Stash tomorrow for some initial shots... and look to make a start over the weekend I’m aiming for an OOB build with perhaps some belts and a few tweaks and some fun with the NMF... Chur Plasto Edited July 13, 2018 by Plasto 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Nice to see this kit in the GB. Vector do a nice propeller and engine for this kit to replace the inaccurate ones Academy supply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted July 11, 2018 Author Share Posted July 11, 2018 Here are the in box shots. Chur Plasto... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 I’ve had a look in the Tamiya P-47M boxing and it yields a spare prop suitable for the N I think... Here is the N prop a Symetrical Curtiss electric.... In most of the Tamiya P-47 boxings you get these props included.... I think Parts 34 and 35 should do the trick... Which is good as I have these bits to hand... Saves on AM purchases.... Chur Plasto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 I also dug though the library and turned up a few P-47 related reference books.. Including a useful ‘plan’ of the P-47N.... I also have a Bentley plan for the P-47 somewhere I’ll have to find it... That should be enough to get me going.... chur Plasto..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) The Tamiya kit contains the P-47D prop. The prop on the M and N had tapered cuffs as you can see in the picture you posted. If you want to use what you have, some plastic glued on and sanded to shape would do the job. You can also rob the front end of the engine from the Tamiya kit. Edited July 13, 2018 by Tbolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted July 13, 2018 Author Share Posted July 13, 2018 (edited) I’ll use the Tamiya Prop probably as is. TBH it’s close enough for government work.. Chur Plasto Edited July 13, 2018 by Plasto 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Well a snag has been hit..... In the kit I have wings for a P-47D but not the P-47 N wings... These should be on a B sprue... I have a G Sprue... The kit is all bagged so I suspect the wrong bits in the box from new or some one has ‘borrowed’ the wings for another project... So the kit as is cannot build a P-47N... I’m trying to work out if there were any late block P-47D’s with the N style fuselage fairing... Chur Plasto.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) That’s not good. I don’t know of any D’s with a N style dorsal fillet, but the M prototype had one fitted at one time and one which has an unclear photo, but looks like it had a higher dorsal fillet. Or you could modify the one you have, but the D style one does extend further forward. Edited July 15, 2018 by Tbolt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) I'm not sure that there were. Some -Ms were retrofitted with the -N fillet, according to the MMP book on the bubbletop. (Ah, beaten to it by Tbolt! Very little info in the MMP book, it's just one sentence.) Edited July 15, 2018 by amblypygid Read Tbolt's post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Looking at Dottie Dee again I’m not sure it was actually the higher fillet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) You could always file down the fairing into the D/M shape ? Im not sure but i think besides the “N” wings being longer and different shaped, i think they were wider in chord as well? Compared to a “D”. Edited July 15, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: You could always file down the fairing into the D/M shape ? Im not sure but i think besides the “N” wings being longer and different shaped, i think they were wider in chord as well? Compared to a “D”. As I mentioned the D fillet is a bit longer than the N one so you would have to add a little bit as well. Pretty sure the chord of the N wing is the same ( obviously not the outer section though where the shape is different ) otherwise I've made a big mistake on my Tamiya N conversion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 I could be wrong about the chord of course. However i remember reading that was the case many years ago ? I dont remember the source but will see if i can find it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted July 15, 2018 Author Share Posted July 15, 2018 Thanks for the feedback. I came to roughly the same conclusion the N type fuselage fairing is specific to the N. So rather than carve up the bits I’ll can this build and have a look to see if we can build something else. Stay tuned... Chur Plasto... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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