TheRealMrEd Posted October 11, 2020 Author Share Posted October 11, 2020 (edited) Hello again. Well, as often happens, real life once again interfered with modeling, so I'm sure a missed a few pictures here and there. In any event, here's what I have now. First up, here's how I install those pesky antenna wires: Above, a hole is drilled into the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer ("A") and then a piece of Invisible Thread (available at sewing shops) is glued in, using CA. At "B" above, the kit's antenna was shortened and shaped in accordance with photos of the XP-47B. Then a tiny hole was drilled into the bottom of the antenna to receive a small bit of wire, and the antenna was glued to the fuselage with CA. Oh, almost forgot -- before gluing in the antenna, a tiny groove was sawn into the upper tip of the antenna (fore-and-aft), with a sharp razor knife and a very thin razor saw, to help keep the thread (antenna wire) from slipping off the tip, during the next step; When dry, a small clip was used to weight the Invisible Thread to stretch it a bit, and then a drop of CA was used to secure it to the antenna tip, under tension: After that, I just needed to glue on the undercarriage, their doors, pitot tubes, prop and the canopy door... and she was done! And a comparison with a later "D" model Jug: There are a couple of things wrong with this model, for those of you who may have a go at one of these later on. First, the area of the rear cockpit (under the turtle-deck) is not shaped exactly right, and the color should be bare metal, not the Interior Green I used -- my bad. Next, overlooked by me, is that the Academy P-47D kits need the main landing gear legs shortened by around 1/8" or 3mm, and their upper gear doors must be shortened the same. Again, my bad! Lastly, there should be four cartouche-shaped vertical markings behind the cowl fins. The later jugs had only three. Even though I practiced on a spare fuselage and some correct scribing shapes, I could not get them correct, so left them alone. I used Alclad II Alclad for this build, and I think if I were to do another, I would start with their Polished Aluminum, and tone it down a bit. Also, I would this the undercarriage door a bit... Finally, for those who may not know, there was never an XP-47 nor an XP-47A built, so this IS the prototype JUG. I hope that someone out there will use this thread as guidance, and build an even better one for us to see. I kept waiting on all you guys, and no one did the dirty deed, so I done it myself! A few more pics over on RFI HERE Ed Edited October 11, 2020 by TheRealMrEd added RFI link 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planebuilder62 Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Great build Mr Ed. What shade of Alclad did you use before the clear kote went on? regards Toby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMrEd Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks Toby, It was Alclad II AC119 Airframe Aluminum. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Just caught this now, she looks good and your dirty deed was dirt cheap. I may have missed it but why does it sit higher than the D model next to it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMrEd Posted February 6, 2021 Author Share Posted February 6, 2021 1 hour ago, busnproplinerfan said: Just caught this now, she looks good and your dirty deed was dirt cheap. I may have missed it but why does it sit higher than the D model next to it? Because I should have shortened the main gear legs and the doors about 1/8" (3mm)... Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted February 6, 2021 Share Posted February 6, 2021 Ok, was just reading that. I have the revell kits so I should be ok. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealMrEd Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 Just in case anyone else tries to build this, I added a note to the post earlier about how to make the window area behind the cockpit, to hopefully make the process more accessible to everyone, than my casting process was... Ed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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