Hi everyone, Just thought Id kick this one off with apic of my humble P-47. Hope you like it. Regards Mark
Nice model. You've done a good job in such a relatively small scale. My Dad was stationed in England during the war. He said the first time the P-47 landed on a British airfield and the pilot got out the RAF guys waited for the rest of the crew to get out. It was that big.
good one is the at plane the one that wheighed as much as a dornier do111 (flying pencil) I should put the picture of my friends model corsair it has a 90 four stroke motor and i think its one tenth scale
It's a beautuful model. Just in case you don't know already, it represents a P-47 of the 406th Fighter Group, 9th AF, flown by Howard Park View attachment 1244 Picture attached Oh, have just discovered these also..... View attachment 1245 View attachment 1246 View attachment 1247
John, to answer your question regarding the relatives weights of the Dornier Do 17 "Flying Pencil" and P-47 Thunderbolt: A Do 17's empty weight - ie without crew, fuel, payload, etc - was around 11,500lbs. It max take off weight was around 19,500lbs - which was still less than a P-47's, which typically tipped the scales, loaded, at over 20,000lbs - so they were all Big Assed Birds indeed!!!! A Heinkel 111's empty weight was roughly the same as a loaded P-47, but its gross take off weight was nearer 30,000lb....
Very handsome model. Does Revell still do the model of the "Razorback Thunderbolt" in RAF Burma colors? I wouldn't mind making that.
