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DoraWings 1/48th P-47C

Sharkmouth

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@jugjunkie new for our collections!

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I would like two please! :D

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LM*O has a sharkmouth on the long range belly tank.
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Different tank...
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Diffrent artwork
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Regards,
 
Neither the cowl flaps nor the belly look right to me.
OK, looking at the manuals, I think I see that the belly is bulged when it should be a flat keel line at this stage. I don't see the issue with the cowl flaps though.

Regards,
 
This photo shows the straight line on the cowl below the cowl flaps, no curve there.

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Here is a close up of the cowl on 41-6358, P-47C-RE-5
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The C had no provision for a drop tank from the factory, so the belly had a smooth curve all the way to the tail. When the drop tank was incorporated a slight bulge was produced so the sheet metal would cover the added plumbing. You can see a change in the curve just behind the cowl, and a second change near the trailing edge of the wing.
 
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I've read a couple of places where the belly bulge was added on models -1-RE, the earlier did not have the wet/bulge belly. I see what you're talking about John with the curve, it's between the cowl flap and the cowl cover. Its a straight trailing edge.

Avoiding wiki resources. there's this
Republic P-47C

The first Thunderbolt to be considered truly combat-ready was the P-47C-2-RE.
Perhaps the most important change introduced by this production block was the provision for shackles and
a release mechanism for a bomb or a fuel tank on the underside of the belly. When carrying a 200-gallon
belly tank the range was extended to 1250 miles at an altitude of 10,000 feet.
The P-47C-5-RE introduced revised radio, instruments, and antenna. Cockpit heating was also introduced.
The P-47C was the first Thunderbolts to see combat in Europe.
602 P-47Cs were delivered by February 1943, when the improved P-47D replaced it on the production line.
 
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This photo shows the straight line on the cowl below the cowl flaps, no curve there.

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Here is a close up of the cowl on 41-6358, P-47C-RE-5
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The C had no provision for a drop tank from the factory, so the belly had a smooth curve all the way to the tail. When the drop tank was incorporated a slight bulge was produced so the sheet metal would cover the added plumbing. You can see a change in the curve just behind the cowl, and a second change near the trailing edge of the wing.

The trouble with following plans, even those from Air Corps Library Engineering are things that creep in. Lloyd Jones usually uses official drawings to create his plans and I see he added a bulge to the P-47C-5-RE and has that curved part below the cowling flaps:
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Yet both P-47C-5-RE do show a slight keel bulge.

Regards,
 
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