DoraWings 1/48th P-47C

[Sharkmouth]

@jugjunkie new for our collections!

 

[Barney]

VERY COOL!

I have their P-43... nice kit.

 

[jeaton01]

Neither the cowl flaps nor the belly look right to me.

 

[Sharkmouth]

Neither the cowl flaps nor the belly look right to me.

Still at a stage they can fix it! What do you see?

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

With John on that, wasn't the belly dry, no tank mounts?

 

[Sharkmouth]

I would like two please!

LM*O has a sharkmouth on the long range belly tank.

Different tank...

Diffrent artwork

Regards,

 

[moon puppy]

Ah, the late model had a wet belly.

 

[Sharkmouth]

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,

 

[Sharkmouth]

From a Farcebook exchange:

Ronnie Olsthoorn Aviation Art
Spot on!

Built from the Air Corps Library engineering drawings, I suspect? 1/48 I hope? Tamiya is the one to beat.

Author
DoraWings
Ronnie Olsthoorn Aviation Art You are absolutely right. In our work, we used drawings from there.

I sent them this:

Regards,

 

[jeaton01]

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

Here is a close up of the cowl on 41-6358, P-47C-RE-5

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.

 

[moon puppy]

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

P-47 Thunderbolt variations and production

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt variations and production.

www.368thfightergroup.com

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.

 

[Sharkmouth]

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

View attachment 143185

Here is a close up of the cowl on 41-6358, P-47C-RE-5
View attachment 143189
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:

Yet both P-47C-5-RE do show a slight keel bulge.

Regards,

 

[jugjunkie]

Oh my.....more cash needed!