P-47 Razorback "Lucky" Dave's Card Creations

[Isaac]

Gerardo

I think it was mentioned earlier, but what color is the fuselage you are building? Looks like grey from your photos?

Isaac

[mbauer]

Very Nice construction Photos! Will use the hint to laminate the motor piece-looks good! Does it help the cowl to hold its shape?

Mike

[airdave]

Lamnating the Engine Cowling formers is mentioned in previous P47 build threads
like here: http://www.papermodelers.com/forum/472577-post16.html

39A is the Engine part...and it has always been a thicker laminated part.

Originally, there was an actual (39A) Former to which you attached the printed Engine part.

I eliminated the need for two printed pieces,
and I removed the Former 39A
and made the Engine part alone 39A.
I then showed Part 39A as being a thicker former in the Instruction diagrams

...but since the Engine Part (39A is on a different page than the Formers
I could have made a note on the Parts pages (to laminate this part).




Once again, I really appreciate Gerardo showing us how the kit went together for him,
but if it helps, please refer to my complete P47 Walkthrough Build thread for more help.
Lets build a P-47! (Photo Walkthrough)

[alzictorini]

Gerardo

I've just tried your capping strip technique on a practise piece. It does work better gluing the fuselage first (then when dried) the wing later. I've always done both at the same time, what a faf, your ways is much simpler.

Cheers

[milenio3]

Originally Posted by Isaac

Gerardo

I think it was mentioned earlier, but what color is the fuselage you are building? Looks like grey from your photos?

Isaac

It should be greener, Isaac, but my paper/printer mix didn't work well.
Like I said, the paper I bought is not good.
If I may be true, I need to go to Mexico and get the "Pochteca" brand
cardstock, which is a high quality cardstock. I have to wait though to travel back to Mexico.

Originally Posted by alzictorini

Gerardo

I've just tried your capping strip technique on a practise piece. It does work better gluing the fuselage first
(then when dried) the wing later. I've always done both at the same time, what a faf, your ways is much simpler.

Cheers

@ Al Z., like the great Andrew "Bicentennial Man" Martin used to say: Is good to be of service.

Continuing with the landing gear. First, the tail wheel. I had to go back to Dave's thread on "Let's build a P-47"
for the photos of the tail wheel, and my own P-47. But nothing major.




Then the main landing gear. All the pieces for the wheels.



Sorry for not taking photos of the process of the wheels, but Dave's thread on buidling the P-47 are better.

On this beta model, the landing gear doors, the ones used for the landing gear down, don't have the line that marks
where to cut these. In other words, parts 71 L & 71 R (just besides the words "NO STEP"). I had to use the marks
on the doors included on the wings.

But Dave already fixed this little detail, so shop with confidence.



The jug is taking shape.

[milenio3]

After checking with Dave about the front canopy window, I received a new one.

It happens that the P-47 had sometimes a slider window, in which the pilot could
get things from the outside - or handle things from the inside - without the
need to open the whole canopy. I remember that cars used to have a little
window-let that you can open to allow air to flow to the inside of the car (like
the VolksWagen bettle on yerdaryear).

So I glued the canopy frames to plastic. The plastic is the one that comes
with the cell-phone screen protectors. Once the protector is applied to the
cell-phone, that plastic is what remains.

Lessons learned:
1. First glue part 58 to part 59.
2. Glue the two parts of 60.
3. Glue the 58/59 set to completed part 60.

Otherwise, there is going to be a gap between the 58/59 set and part 60.

[Mike1158]

That is one heck of a build, Dave designs a blindin' model and you do a fine job of building them.

[Yeti]

Superb work! Thanks for showing us how you do the canopy, that's a very nice technique.

[milenio3]

Thank you Yeti!!

And now, the bird is completed... or complete... anyway, is done.





































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[YankeeBoy]

Another beautiful build, Gerardo! Thanks for sharing.