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Thanks to all you guys for the help in solveing my problem. My friend remembered the early F8Fs having a razorback , that's what led us to think that model was something else. I was was just a tyke when Pearl Harbor happened but during the Pacific war I was very knowledgeable about the...

Hey Wayne, Do you know my friend Allen In adelaide Great modler and car restorer? We mmet in another forum about RC over a common interest in Machining airframe parts. Bill

Thats what I called a Knee. . FOG

Airframe got it right. Here's a video that shows it. Look at time 1:30 to 1:40 in the video. You will see the right gear fold up on takeoff by buckling outward at the knee or top hinge as the main part of the strut folds inwards. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Sf5ygd_hAA To Colin...

Sorry about the image size. Willresize any future pics. I didn't realize the diffrence between the F8f bearcat and the P47 thunderbolt. I thought trhey were the same aircraft. I know better now Well thew Bearcat definatlly has a knee in the gear. a portion bends outward as the main...

Ok mistery solved, It is a P47 or F8f Bearcat. If you look at the pictures , the area behind the canopy is not even with the top of the canopy , some call this the razorback. The landing gear has a "Knee" wich buckles outward first then folds inward. These two features are what threw...

Yeah it just dawned on me that ,that might help a bit. All i have is a 6" model but I get some good shots of it and post them tomorrow. Bill

Hi I'm from The Ozarks in AR . I'ma Modeler currentlly helping a friend to construct a large WW II fighter and I cannot find any refrence data for it. He has a plastic model with good detail but it is not Identified. We think it is a later model of Grumman F6f but it differs in a few...