Recent content by TheRealMrEd

Hello, sorry to be late summarizing last years' efforts, but here they are, finally: First off, the Anigrand Curtis XP-60: A few more pics HERE.. Followed by a P-47B Double Twister conversion, using the 1/72 Academy P-47D kit: For those interested, the build thread is HERE.. Then, a...

Hopefully, everyone here is aware that official US govt and military photos cannot be copyrighted by anyone. They are all public domain, unless classified. It used to be common practice in the early 50's for sure, and perhaps earlier, for aviation fans or modelers to write to the various...

Very nice builds all round! Ed

And that's after two or three applications of Walther's decal setting solution, a coat of Aquagloss and a coat of matt topcoat! Ed

Also, they were trying in various ways to harness and transmit all the power of the newer, large radial engines. You can only swing so large a prop without hitting the ground. The bent=wing F4U Corsair was another approach, which actually turned out great, because having the wings attach...

Hello again. For a long time, I had considered building the old Lindberg 1/72 P-47B, in 1/72 scale. I had acquired various parts, cowling, engine, cockpit, vertical stabilizer/rudder, main gear, wheels, prop and so forth to bring the kit closer to today's' standards. In the end, I...

Thanks Grant! More on the way... Ed

For those interested in the how-to, the build thread is HERE

Hello, as promised over on the build thread HERE I am posting a few more pictures of this odd P-47B variant, the "Double Twister": Thanks for looking. Ed

or my first completion of the New Year, may I present my rendition of the Anigrand 1/72 scale resin XP-60. While Anigrand provides the simple necessities for the XP-60C and E variants, sadly, they did not offer items to build the XP-60A, B, or D versions, all of which I think are more unusual...

A little late, but here it is! Not so many this year as last, but some that I really wanted in the collection, For those interested, the build threads offer detailed instruction about how the models were built, so that others could, if desired, build these often rare models themselves...

The one thing that keeps me really curious about the fuselage length is that wherever I find an article, book, magazine or on-line, it invariably gives the length of the "F" model as around 36' 1" as opposed to the earlier P-47B lengths of around 35' 5", which is the 8" difference we're talking...

Gotta agree with you Lucio. That picture is definitely of the unmodified "B". I found the same picture in Bodie's original article in Wings Magazine, Vol4No 3 June 1974, where he stated that he had so much P-47 material that he was going to have to write the book, because he had too many...

Not sure. For those interested, my build thread of an XP-47F is now going on hereon Britmodeler Ed

FWIW, even this is an older thread, I've been doing further research and came across this picture. The ailerons clearly end at the wing tip caps, so I would cast my vote in favor of the FIRST set of drawings, above. Also, no guns were carried on the "F" variant, but wooden dowels were used...