Well I'm at it again, cutting up two perfectly good kits, this time to make something strictly out of my imagination. Several years ago I made up a couple of twin P-40's, one in 1/72
nd and one in 1/48
th scale based on a widely circulated photo of what appears to be a full scale mockup of a P-40, but for which there was absolutely no information on.
That build thread can be found here:
P-40 Twin
Near the end of that thread found here: I posted several 3 way drawings that I had modified from single engine fighters as twins like the P-40 and there was a lot of discussion about it that can be found here:
P-40 Twin
I have an Academy 1/72nd scale P-47 Razorback and a Revell P-47M in my stash and have recently acquired a bubble Academy so I decided its time to give it a try as I will be cutting up all 3 to make this work. I also have some bits and pieces from another Academy razorback and Revell P-47M that were used for conversions into a XP-72 and XP-47J
This one is going to me a lot harder than the P-40. I will be lengthening the wingspan by about a fuselage width, and the nacelles are going to prove to be very difficult. Looks like I will be spending some time sorting through all my spare parts boxes.
Below is the 3 view drawing I worked up. This one is not going to be finished overnight.
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