Few months ago I decided to made new war bird model. After I finished and made first flights with my Ziroli Hellcat, I moved into a new project...
Here on RCU I saw few topics about Meister P 47, my friends Frank Tiano and Scott Prossen have these models, and they told me that it fly very well. So, in May I bought one...
Dino was very kind, we exchanged a lot of mails, and to made this story shorter, at October I get first of two boxes with parts...
I bought plans, short kit, cowl, canopy, cockpit, Siera landing gears and Siera tail wheel retract. Dino send me manual for building and DVD with photos...
Siera laning gear are top quality...
This is my first Meister Scale model, and after few models I made from Ziroli plans, this will be new experience.
Before start, I want to see how other modelers made this Thunderbolt, and was little disappointing to not find many topics about it. OK, I find some, but there are no photos from the start of building.
Because that I decided to show how I will made this model, all the way from the beginning to first flight...
Some photos I will add here, in this topic, but more you will find on my web site -
www.nsmodelers.rs
When I get wooden parts, first want to see what is what... Man, how many parts...
To be easy for me I put every part to plan, but than I saw that some are missing.
I wrote mail to Dino, and after few days he prepare all missing parts... Dino is great for collaboration.
I start work at tail section.
Wing on photo is from some other model...
Moving part of the vertical stabilizer...
...are made from two balsa pieces which must be glued first...
Than I add little ribs...
... and put off those parts until further notice...
Now I start work on fuselage.
First I made wooden crutch.
On plan it is made from balsa 10x10 mm. It is almost 1,8 meter long...
I want to add some hardened, so I made it from two 10x2 mm spruce which I glued together. I misaligned joint for 100 mm, so I get very strong base...
On the outside I add two balsa strips 10x3 mm
After sending ti look like this
Parts which connect left and right side, I made from 10x10 mm balsa...
To be continued...