if this is your first warbird then P-40 DRIVER gave you some great advice keep it light the P-47 has a fairly large wing area but your better off building a clean light plane for your first WB
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4868696/tm.htm a thread I and several P-47 builders have been contributing to I am doing my paint work now its been a long build as I have had some delays in the construction process,I have done alot of what you are proposing to do,your asking alot of yourself and the plane.
some of those mods deserve a larger plane platform so it can absorb the additions easaly.
BTW connery did the Dallas Blond build with the scale retract locations.