Miscellaneous & Assembly

pic 1:
I almost forgot to put the antenna mast on the turtle deck.
The mast has a pre-installed 3mmX50 screw so I drilled/tapped the turtle deck, wrapped some aluminum tape around it and put some stretch thread between the mast and vertical fin using some thin brass wire that I bent into a loop and CA'ed into two small holes drilled into the mast and fin.

pic 2:
I also had to put some aluminum tape along the edge of the fire wall before mounting it on the fuse as the bare wood would be seen when the cowl flaps are open.

pic 3-11:
A few pictures of the 'completed' P-47 using the real nice dummy prop provided in the kit: landing/nav lights on.
Still waiting for the air cylinders to arrive for the canopy.
Also, have to paint all the insignias on plus nomenclature.
I'll get some better pictures of the P-47 Thursday night: we have our club meeting and the florescent lights give off a 'white' light.


A little lame, but here's a video of the prop spinning that I turned manually.
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/P47du...nuallyspun-AVI