hello,

these are the first few pics of my latest job.

It is the well known p-47 from Modeltech with some modifications.

the cockpit first

The pilot comes from loose part from dragon and bbi pilot. he is in 1/6 scale, but the final result is not so bad.
The "office" is built with carbord taken from an old box (BBurago toy car), balsa paint and plastic.
the pilot is "fixed" with functional seat belt.

It needs a control panel, but this will be ready in few weeks.

the engine is a magmum 1.20 FS, century jet retract with variable control valve, hitec servos for tail group (Iknow that one is really big but I like it, so...)

more pics:

Alessandro

Looks fantastic Alessandro!!
Dom

How did you mount your retracts? They look more scale than the way they come. Also, what size engine is that? Just wondering because these were noted for being very tail heavy, and I also added air retracts (Century) to mine but added the air tank (large) up under the nose.

how did you install the fuel tank to keep it from fallinhg out.

Don[&o]

I mounted the retract into the same location of the original, but I cutted the bottom sheeting to accommodate the retract.
My first plan was to use a pair of 3 inch robart wheels, but the ribs near the center of the wing (the no. 2) did not permit this setup.
the only way is cut about 4 mm of the leg.
these are designed for TF p-47: they dont fit so good on the wing due to the offset. I red the TF p-47 manual, and I found that you need cut the recess for gear support to be flush with the wing.
the shape of the wheel bay is near to scale. probably I'll sobstitute the cj legs with a pair of straight ones to have also operational inner doors.

about the fuel tank setup: I installed it with a lot of foam. this metod works good for me. did you have a fail or something else?

I have a doubt about the offset of the engine. the manual does not speak about it to compensate the engine torque. I'm working on a mix with my radio to do that.

Alessandro

Thanks for the information. I also used the TF P-47 century retracts and 3 1/4 robart wheels. You do have to carve up some of the ribs and spar, but I did rebuild it back up around that area and fiberglassed it to hold up. Did you have any balance issues with putting the air tank that far aft? I filled the front with foam insulation and had it form around the air tank and fuel tank that way it makes a perfect fit and nothing moves around.

I'm using the stock air tank, and to be onest it is not so heavy.
consider that I added a lot of weight during the covering process. the original film used was solarfilm, that is really light, more than monokote.

I wanted also a neat configuration for an easy acces

Alessandro

Alessandro,how did you get that nice paint job? Did you paint over the original covering?

I did not paint my model. I simply removed the original covering, and replaced with flat monokote. White and black stripes are self adesive from local paint shop. The lettering are cutted with a vinil cutter plotter that comes from a good friend.

The only problem is the black and white: this material does not like the heat, and after the second flight I have had a little damage on the gear rails. I planning to remove the invasion stripes and go to another paint scheme

take a look here:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_41...tm.htm#4175920


Alessandro

Alessandro

I can't find the pilot you used.... can you send me the link?

I have one of these with retracts an an OS 1.08, Very nice flying plane. I see this guy understands ARF's. Can make them much better than they are with minimum effort.

You know ,even with the 1-08 up in the nose, mine still came out tailheavy