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apophenia:
Prompted by Evan and Frank's discussion of turbojet-powered Thunderbolts, I've knocked this together (based on an Olivier Beernaert F-84E profile). The first mod was to shorten the fuselage a scale 15 inches (as per a Tommy Thomason article) for an early Thunderjet length.
-- https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=882.msg231734#msg231734
Next, P-47 wings were substituted. With those wings comes a 'taildragger' undercarriage arrangement. In the Justo Miranda sketches accompanying the discussion, I believe that the space needed for a retractable tail wheel has been underestimated. To that end, I have enlarged the Thunderjet's tail bumper to create a mounting point and housing for a semi-retractable tail wheel.
As per the discussion, I have substituted a P-47D bubble canopy and dropped the F-84's ejection seat. In a scrap view, I have ghosted-in the positions of the main fuselage fuel tanks. The P-47 wings would also now be entirely filled with fuel - gun armament being moved to the nose on the F-84.
The result is certainly no 'looker' ... but, I believe, it is more plausible than the other posited jet Thunderbolt (re)arrangements.
Frank3k:
It looks clunky - but that's the point.
Litvyak:
That's fantastically boring... which might be why it looks right.
apophenia:
--- Quote from: Frank3k on July 23, 2025, 06:15:06 AM ---It looks clunky - but that's the point.
--- End quote ---
Yep. It can't be a 'Thud' if it doesn't clunk ;)
--- Quote from: Litvyak on July 23, 2025, 06:27:40 AM ---That's fantastically boring... which might be why it looks right.
--- End quote ---
Beautifullly put! ;D ;D
GTX_Admin:
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