Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => Allies '46 GB => Topic started by: Spey Phantom on February 02, 2018, 11:26:37 PM
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ok, looking at the stash of '46 kits, i think ive found a fitting entry.
a while back ive started cutting plastic on a Mistercraft 1/72 F-84E Thunderjet, to be converted to an early A/B version.
modifications will include removal of the wingtip tanks and a new canopy.
as for markings, im still choosing between either RAF or USAAF colors.
this is what im planning for the base version.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Republic_XP-84_Thunderjet_%2815518215524%29.jpg)
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Some possible inspiration here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7696.30 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=7696.30)
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A bit of inspiration for you Nils, this is a Heller
E G converted back into a B using a spare canopy out of the Academy kit.
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Perhaps a hybrid of P-84 and P-47N bits? I'm thinking canopy and wings from a P-47N, fuselage, landing gear, and tail surfaces from a straight-winged P-84 and possibly adding the dorsal vertical tail fillet of the P-47N. This will take some hybridization of P-47N and P-48 wings, but the root chords are the same and it looks like a reasonably simple bit of surgery at first study. For grins, replace the 8x .50 machine fit with 6x 20mm cannon fit.
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The P-84 seems tailor-made for this GB, Nils!
Will watch with interest,
Brian da Basher