PG-47 Egg-glider Thunderbolt

[Tophe]

My brother asked me what (cheap) gift I wanted for birthday, and – well – I had decided to stop modelling with my son’s arrival, but this arrival is delayed, so… one more model, the very last one I think. I wanted a tiny model because I have no more room, maybe in front of books in shelves. So I decided to turn plastic a mind-project of mine: aesthetic improvement of a P-47 Thunderbolt nose, with a P-47 eggplane as tiny basis:
http://plamoya.com/fr/p47-thunderbolt-plastic-model-hasegawa-non-egg-plane-p-10957.html

My project is:
- removing propeller, undercarriage, guns, roundels
- with putty, creating a round glider nose
- gluing the half wings together and below the fuselage (to stand without wheels and to decrease span further)
- installing both tailplanes on the port side (for a touch of asymmetry)
- paint: all sky blue, as usual for my models, with a black canopy

[Tophe]

Here is the project I plan to build: PG-47 Glideggbolt

[Tophe]

PS. The kit is now already ordered from Japan, but its arrival date is unknow. Moreover, I have no digital camera to take photos of the physical steps till February maybe. At least you will see the physical result maybe. Or all steps in a long time if transport from Japan is very long.

[taiidantomcat]

You know you have "the sickness" when you are converting Eggplanes 

[Tophe]

Do you mean "transforming already-transformed planes" is a further step in accute craziness? I confess I am very ill, so... :)

[Brian da Basher]

Here's hoping the kit arrives soon and your camera makes it back before February, Tophe. I'm always impatient to see one of your fantastic works of art!

Brian da Basher

[Tophe]

The kit had arrived in time for my birthday, directly from Japan! :)
I still have no camera but my scanner seems enough to show you the parts, at least. I may start to build and scan to see...

[Brian da Basher]

It looks like you're all set for a very happy birthday!

Many happy returns on your special day, mon ami!

Brian da Basher

[Tophe]

This is the aspect of the "normal" unreal plane (with temporary tape no glue), before I butcherize it my way:

I may have a problem with the tailplane that will change side, part of it being included in the fuselage with an oblical cutting. I think I will cut it again straight, shorter.

[GTX_Admin]

I like the look these scanner pics are giving - looks like a secretly snapped spy/recon plane/satellite photo of a top secret project.

[Tophe]

Well, GTX, this was just the first pic, the others may be less "possible": on the picture below, after little work (removing wing chords and supercharger exhausts, truncating the tailplane that will change side, gluing together the external wings), the aspect is worse - why is the fuselage so blurred when the wings are so clear?

Anyway, a lot of puty and sanding, repeat, remains to be done.

[Tophe]

The first puty is on, welcome hardwork (soon, after drying of the other side)...

[Tophe]

During drying, it is possible to draw this project:

[Tophe]

I must deserve my reputation about double-planes, yes. If I had two kits, I would have made some twin-eggplane:

[sotoolslinger]

That is some funny stuff right there :omg-:

[Tophe]

Thanks!
As I realized my drawing has invented (maybe) the very first asymmetric eggplane ever, I posted the P-47Y at the end of my Web-site http://cmeunier.chez-alice.fr/Asymm_addition.htm . With a link towards here, maybe this will bring new dreamy friends.
 :)

[Tophe]

I forgot to say somewhere: thanks Hasegawa Co. for having invented those eggplane delicious sources...

[Tophe]

After the first sanding, the egg-glider has almost a round nose, this is the good direction. Let me go on and on...

[Brian da Basher]

For a moment, I thought that was an ultra-sound image of your new baby. In a way, I guess it really is your new "baby".

Yes, mon ami, please do go on and on and on!!!

Brian da Basher

[Tophe]

Thanks BdB... :)
Well, I discarded unused parts... except the propeller, that may be used, even on this model itself. Either on the tail (as help for lift of a heavy tail tendancy) or else above the canopy, for a UAV helicopter PH-47... I hesitate.

[Bladerunner]

Hi,

This should be cute. I love the Egg planes, so much, that I also started one some time ago of a Cheetah D. I did however make a mould of a real egg to build it on.

Cheers
John

[Tophe]

A Mirage-Cheetah-D eggplane would be very lovely. I am the happy owner of a Mirage 5 caricature by Rob Henderson (http://www.caricatureaircraftpictures.com/), and it is very pleasant indeed. You have an interesting project to build, for sure.

[Bladerunner]

Yeah, I like his stuff. He captures it so sweet. Here is a pic of my Cheetah D eggplane, but it still needs a lot of work.



Cheers
John

[Tophe]

Wow! hehehe

[Tophe]

The PSR work is finished (according to my imperfect standards), the wings and tailplanes are glued to the fuselage. Close to completion.
Alas, I don't know where my wife (still abroad) has put the paint and white-spirit, so... I will use the Heller water-based paint found in Heller 1/144 jet-kits (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=221.0 ), and the intended colour of the model is changing from sky-blue into silver-grey (like the plastic, but covering the light-grey puty). I will try to make a scanned picture after drying (and next month: a true camera picture from above)