Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => The Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda GB => Topic started by: Damian on July 22, 2013, 10:06:49 PM

Title: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Damian on July 22, 2013, 10:06:49 PM

 :D Here is one for the GB!

(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b301/damian2/Profiles/My%20Profiles/P-47%20Jet/P-47Jet2BigandTooHeavy.png)

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Logan Hartke on July 22, 2013, 10:43:00 PM

Sorry, Damian, I think this GB is over, but the profile looks great!  It's fantastic to have you back!

Cheers,

Logan

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Damian on July 22, 2013, 11:00:59 PM

 ;D

Mis-read the time span!!! In my defence I am hopped up on cough mixture and pain killers!

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: perttime on July 23, 2013, 01:13:33 AM

Find a reason why it coulda, shoulda or woulda existed - and put it in the next GB?

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: GTX_Admin on July 23, 2013, 04:02:56 AM

Quote from: perttime on July 23, 2013, 01:13:33 AM

Find a reason why it coulda, shoulda or woulda existed - and put it in the next GB?

I support this - give me a reason and I will move the whole thread.

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Cliffy B on July 23, 2013, 04:10:35 AM

Technically EVERY design COULD have been built...  Trick is coming up with that all important reason  ;D

Don't think you'll have much trouble coming up with one for this beauty though  8)

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Damian on July 23, 2013, 07:14:52 AM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on July 23, 2013, 04:02:56 AM

Quote from: perttime on July 23, 2013, 01:13:33 AM

Find a reason why it coulda, shoulda or woulda existed - and put it in the next GB?

I support this - give me a reason and I will move the whole thread.

Well the P-47 jet was a white paper proposal for an aircraft that used tired and trusted tech with the new jet engines to be developed in parallell to the all new P-80. This was to be something of a hedge in that the modified plane was supossedly a lower risk that something all new. However as history shows it never went past the proposal stage probably becasue they didn't want to fund two experimental jets and it would cut into P-47 production.

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Cliffy B on July 23, 2013, 07:19:14 AM

Could always pass it off as an experimental modification of a production aircraft to test new technology instead of creating a brand new aircraft.  You could go on to say that it proved so successful that they ordered more conversions and/or put the modded design into production.  Justify it by extending the war and/or saying German Jet production was higher then it really was.

Title: Re: P-47 Jet - 2 Big and Too Heavy
Post by: Old Wombat on July 23, 2013, 10:06:49 PM

I like this, it looks "right".

:)

Guy