TFC P-47G Thunderbolt Unveiled

[ktst97]

Now, the question is, what will the 3 Razorback Thunderbolts, with Combat Records, look like when they come out of restoration with the same folks who did the most recent P-47D (Bubble Canopy) whose name escapes me. As I read, recently a small exerpt that those were the next in line to be done.
Paul

Are you referring to the 3 in storage at WestPac ?

[bomberflight]

Ken asked for update news ...... how about a picture taken today ~ Oct 30th



Steady progress is being made as more and more boxes of components migrate from the shelves and into the airplane.

All being well ~ we might see the first post restoration engine run before the end of 2011.

I'm keeping everything crossed it will be ready to fly for Legends in July 2012

[Chappie]

P-47G is looking great. I hope someone gets pics and video of the engine run.

Interesting to hear about those 3 P-47s. Never heard of those before.


Chappie

[Lightjug]

P-47G is looking great. I hope someone gets pics and video of the engine run.
Chappie

TFC posted a video of a successful engine run today.

P-47 Snafu Engine Run

[Chappie]

P-47G is looking great. I hope someone gets pics and video of the engine run.
Chappie

TFC posted a video of a successful engine run today.

P-47 Snafu Engine Run

Fantastic! Lovely sound!

Thanks for the video.

Chappie

[MKD1966]

Over on the TFC Facebook page they have posted some first flight photo's... She's a beauty !!!
Mike

[JohnTerrell]

It's just an RC model (though a very nice one!).

[affas]

I am building this as a large RC scalemodel.

Anyone which has the colorcodes of Snafu?


Thanks,
Alf

[affas]

Anyone??

[Zachary]

Anyone??

A very good resource for aircraft modeling questions (with no offense to Scott and the model forum here on WIX) would be HyperScale. You can visit at www.hyperscale.com. There is a wealth of knowledge there. For P-47 modeling specifically, I HIGHLY recommend AeroScale's P-47 Heaven forums, which are part of the larger Kitmaker network of model forums. You can find that here http://p47.kitmaker.net/.

Best of luck with your build!

Zack

[Lightjug]

Looks like Snafu was out for a walk Monday

http://friends-of-tfc.blogspot.ca/

[darrenvox]

looks great!!

[bomberflight]

Just in case you missed the pix of "Snafu" I posted recently on another thread .....

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44948

[bomberflight]

"Snafu" was out for another engine run / taxi run / systems test .....



All my pix from lunchtime today are marred by serious heat shimmer thanks to the spring mini heatwave we have right now
~ temps are almost double what they would normally be at this time of year ! ( Around 65 F when these were taken )





It sure does look nice moving under its own power though !

[Zachary]

FANTASTIC!!!