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Bell XP-77 Lightweight Fighter & Proposed Successor

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dmk
  • Member since
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  • From: North Carolina, USA
Posted by dmk on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:05 PM
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  • From: Belgium, EU
Posted by Ninetalis on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:21 PM

For anyone wondering, Czech Model made a limited run kit of this in 1/48 once.
Can't tell how good it is, since I never seen this one for real.


Regards Ninetalis.

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    April 2011
Bell XP-77 Lightweight Fighter & Proposed Successor
Posted by RetroMechanix on Wednesday, February 29, 2012 4:16 PM

Check out this article reproducing a Bell report on the XP-77 wooden lightweight fighter project and a proposed successor at RetroMechanix.com:

 

The report provides an excellent history of this unusual fighter prototype up to mid-1944, one of the best summaries I've come across. The end of the document also features a proposal for an improved all-metal version with a turbosupercharger and a bubble canopy, as shown immediately above. The accompanying gallery features 37 images, including several high resolution photos and drawings. It's great reference material for modeling both the XP-77 and the improved version that never left the drawing board! 

-Jared

 

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