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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
XP47-H
Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 1:32 PM

Finished this model Sunday, and today was decent weather (I take all model pictures outside in sunlight, so I got a couple of pictures to post.  The conversion is from KAE, consisting of vacuform fuselage and resin propeller.  Donor kit was the Revell 1:48 P47N.  Since the later had squared tips I needed to graft new tips to wing.  Model isn't great, reminds me of RC days with "standoff scale".  But from a few feet away it doesn't look too bad.

This is the Mopar Thunderbolt (experimental version with Chrysler hyper engine) featured in Chrysler ads about a year ago.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    August 2015
  • From: the redlands Fl
Posted by crown r n7 on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 3:31 PM

that looks nice right out of the factory

 

 

 Nick.

  • Member since
    March 2015
  • From: Streetsboro, Ohio
Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:54 PM

You put a lot of scratch building into this kit and it shows.  Absolutely fantastic!

Toshi

On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

 

Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world.  Mrs. Toshi

 

 

  • Member since
    February 2011
Posted by knox on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 4:57 PM

I can't decide if the plane is pretty or ugly, but I want one.  You did a really nice job Don.                          gk

  • Member since
    April 2013
  • From: Eleva, Wisconsin
Posted by Greatmaker on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:10 PM
Kinda looks like a pregnant P-51. Sweet build!

 

  • Member since
    January 2016
  • From: Salt Lake City, Utah
Posted by Sailor Steve on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 5:15 PM

Nice! I've always been a fan of prototypes and experimentals.

  • Member since
    May 2013
  • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
Posted by hogfanfs on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 6:34 PM

Hey, Don, that plane got a Hemi in it! 

I really like how this turned out. You did a very good job! Thanks for sharing!

 Bruce

 

 On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                        1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

 

  • Member since
    August 2009
  • From: Borlando Fla home of the rat
Posted by TREYZX10R on Tuesday, March 22, 2016 7:39 PM

Great work Don,really nice to see off the beaten path subjects! Its also a far better scale than those old Midwest RC kits. Very nicely done Sir!

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 7:32 AM

Very cool Don, always loved the looks of the oddball jugs! 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 11:20 AM

Very nice build and finish.

Mike

 

  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: Lancaster, South Carolina
Posted by Devil Dawg on Monday, April 11, 2016 8:29 PM

hogfanfs

Hey, Don, that plane got a Hemi in it! 

I really like how this turned out. You did a very good job! Thanks for sharing!

 

If I remember correctly, that was Chrysler's very first hemi-spherical combustion chamber design for an engine. 

You did a great job, Don! I didn't realize there was a kit out there for this, conversion or otherwise. 

Devil Dawg

On The Bench: Tamiya 1/32nd Mitsubishi A6M5 Model 52 Zeke For Japanese Group Build

Build one at a time? Hah! That'll be the day!!

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