Hi Bill
I have my plane at 35 ounces right now with all the acceseries on and no finnish. I have made some changes like, bellcrank done like Al Rabe, molded top and bottom of fusalage, carved wing tips, adjustable leadouts and I have sheeted all of the tail feathers and the wing. With the Mag 36 I thought that I would be nose heavy but checking it last night showed that it is almost perfect. I put an access panel on the inboard side of the fusalage under the horizontal stablizer for adjustments to the elevator and have also made the bottom of the fusalage under this removable so that I can change the tail wheel wire or add weight if need be. I think that the Parrott P-47 was in the 44-45 ounce range and I think I can beat that by a few ounces but we'll see. This plane has been a test bed for doing all the things that I have never done in modeling. Most things took a lot of head scratching but I think I've got them figured out. I'm sure the plane will fly better that I'm capable of.
As for now I'm going to have it silver in color. I just wish that I had plans for a bigger size P-47. This one is nice but if I knew were to get Bills plans for his P-47 I would build that one also.
Kirm Dog