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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Frank Wadle on October 08, 2014, 02:45:43 AM
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Hello,
I need some help.
I'm building a P47-N (Bubble) Thunderbolt for F2B and I need a canopy for it.
Does someone know a source for a P47 canopy?
Maybe a other WWII canopy would work too (P51 Mustang,....)
It is not a scale project, just a semiscale stunter, so it is enough if the canopy looks almost like the real one :-)
Any help is welcome!
Frank Wadle
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Try Brodak. They may have a spare for the T-Rex.
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Just a historical note. The original P-47 bubble
canopy was transplanted from a Hawker Typhoon.
I wonder if a Typhoon canopy might be close?
Cheers!
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I used a Sig WWII on my 3 bubble Tbolts
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Robert, what size Sig WWII canopy did you use?
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Hi Frank, RSM make a nice P-51 canopy which might suit, if your model's around .35-.46 size. Alternatively, it's not too hard to make your own if you make a balsa mold and use it with a clear PET bottle and a heat gun.
Steve
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Hello Steve,
my P47 is 60 size at about 60,5" wingspan.
The fuselage has a rather big crosssection, almost scale like.
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Frank,
Here ya go!
http://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=31_32&products_id=195
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Park Flyer has all sorts of canopies listed. You might want to check. I am sure there will be one there that will fit, like one he has done for a Rabe Sea Fury. Lot of other neat stuff on that site also.
http://parkflyerplastics.com/cart/index.php?main_page=index
Let us know what you think.
Keith
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Robert, what size Sig WWII canopy did you use?
You can use the 9 or 11 and cut to fit.
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The Park Fliers site has some very cool canopies. Thanks for that link.
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The SIG 9 inch works , and looks good
Randy
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The BEARCAT & Typhoon / Tempest Canopies were closly related . The P-47s a trifle larger ;
Though the Bearcat is almost a similar shape .
Ive got a plug for a P-47 Razorback & Bubbletop & a dozen others , with a accurate shape -
about the size youre after . But its ' raw ' - unvarnished at the moment .
(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT1QeJwXJMGhpEO-qaOBLdDzZ8IF_uhd1uHakI0y3oYyU1uFa-i)
(http://i412.photobucket.com/albums/pp202/ruspren/P-47-Lt-Edwin-King-flak-caused-oil-leak-Italy-Jan45_zpsea4a5307.jpg)
Razorbacks actually ' teardropped ' at the upper frame line . NOT parrallel sided .
(http://www.meister-scale.com/Thunderbolt/Accessories/P47RazorBack-Canopy.jpg)
(http://spitfirespares.co.uk/Website%20Products%20326/P-47%20Canopy%201a.jpg)
S?P
(http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery/56g/rsj5.jpg)
(http://www.lonesentry.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/p-47-thunderbolt-greenhouse-and-bubble-canopies.jpg)
Unlike this one . ??? Its also teardropped at the upper sill , the lowers parrallel for the runners .
Was a plastic 1/48 kit review , lambasting most p-47 kits , bar the one that matched the inaccurate drawings he used .
VD~
while we're there , we'll have a fit about FRAMES , for some reason the manufacturers at this stage went to great lengths to REDUCE DRAG . Therefore 2 x 4 frames are generally innapropriate , they were darn near FLUSH . ;D
(http://guadalcanal.homestead.com/wallace/P47_Razor_back_Fusalage.jpg)
F8F
(http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii120/Duggy009/Duggy009-2/F8F-Bearcat/XF8F-canopy-1.jpg)
Tempest
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQnCYY7nAPp3IzYUeX-XzVi_xipx0PUB1HZS-AE1kAwWj6OG3yo)
you can see the frame at the windshield chopped square from the F8F , which is more bulbous at the front shut face .
Course the winshields are somewhat differant altogether .
Typhoon
(http://spitfirespares.co.uk/Website%20Products%20274/Canopy%201.jpg)
(http://spitfirespares.co.uk/Website%20Products%20274/Canopy%202.jpg)
(http://spitfirespares.co.uk/Website%20Products%20274/Canopy%203.jpg)
yours for 1499 pounds ! :P
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They were refered to as ' Blown ' canopys ( bubble top ) . Somewhat bulbuous , so theyre a ' blown ' teardrop shape ,
for visability & streamlining . These sorta illustrate it .
(http://www.512thfightersquadron.com/images/WilliamACunninghamP-47_L3_O_at_Mourmelon-le-Grand.jpg)
you can see it narrow fowarrd to the front frame . ;)
(http://www.adamsplanes.com/photogallery/P-47N%20pictures/noseart_photo.jpg)
Glugg Glugg , fairly original presumeably . . .
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-3mXspv2N7ig/Tv16_P4ttSI/AAAAAAAAC3I/dP4o0wwk_ZE/s1600/P9200012-u1.JPG)
started with these funny ' BLOWN ' Malcolm Hoods , for P-47s and Mk III Mustangs . :P
(http://www.354thpmfg.com/gallery/WWL/image11.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v189/kunac/P51malcolmhoodrail880.jpg)
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WOW!
That is some very usefull information!
I will buy the mentioned SIG 9" and 11" WWII canopies
and some canopies from http://parkflyerplastics.com
(Al Rabes BBQ, Bearcat, Mustang etc....)
Then I'll for sure have one that fits well :-)
Thanks everybody for the help!
Especially for the parkflyerplastic link.
And also the picture references are wonderfull.
That might help a lot as I am also unsure what paintjob to do.
Thanks
Frank