P-47 Doublebolt Before & After

[visaliaaviation]

Say, are those two jigged frames first "bubble tops" in mid right of VCS1's posted photo?

I love assembly images because they give great insight into how the planes are built. Try putting a stright edge on the various stringers in the vertical tail cone shot. Funny how our eyes see curves where none exist.

thank you VCS1!

[The Inspector]

In the shot of the four workers assembling the aft fuselage, amongst other things do you think the guy in the lower right side of the picture has a long enough extension drill bit? That thing must be 14 inches long!!

[AviaS199]

Now there is an idea for a real resto, a two seat Bolt for giving out rides in! You can get a ride in almost every type of bird left except for the T'Bolt.

I thought for sure the POF razorback had seating for two (or did you mean that POF won't provide rides?).

Gee, I thought the UN just flew Black Helicopters!

[Obergrafeter]

Those long drill bits are for aligning holes thru a curved surface. I have a few in my tool box, but not enough, then again I am not in the airplane manufacturing business.

[Ztex]

I have not seen the dual control T-bolt before!

That would be great fun.

Thanks for the pics.

[Jack Cook]

BTW the pilot in the 2nd photo is Dave Schilling and in the 3rd photo Pete Dade.

[usaf ssgt]

Nice diorama, but I keep thinking that it looks like the props are backwards. Did you scratch build the whole thing? The reason that I ask is that most kits already have them molded correctly...

Ryan

That's an old Hawk/ Testors kit, and the blades were all separate from the hub, and as a kit, the builder had to assemble the propeller.

I have built a few of those same kits in my day, and I remember that I hated those props, compared to the Monogram kits.

Leon