TFC P-47G Thunderbolt Unveiled

ktst97 · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 12:38 am

Aircraft Mech Paul wrote:

Now, the question is, what will the 3 Razorback Thunderbolts, with Combat Records, look like when they come out of restoration with the same folks who did the most recent P-47D (Bubble Canopy) whose name escapes me. As I read, recently a small exerpt that those were the next in line to be done.
Paul

Are you referring to the 3 in storage at WestPac ?

bomberflight · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 1:25 pm

Ken asked for update news ...... how about a picture taken today ~ Oct 30th

Steady progress is being made as more and more boxes of components migrate from the shelves and into the airplane.

All being well ~ we might see the first post restoration engine run before the end of 2011.

I'm keeping everything crossed it will be ready to fly for Legends in July 2012 :wink:

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

P-47G is looking great. I hope someone gets pics and video of the engine run.

Interesting to hear about those 3 P-47s. Never heard of those before.

Chappie

Lightjug · **Posted:** Wed Nov 09, 2011 5:08 pm

Chappie wrote:

P-47G is looking great. I hope someone gets pics and video of the engine run.
Chappie

TFC posted a video of a successful engine run today.

P-47 Snafu Engine Run

Chappie · **Joined:** Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:40 am **Posts:** 987

Lightjug wrote:

Chappie wrote:

P-47G is looking great. I hope someone gets pics and video of the engine run.
Chappie

TFC posted a video of a successful engine run today.

P-47 Snafu Engine Run

Fantastic! Lovely sound!

Thanks for the video.

Chappie

MKD1966 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:57 pm

Over on the TFC Facebook page they have posted some first flight photo's... She's a beauty !!!
Mike

JohnTerrell · **Posted:** Mon Nov 21, 2011 2:36 pm

It's just an RC model (though a very nice one!).

affas · **Joined:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:20 am **Posts:** 2

I am building this as a large RC scalemodel.

Anyone which has the colorcodes of Snafu?

Thanks,
Alf

affas · **Joined:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 5:20 am **Posts:** 2

Anyone??

Zachary · **Posted:** Wed Jan 18, 2012 9:24 am

affas wrote:

Anyone??

A very good resource for aircraft modeling questions (with no offense to Scott and the model forum here on WIX) would be HyperScale. You can visit at www.hyperscale.com. There is a wealth of knowledge there. For P-47 modeling specifically, I HIGHLY recommend AeroScale's P-47 Heaven forums, which are part of the larger Kitmaker network of model forums. You can find that here http://p47.kitmaker.net/.

Best of luck with your build!

Zack

Lightjug · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2012 2:15 pm

Looks like Snafu was out for a walk Monday

http://friends-of-tfc.blogspot.ca/

darrenvox · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2012 8:19 pm

looks great!!

bomberflight · **Posted:** Fri Mar 23, 2012 3:22 pm

Just in case you missed the pix of "Snafu" I posted recently on another thread .....

viewtopic.php?f=3&t=44948

:wink:

bomberflight · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:38 pm

"Snafu" was out for another engine run / taxi run / systems test .....

All my pix from lunchtime today are marred by serious heat shimmer :roll:

thanks to the spring mini heatwave we have right now
~ temps are almost double what they would normally be at this time of year ! ( Around 65 F when these were taken )

It sure does look nice moving under its own power though !

:wink:

Zachary · **Posted:** Mon Mar 26, 2012 3:44 pm

FANTASTIC!!!

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