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B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"

Trains and planes (UK site) has decent pictures posted of the new FM/A Razorback T-Bolt. I am trying to contain my anticipation and excitement by what I see...

The mold has nice rivet detail crafted into the wing root and the cowling area
The canopy appears to be positionable
I see no gaping or glaring seam lines... from the angles of the posted pictures, the model appears to have excellent fit.

The serial indicates the model is a:

P-47D-22-RE

I hope FM keeps to historical authenticity on this one. Will have to do some more checking to make sure.

At least one concern I see:

The wings appear to have no riveting detail and the panel lines look a tad washed out... I am betting FM did a new fuselage mold and then grafted the old wing mold to it. But... the pictures of the wings are too small and/or too distant to make out clearly.

And... fingers crossed that FM has engineered/designed this one with clean undersides (one thing will be relatively certain, however: if the wings are from the old mold, you can bet there will be non-recessed screwheads in the gear wells.)
 

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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"

Check out this web-site:

395th Nose Art Gallery

It appears FM/A produced this livery with historical authenticity in mind. The serial matches, the nose art/names, both port and starboard are correct, markings look correct.

One thing is not correct with the model: no antennae. This is a bit disappointing... especially considering that FM went to the trouble of adding a rear-view mirror... but no antennae? Go figure.
 

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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"

I saw that today as well...I don't think canopy looked right.
Also they had pictures of the PBY too.
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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"


I don't think it can be posted here since it is a retail site. Google "trainsandplanes" you will find it with no problem. Check out the PBY! Very interesting.
 

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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"

And... fingers crossed that FM has engineered/designed this one with clean undersides (one thing will be relatively certain, however: if the wings are from the old mold, you can bet there will be non-recessed screwheads in the gear wells.)

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(no antenna either but it is a pre-pro.. But it looks pretty good, good to see the sliding canopy, finally)
 

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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"


I googled FM p/n B11E749, but no dice!

 

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I googled FM p/n B11E749, but no dice!

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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"

This one looks to be worth getting and seated next to & side-by-side with Rozie Geth II!

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Re: B11E749 P-47 Razorback Richard Kik "Fearless Dick"

"Big Ass Bird", "Fearless Dick", I think the guy at FM who choses liveries needs to step back a bit and get back to checkerboards...
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