Republic P-47 jet engine project

1/72 scale, 46 euros. Available June 2007 conversion: 20 euros

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Republic project for a modified P-47; In 1944, Republic Aviation began working on a turbojet-powered replacement for the P-47 Thunderbolt piston-engined fighter. At  first the new fighter was a redesign P-47. The I-40 engine, closely based on Whittle's jet, was about to be avaible in early 1944, but it had a too large centrifugal compressor to fit in P-47 fuselage. So a study  was done to accomodate the axial compressor J-35 engine, its your present kit. On September 1944, the Air Forces released new requirements and the evolution of the P-47 was give up, as it was time then for a brand new design, wich will become the XP-84.

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Up: the kit parts, exept the clear canopies
(two are in your kit box);
legs are white metal.
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The Buck Rogers nose art is renaud's fancy, as the top page original boxart. the decal sheet shown up is provide with your kit.