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  • vintage P-47M Fire Ball project from 2008

    Hi All: I was going through some old files today, and found a project that I did, along with my partner, Bob Frey, back in 2008. We flew it in competitions at Top Gun, Scale Masters, and a few others. It was retired in 2009 to go to the Valiant Air Command Museum in Titusville, FL, where it can still be seen on display, I believe.

    It was a fun project, a very different paint scheme, and featured some pretty cool scratchbuilt items like a opening gun bay and .50 caliber guns on one wing, bullet feed trays, Click image for larger version

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    Cheers

    davegee Click image for larger version

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    Nicely done! Taking a model to the next level can be very rewarding.

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      Thanks, Twowingtj!

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