Official FMS 1500mm P-47D Razorback Thread

[jetfool]

Grossman,
WOW! WOW! I'm speechless. Looking fabulous.
Best regards, Rex

[Grossman56]

Rex's pilot. Getting there!
Hard to get an accurate picture, he looks better in real life, at least to me!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

I hear you. My wife just had colon surgery three weeks ago and is still on the mend. We do what we gotta do.
Send her our best.
Sucks getting old.
Got the pics by going online and typing in Bob Johnson WWII pilot and went to 'images' on Chrome.
The original pic looks like this


I just cropped it.

Dan

[jetfool]

Dan,
He looks just like Bob. Thinking if I sent you a picture of Bob Johnson and four of his buddies walking arm in arm in front of their planes after a mission you could paint each life like and have them walking around arm in arm in front of my display by remote control, it would be the hit of the show. Wha- do- ya think? JUST KIDDING! My mind wanders sometimes.
Really you are creating a masterpiece.
Not getting much done on P-47 this week, wife has surgery tomorrow so will be running the household this week until see is back on her feet.
Best Regards, Rex

[davegee]

I have them Dave, I'll see what I can do.
Meanwhile, the Rex pilot's face is 90% done, hours of work on such a little surface!


He's coming along!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

Excellent! Looks just like him! Where did you get that picture? I have never seen it before.

[f4u ausie]

Absolutely brilliant :stuck_out_tongue: gross

[Grossman56]

I have them Dave, I'll see what I can do.
Meanwhile, the Rex pilot's face is 90% done, hours of work on such a little surface!


He's coming along!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

It says '65' on the body. If I can get the right head and the marine body at the same scale would be very cool!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

I discovered there is a complication. All my parts that I have printed are on one zipdirive and all have been converted from STLs to GCodes. So, I can't change anything that is on the zip drive. I can only reprint what I have on the drive.

I just got a response from Elbee on a query I had to him if it was possible to switch a GCode back to a STL and back again. It is possible, but complicated, probably beyond my comprehension. I think whatever we have done so far can be reprinted, but as to doing what you were requesting, at thispoint, I think we are at a dead stop to do that. I would need a fresh STL to modify again. Where did we get these STL figures originally?

Sorry.



davegee

[Grossman56]

It says '65' on the body. If I can get the right head and the marine body at the same scale would be very cool!

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[jetfool]

Holy Moly Dan, He is looking great. Better than I ever could do. Those pictures also help in the canopy area framing.
Best Regards, Rex

[davegee]

Hi Dan: the pilot head is looking great, very realistic! I know the pilot in the openable canopy of the P-47 should go a long way to help scores by the judges this spring.

Regarding the head for the larger pilot I gave you, did I write anything on that pilot body denoting what per cent it was scaled up? That would be helpful to scale up the RAF head for the larger body. If not, I can make an educated guess. I might need to get that body back to help me scale up the head so it fits properly. I’m sure we can make it work.

Cheers

davegee

[Grossman56]

BTW, Bob Johnson.....





Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[Grossman56]

Hey guys, the latest on Rex's pilot, darned phone stopped showing up on my PC so there are some pics of the progress that I can't download. Anyway, here's the head so far...



For what its worth, he looks better live and in person. The face colors are about done, now its a matter of pupils, lips eye brows etc, then on to the helmet.
I had Dave print a head for the Big Guy, but its the marine head and not the RAF head. Could I get you to print an RAF head for him, and (pretty please) print me a marine pilot of the same scale?
I think I owe you a spool Dave, we'll talk.

Grossman56
(Dangerous Dan)

[davegee]

Just sent the address , i thought the cockpit / hatches were in stock from Horizon

I didn't try Horizon, but bought directly from FMS in Tallahassee, FL. It is in the pipeline now so I'm hoping it will be here at the end of the week, and once I get it regardless, I'll ship out the fuse and the cockpit part to you. I look forward to getting the completed bubbletop conversion from you someday and start on my first foamie P-47 bubbletop model. I like what you did with yours from the photos.

Cheers

Davegee

[vrosi1963]

Hi Vrosi1963: I have tried to send you a couple of PMs to set up sending my FMS P-47 fuselage and cockpit piece but I'm not sure it is working properly. I don't see any evidence that shows I sent the messages like I normally get. Did you receive anything from me as a PM?

Thanks,

davegee

Just sent the address , i thought the cockpit / hatches were in stock from Horizon

[davegee]

I will charge you only $80 via paypal for the conversion including a new canopy my cost alone $22ish , 3d printing a plug , sanding prep and shipping to my vac for guy ,, you pay shipping both ways for the fuse, your choice of how , this is cheap considering my time ,10 hours for the foam work and primer and filler, Your choice I really like my 1.2m P47 flying characteristics and dont see my buying a 1500 anytime soon, so let me know. send me. the interior is your choice .i will only provide a blank clean ready to finish platform only. pm me when you are ready for the address , i am guessing the fuse has no stickers hopefully,

Hi Vrosi1963: I have tried to send you a couple of PMs to set up sending my FMS P-47 fuselage and cockpit piece but I'm not sure it is working properly. I don't see any evidence that shows I sent the messages like I normally get. Did you receive anything from me as a PM?

Thanks,

davegee

[davegee]

Davegee,
Yes please on the throttle quadrant. Want it to look as good as possible.

WILCO!

Cheers

Davegee

[jetfool]

Davegee,
Yes please on the throttle quadrant. Want it to look as good as possible.

[vrosi1963]

Hi i will need the fuse and removable HATCH but not the clear razor canopy . i can remove it or you can do it . did you pm me . i saw something then it disappeared

[davegee]

Dan,
Your pilot is going to look great in the 47. Using your pilot painting tips My pilots are getting better each time. Hope you show the steps you take on painting. The flat black primer trick really makes the painting go better.
Dave,
Outstanding model! Nice to remember friends who have gone before us.
Another will be in my future if this conversion goes well. a P-47M for me.
vrosi1963,
Really glad you have joined us Crazy guys who modify perfectly good models. It takes a village working together to reach the Rainbow.

Best Regards, Rex

Hi Rex: Do you want me to include a throttle quadrant with the proper knobs on it? I printed up the basic quadrant, just need to paint it and put the knobs on. You can look at it with the other parts when you get them and see if you want to add it. I think you'd have to remove the OEM quadrant, can't remember what that looked like at the moment, but this one should be pretty scale and accurate.

The M model is one of my favorites, although a lot of people aren't familiar with them as they all went to the 56th FG and were divided up into the three squadrons in the last months of WWII in Europe. I have done planes in all three distinct color schemes. I think my favorite is with the 63rd FS, with the "disruptive sky" blue as they called it. It is actually a Very good camo scheme in the air, though. There were sometimes we would actually "lose" it for a moment flying up above us! I found some old photos of Fire Ball at a competition in Phoenix from several years ago. This is the one you saw in Titusville, FL.