Product introduction:
P-47N was The final production model P-47, was produced solely for action in the Pacific. Its new wing had a span of 42 feet, 10 inches, an area of 322 square feet and squared-off wingtips. With additional internal fuel (as tested on the XP-47L), two 93-gallon drop tanks under the wings and a 100-gallon drop tank under the fuselage, the P-47N had a total fuel capacity of 1,266 gallons and a range of 2,350 miles, which was enough to permit it to escort B-29s to Japan in the last months of the War. The P-47N was power With a 2,800hp R-2800 engine, It had a gross weight of 20,700 pounds and a high speed of 467mph at 32,500 feet. Republic built total 1,667 P-47Ns example .An order for a further 5,934 planes was canceled. The P-47 was retired as a first-line fighter right after the War, but bubble-canopy P-47Ds and P-47Ns stayed in the reserved training squadrons until 1955.
- Item No: 02265
- Bar Code: 9580208022659
- Scale: 1/32
- Item Type: Static Aircraft
- Model Brief - Length: 347.2 mm; Wingspan: 407.55 mm
- Total Parts: 465pcs
- Photo Etched Parts: 1pcs for seat belt
- Film Parts: one sheet photo film for instrument panel
- Total Sprues: 18 sprues, 3 tires in rubber, 1 clear cowling
- Paint Schemes:
- 1) P-47N(44-88211), flown by Lt. Oscar F. Perdomo, at Le Shima, August 1945
- 2) P-47N, 333rd Fighter Squadron, 7 Air Force, 1945
- Released Date: 2008-03
- More Features: The kit consists of 423 parts in plastic with an additional 3 TPR tires, 21 clear plastic parts for canopy , one fret of etched parts