please pleasepleaseplease will som1 post some tips on how to detail a p-47 s pratt and whitney 2800. im about to start it and as my habithobby is becoming more and more demanding i need ref materials HELP
Several good images can be found by going to Yahoo or Google and typing in R-2800 (click on the “images” link near the top will help you skip the text.
As to the actual how to; I’ve never bothered. Others have used wires and/or solder to replicate the various hoses; look at the pictures to see what hooks where, cyanoacrylate will probably do a pretty good job of holding things in place.
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/301-400/walk375_PnW_R-2800_8w/walk375.htm
These pictures are a little on the dark side, but they show the engine pretty well from all sides. I don’t know if this particular engine was from a P-47 though. There were several minor changes for different planes.
Music City’s pictures are pretty accurate for a P-47 engine. Basic gray and steel and gunmetal with some grime thrown in to boot. [;)]
2,800 cubic inches of pure power.
Now that’s what I call a big block. [:D] [;)]
Mike
though there’s nothing like an open book on your work bench or pics plastered all over your bulletin board…these reference photos are great Scott…
I agree, and have a notebook I keep printed reference pix in when I’m working on a model. Our secretary at work can’t understand why we go through so many color ink cartridges from time to time. Hope she never notices that it always seems to happen when I start on a model.
They got me through this one for a Corsair that I need to finish sooner or later
Pratt and Whitney’s site has some information about their engines as well, but it isn’t a whole lot. It’s fun to look around the sites of the people who actually made this stuff though. Their page on the R-2800 is Here
You ain’t really lived until you stand next to one of those things during a run up and it’s pulling 52 inches of manifold pressure at 2700 rpm. About the most fun you can have with your clothes on.
Scott
Great work on the R-2800. But I would point out that you need to install 2 ignition leads on each cylinder. One to the front of the cylinder and one to the rear (I could tell you how much fun it is to change the rear spark plugs on the rear row but this is a family forum.)
Very nice references, thanks!
Frank
I can only imagine[^] I’ve seen them at airshows, but only on static display and from a distance when they were running.
Thanks, Quincy. If I ever get around to finishing that model, the engine will be under a cowling and only the ignition ring really visible. 18 of them was trying my patience, I wouldn’t have made it through 36! Guess I could go back and stick 18 little short pieces of wire on though [V]
a real big thanks guys now i can do that big bad P and R justice [:)]
How about standing near a P&W R-4360? [:0]
My Dad used to work on them and said that one Bearcat at Alameda NAS was running up and the engine had so much power that it ripped the cable out of the ground that was holding the aircraft in place. [tup]
Now that’s cool. [8D]
Mike
Yea, but there ain’t nothin’ like standin’ behind two P-51D Mustangs as they run up those big old V-12s prior to take off!!!
They filmed about a months worth of footage for the “Tuskegee Airmen” at Fort Chaffee, AR and Fort Gibson, OK.
The Mustangs and a couple of T-6s were hangered at the Fort Smith Regional Airport during that time.
My youngest son, the crew chief, and I would go out to the last chance check point every morning that they flew and watch 'em go through their procedure. It’s not so much the feel as it is the smell. Nothing else like it!!!
Only one word to desribe it…AWESOME!!! [bow] [bow] [bow]
Randie [C):-)]
Mikev,
What model Bearcat used the P&R 4360?
I’m not sure but it may have been a Reno racer.
I wish I could ask my dad about it again but he is with the Lord. [:)]
Mike
Rare Bear is probably the premier racing Bearcat (www.rarebear.com) but their site shows it as running a PW 3350 engine. It is based out of Orange County though.
This may be the one that my dad spoke of:
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/aviation/article/0,12543,663604-2,00.html
They did put a R-4360 in a late model F4U Corsair and that may be the one my dad spoke of also and I am confusing the stories. [:)]
Mike