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Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Instructions - Testors

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\J WINGS /FUSELAGE<br />

Preliminary Painting<br />

Paint parts as indicated by italic letter<br />

callouts using the COLOR KEY on below.<br />

Assembly<br />

1. Cement left landing gear strut<br />

assembly into locating lugs inside left<br />

lower wing 15. Note that oleo scissor<br />

faces forward and spoked wheel hub<br />

faces Inward. Glue machine gun<br />

barrels B20 to position shown in drawing<br />

making sure that B20 butts against rib<br />

inside lower wing. Cement upper wing<br />

half 22 to lower wing half 15. Repeat<br />

procedure for right wing using lower<br />

wing half 14, right gear strut assembly,<br />

machine guns B20 and upper wing<br />

half 21.<br />

2. Cement left and right stabilizers 27 and<br />

26 into slots on either side of rear<br />

fuselage as shown. Make sure that<br />

stabilizers are lined up correctly.<br />

Cement left and right wings to fuselage.<br />

Glue engine cowling assembly to front<br />

of fuselage. Again, check cowling,<br />

wings and stabilizers to make sure they<br />

all line up straight, then set aside to dry.<br />

COLOR KEY<br />

A No. 1749 Flat Black FS 37038<br />

B No. 1715 Interior Green FS 34151<br />

C No. 1790 Chrome Silver FS 17178<br />

D No. 1725 Neutral Gray FS 36270<br />

E No. 1711 Olive Drab FS 34087<br />

F No. 1704 Armor Sand FS 30277<br />

G No. 1768 Flat White FS 37875<br />

H No. 1138 Gray<br />

J No. 1147 Black<br />

K No. 1150 Flat Red<br />

L No. 1169 Flat Yellow<br />

M No. 1170 Flat Light Tan<br />

N No. 1180 Steel<br />

P No. 1183 Rubber<br />

Wings<br />

Left Wing shown<br />

scissor<br />

faces<br />

forward<br />

Wings/Engine Cowling/Fuselage<br />

Note: part numbers in parentheses ()<br />

are for right wing assembly<br />

left strut assembly<br />

(right - opposite assembly)<br />

22 (21)<br />

15(14)

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