it's a hobby boss P47D bubble top with a solid resin nose to make it an XP72...i bought a resin kit of the XP72 off a very small company off facebook and was pretty disappointed..the kit was based on the very old Monogram kit buy much rougher...but the nose wasnt to bad so a plan to graft it on a much better donor kit was hatched.
415003275_891679072556544_4480673438175997944_n by paul sabin, on Flickrthere was a large amount of miliput to make it fit.
382470128_2148312555364105_1707892272584813900_n by paul sabin, on Flickrbut with a lot of sanding and putty i gut it to look halfway decent
383315733_2151334811728546_4664048012979599117_n by paul sabin, on Flickrthe rest of the built is pretty much all hobby boss and simple
414534415_900090678480540_7135173959701124553_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
416784293_1489579291769849_4269761519928116215_n by paul sabin, on Flickrexcept i added metal barrels and pitot the prop is from the newly released Halbered Xp72 conversion as are the serials.
414534415_900090678480540_7135173959701124553_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
414849227_694246929505151_6166800540141182073_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
414730470_1170150947689686_7513968321435375556_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
414669538_2117270981959189_8552184963596428603_n by paul sabin, on Flickr
414624664_905985764593320_1820774637622806198_n by paul sabin, on Flickrits far from perfect BUT when i started it it was the mot likely way i was going to get one on the shelf.........or so i thoughtas meantioned above as i was nearing completion Halberd models announced their own conversion for the Tamiya kit so i had to have it....luckily the two airframes differed as one had the bloody huge 4 bladed prop this one has and the other had a contrarotating prop and conveniently Halberd supplies both.
416829273_2208472982681395_7306056372034179156_n by paul sabin, on Flickrthe real plane was built(2 of them) they were basically a P47D bubble top with an R2800 corncob fitted it was planned to be two stage supercharged with a remote engine driven super charger behind the cockpit(though it was never fitted) they acheaved a top speed of 490 MPH and were planned to be armed with either 6 50 cal machime guns or 4 37mm cannons
republic-xp-72-no-1-right-front by paul sabin, on Flickr
republic-xp-72-no-2-right-side by paul sabin, on Flickrand lastly next to a stock P47M
414594350_925689955837942_4766230133797109899_n by paul sabin, on Flickrnow to finish the next job
