Ham Posted May 8, 2012 Share Posted May 8, 2012 (edited) Greetings, I would like to do an early P-47D-4 from the 348th Fighter Group, New Guinea, circa early 1944. These early Fifth Air Force D's carried a tank specially made in Brisbane, Australia. Looking at photos on the drop tank link it appears it might be possible to cobble something together using the flat tank that comes in the Tamiya 1/72 and 1/48 kits. Has anyone built a Brisbane tank for their models? If so, how did you do it? Scale doesn't really matter as I think the skillset to build it will be universal. cheers! clicky Edited May 8, 2012 by Ham Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 Looked at it, but never done it. It's something that *needs* to be done. Those guys in New Guinea were some seriously unsung heroes... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tbolt Posted May 9, 2012 Share Posted May 9, 2012 The problem is is getting good enough pictures to produce one. It's hard to say from the pictures I've seen if it just needs a 150 gal tank with a section in the middle to widen it, or it might also need thicken up a bit and the length may need changing. I don't think I've seen a picture showing the back end so it's hard to say exactly how that is shaped. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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