With metal shortages during the war, the British came up of a novel way of extending a fighters range with drop tanks, made of paper.
Andy Brazier takes a look at Eduard''s resin 108gal paper fuel tanks.
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World War II
Discuss WWII and the era directly before and after the war from 1935-1949.
Discuss WWII and the era directly before and after the war from 1935-1949.
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1/48th US 108gal paper fuel tanksPosted: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 03:31 AM UTC
spaarndammer
Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: January 28, 2007
KitMaker: 1,945 posts
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Joined: January 28, 2007
KitMaker: 1,945 posts
AeroScale: 388 posts
Posted: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 06:29 PM UTC
Thanks for the review. I think I saw a picture on the forum of a P47 carying both the paper fuel tank as the standard one. That would be a nice idea for my P-47.