1/48 Tamiya P-47D

[Guest]

I assembled the landing gears and started work on the bombs, drop tanks and bazookas. Hope to start applying decals soon and can't wait to remove the canopy masks and see how the interior detail looks.

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I tried coating the propeller in tamiya flat coat to protect the black paint, but it just messed it up so I re-painted it.

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The large, flat drop tank in the middle.

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The 8, 50-cal machine gun barrels. I painted them in alclad polished aluminium.

see you next time

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[flyjoe180]

Good progress. Did the Tamiya flat leave a patchy effect when it dried by any chance? I gave up on the stuff a while ago and went to Humbrol Matt cote.

[Guest]

Good progress. Did the Tamiya flat leave a patchy effect when it dried by any chance? I gave up on the stuff a while ago and went to Humbrol Matt cote.

I first painted the prop in tamiya flat black, then I applied with a paintbrush a thin coat of the flat clear coat. When it dried it became white and it looked horrible. I didn't want to put it in my airbrush because it didn't seem to dissolve in water and I didn't want to break my airbrush. I tried to repaint it but the flat black would not go onto the flat clear coat properly so I had to sand the prop down to the plastic and start again, this time with only flat black.

[flyjoe180]

Sounds familiar. I used Tamiya flat clear out of a spray can and it was terrible.

[Guest]

Finally got back to working on this model after a break. I painted the wheel wells and finished the bazookas. I also did some weathering, maybe too much? Can anyone recommend a good airbrushable clear coat on which I can apply the decals?


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The bombs, Bazookas and weathering


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The well wells were quite simple and everything fit together perfectly


See you next time

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[flyjoe180]

Nice one Ivan, your Thunderbolt is looking very good.

Can anyone recommend a good airbrushable clear coat on which I can apply the decals?

You'll probably get a plethora of responses for this, but I personally use Humbrol Gloss Cote or Vallejo gloss varnish for my decal work, followed up afterwards with Humbrol Matt Cote. All airbrush nicely and evenly. I use a 1:1 mix of thinners and Humbrol varnish for those products.

[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely Ivan

[Guest]

fantastic so far, subscribing!

[Guest]

Nice one Ivan, your Thunderbolt is looking very good.
You'll probably get a plethora of responses for this, but I personally use Humbrol Gloss Cote or Vallejo gloss varnish for my decal work, followed up afterwards with Humbrol Matt Cote. All airbrush nicely and evenly. I use a 1:1 mix of thinners and Humbrol varnish for those products.

Thanks for that advice, I will try to get some of those clear coats by next week

[flyjoe180]

Good video here from Humbrol if it is of any use to you:

[Guest]

Good video here from Humbrol if it is of any use to you:

Thank you for sharing the video with me, it was very helpful. I ordered all three types of clear cote and they should arrive soon. What do you use to clean the clear coat out of the airbrush?


Thanks

[flyjoe180]

Treat it like any enamel paint, I use thinner or white spirit. Apparently you can use cellulose thinner as well but I haven't ever used it.

[Guest]

It's my favorite aircraft of WWII.


Good job .


Regards


ajcmac

[Guest]

Hello,


It has been a long time since I last posted, this is because the Humbrol clear coats that I was going to apply onto the model got lost while they were getting delivered. I'm trying to get some new ones but I think ill get a replacement only by next week. In the meantime, I decided that I was going to make a base for the P-47 out of a piece of MDF. I also finished the 1000lb bombs.


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The bombs painted Tamiya Olive Drab and masked out, ready to get the yellow line airbrushed on


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I think the line turned out quite nicely, without any major paint bleeds


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The bombs in place


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I have noticed a gap near the bomb pylon, I will try to fix that with some putty


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Applied quite a thick coat of glossy wood varnish to the piece of MDF


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After a bit of sanding the varnish, the finish was very smooth and glossy. I am going to paint the top in grey and the sides in white


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I think this is a good size base for this plane, I am planning to make an airfield diorama on it


See you next time

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[flyjoe180]

That's looking good!