Hobby Boss - P-47D - 1/48 (Steven)

[Waspie]

Hat off to you for doing the IP by hand. That's a great result.

[minitnkr]

Excellent start.

[Guest]

Love the instrument panel ??

[Steven000]

Thanks guys, I had some more bench-time today and glued all the cockpit parts together,

The pilot was put in his seat with superglue, he fits nicely and holds the stick just below the handle, but acceptable as he’s a bit tired on his way home : D, his left hand is hanging in thin air since the throttle-control is missing in the kit (Perhaps I’ll add that later).


The 2 halves of the fuselage have a large pin,


When gently put together it looks like this, after that it’s a tight fit and most likely very difficult to separate the halves again. So you can’t really dry-fit unless you remove the large pin. I guess they designed it like this for people starting out, who don’t yet have clamps etc…


The placement of the cockpit is very easy and well designed,


The model will end up on a stand (flying), so in a later phase I’ll have to drill a hole in the underside. In order to have some ‘solid material’ in that place I’ve added a piece of wood, I drew a center-line on the wood to make sure the block is about 55% inside the first fuselage-halve, that way I’m sure the 2nd halve will fit without hitting the wood. The wood was fitted with a few drops of hot-glue.


Next I glued the fuselage together with Tamiya Extra Thin and added a few clamps.


At first glance no putty will be needed, still need to scrape down and clean the glue bond.




Next step is the wing,
Cheers Steven

[Jim R]

Excellent progress Steve. It looks a well thought out and well fitting kit. The block of wood is a good idea. Your pilot looks very comfortable

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Top work Steve. This is really nice.

[scottie3158]

Steve, really looking good.

[PaulTRose]

Looking good

Always liked hobbyboss....seemed good value but never realised they did 1/48

[Airborne01]

Looking as if it's turning out superbly mate!
Steve

[Steven000]

Thanks guys, yes Paul they make 1/48 models as well, I once made their Me262 which was a lovely kit.

I started on the wings, no separate parts for the flaps or ailerons. It would take some extra time to cut them out and adapt the parts, so for this build I think I’m keeping them as they are… I did use a razor saw to open up the side-lines,


And used a scraper to deepen the recessed hinge-lines, so they look a bit more like seperate parts…




The model will have the gear ‘up’, so I had to adapt the gear parts a bit to close up the underside of the wing.


It was a bit fiddly but I managed to place the panels into the wing. I used some pieces of stretched sprue to increase the glue-contact-area.


Afterwards I cleaned the new panel-lines created by the gear-panels with a scriber.


One side of the wing didn’t seem to close properly, so I cut this pin a bit shorter.


Next I added the wings to the fuselage, no issues and it starts to look like a plane now…


Thanks for reading & have a nice day,
Steven

[flyjoe180]

Nice and clean work Steve, looking good

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Good work Steve. It's going to be a beauty.

[boatman]

HI Steven some wonderfull work on this thunderbolt how you painted that i/p was beyond me but it lookes very real an an excellent idea on the gun site an the scibein on the wings is brilliant looks like you have a lot more steady a hand than me VERY WELL DONE SIR this plane will look good in the flyin mode but how will you get around the prop are you just leavein the prop as it is or goin to fit a bit of round glass to to look like the prop is spinning ?
an you sir have a nice day
ATB
Chrisb

[Steven000]

... how will you get around the prop are you just leavein the prop as it is or goin to fit a bit of round glass to to look like the prop is spinning?

Thanks Chris! Well I'm still thinking about it, I would like to try making it spin with a transparant disk, but not sure if it will turn out realistic. I will try tough, first I'll have to add the engine. Cheers, Steven

[Steven000]

Not much bench-time today, Used the razor saw on the rudder trim tab, deepend the elevator hinge-line…


Also glued the horizontal stabilizers in place…


Next is the engine, but that needs a bit of an overhaul, so will take some extra time...

Thanks & Cheers
Steven