Hasegawa 1/32 P47D Republic Thunderbolt

[Guest]

Vaughan braving the cold and the color yellow all at the same time! You're the Man! It came out great with nice crisp lines ,really top notch work!

[Guest]

stunningly done the paint job is so good

mobear

[Vaughan]

Thanks guys, I've added a wash and flat coat so all's finished, fuselage here we come.

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[yak face]

beautiful work vaughan, yellow is a very tricky colour, cheers tony

[papa 695]

Great job on the cowling Vaughan

[Vaughan]

Well I'm very close to joining the fuselage. The cockpit walls are sprayed interior green where they will be visible and the area behind the pilot. There are two areas on the lower fuselage below the wings that will need some attention as there are sink marks on both halves some squadron green putty should fix it. In the mean time I've constructed the wheel bays and have sprayed them ZCY by mixing ZCG and a few drops of yellow this seem to have come out ok.

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[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Very nice, look real good

Adrian

[michaelm]

Crackin' build, great job with the cowling. M

[Guest]

A fantastic bit of work there Vaughan. Keep up the good work,

Andy

[flyjoe180]

Great progress Vaughan, that cowl looks fantastic.

[Guest]

Coming along nicely Vaughan,looking forward to seeing the fuse halves joined up! Keep up the great work,cheers Trey

[Vaughan]

Hi all

At last the fuselage is finally together a small amount of filing was required but I made sure that the seam from the front of the cockpit to the the engine cowling was left as it present on the real P47D(see Image). Wheel wells are now attached to the lower wings and also the optional panels have been added for the Maj Glenn T.Eagleston version the landing light being at the far right. I will also need to remove the two rails from the lower wing surfaces, and drill two holes, to allow the hangers for the drop tanks or bombs to be fitted.

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[stona]

Good progress Vaughan. It's recognisably a P-47 now and that ZCY looks spot on to me. You can just about see my version on the inner gear door here.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

Looks fantastic so far. I remember my Thunderbolt. The first ever Scale build i ever completed.

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I enjoyed every minute of the build all 16 months of it i think lol. Still never flown it yet. Keep up the good work

Andy

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[Vaughan]

Andy first time that I've seen your build it looks fantastic some great detail you need to get that bird in the air.