Hasegawa 1/72 P-47D, GC II/5 La Fayette Corsica, Summer 1944
Posted: December 30th, 2017, 12:46 am
My last model for 2017 just scrapes in under the wire!
Ever since I saw the French markings offered in the old FROG P-47 kit I have had a hankering to build one like that. So a Hasegawa example was set aside for that project, and Model Art provided a nice selection of French P-47s. Work commenced in my Workbench Window about here:
http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=471&start=1305
I am sure that the old Hasegawa kit is not perfect, but I reckon it scrubs up quite well.
All I added were seatbelts, a control stick (none in the kit), landing, recognition and nav lights, and a hole in the starboard leading edge near the cabin intake for the gun camera. And I replaced the pitot tube with a pin. If I had realised it would be so obvious, I would have used some of my old Aeroclub PE sway braces for the bombs. I suspect a modern kit would do that better.
Painted mainly in Xtracolour enamels, with Humbrol support!
Decals performed well. My first use of Model Art decals.
I pre-shaded the under surfaces, and post-shaded the upper surfaces to represent fading. Tailwheel doors should be more horizontally mounted. Too bad. Let's call it weak hydraulics!
And here is a final pic with my earlier model (same kit) built around 20 years ago, painted in Xtracolour faded olive drab.
A very satisfying project for me!
Thanks for looking, and a Happy New Year to all!
David
Ever since I saw the French markings offered in the old FROG P-47 kit I have had a hankering to build one like that. So a Hasegawa example was set aside for that project, and Model Art provided a nice selection of French P-47s. Work commenced in my Workbench Window about here:
http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=471&start=1305
I am sure that the old Hasegawa kit is not perfect, but I reckon it scrubs up quite well.
All I added were seatbelts, a control stick (none in the kit), landing, recognition and nav lights, and a hole in the starboard leading edge near the cabin intake for the gun camera. And I replaced the pitot tube with a pin. If I had realised it would be so obvious, I would have used some of my old Aeroclub PE sway braces for the bombs. I suspect a modern kit would do that better.
Painted mainly in Xtracolour enamels, with Humbrol support!
Decals performed well. My first use of Model Art decals.
I pre-shaded the under surfaces, and post-shaded the upper surfaces to represent fading. Tailwheel doors should be more horizontally mounted. Too bad. Let's call it weak hydraulics!
And here is a final pic with my earlier model (same kit) built around 20 years ago, painted in Xtracolour faded olive drab.
A very satisfying project for me!
Thanks for looking, and a Happy New Year to all!
David