Chip's Republic P-47D Thunderbolt***Finished***

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » February 6th, 2013, 3:59 pm

Thanks guys. I have started to get a bit of colour on:

I forgot the white stripes on the tail and rudder, which I would have preferred to have done after the primer stage.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 7th, 2013, 1:33 am

Looking good.

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » February 11th, 2013, 10:24 pm

Only a little bit of progress, as I have been away for a few days:

I am currently awaiting some Humbrol DecalFix to arrive at the LMS so that I can get this one finished.....

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » February 13th, 2013, 5:32 pm

Decals on, using Humbrol's new DecalFix. It goes on to matt paint so no need for a Klear coat, and is applied before and after (similar to Micro set/sol but only the one bottle):

The decals have conformed nicely to the wing detail, with no silvering visible. Unfortunately the decals are slightly out of register, but a bit of touching up should improve them:

A coat of matt varnish should get rid of the slight shine seen in the above picture. Then I just need to attach the u/c, so I should be able to finish this within the deadline...

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » February 14th, 2013, 4:47 pm

Doh.......Whilst putting the u/c on I managed to push the one piece gun barrels into the body of the wing.

After much shaking and poking around, followed by considerable deliberation, I have decided to fill the holes and then attach some stretched sprue to replace them.

And I was soooo close to finishing.

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » February 14th, 2013, 7:02 pm

Don't you just hate that towards the end of a build! I hope your stretched sprue works well

Molly-new · Post by **Molly-new** » February 15th, 2013, 4:05 pm

Thankfully managed to get this one finished with no further calamities:

Quite pleased with the way it came out in the end, though as Andrew said previously it definitely needs re-tooling.

Saxon · Post by **Saxon** » February 15th, 2013, 5:29 pm

It's come out quite well for an old kit

Dirkpitt289 · Post by **Dirkpitt289** » February 15th, 2013, 5:30 pm

Nice looking build

Marek · Post by **Marek** » February 15th, 2013, 5:43 pm

you switched kits halfway through to make a finish with tamiya?!

But seriously, splendid effort and build.

TimJ · Post by **TimJ** » February 16th, 2013, 12:21 am

Great result.

ara398 · Post by **ara398** » February 16th, 2013, 6:40 am

Fantastic result for that old dodderer of a kit!

Well done that man!

Adrian

aeroplanegripper · February 16th, 2013, 9:47 am

Nice build on the old P-47 there mate, came out really well.

Post by **splash** » February 16th, 2013, 2:59 pm

Great finish on an old classic.

Regards Splash

Sissel · Post by **Sissel** » February 17th, 2013, 11:49 pm

It looks beautiful. Well done.

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