Beany's Academy 1/48th P-47D "Gabreski"

[beany]

This hit the doormat today:



Price sticker on the box says Modelzone £25.99 - I paid £16.49 delivered, so I reckon I got a bargain.


It doesn't look to be overburdened with detail and this will be an OOB build, so I should get it done in time, in spite of starting
7 day week, 12 hour nights for a fortnight at 9pm tonight.



The side lettering is rub down transfers rather than waterslide decals for some reason, the rest are normal decals.


Cheers
Al.

[iggie]

Not seen rub-downs in a kit before; is it because of the stencil type lettering?

Do you get the pilot figure too as posed on the box lid?

[Molly-new]

This hit the doormat today:

Crikey, that must have made a racket I am tempted to venture into the 1/48 scale as my eyesight is deteriorating rapidly. It will be interesting to follow this to see how it well it goes together.

[Marek]

Looks like their 72 scale kit just scaled up, with different cowling arrangement . I actually never seen any of them built. Will watch with attention.

[beany]

That's my favourite bit done; I really enjoy cutting the parts from the runners.

Do you get the pilot figure too as posed on the box lid?

Yes iggie - a nice little resin piece.

[iggie]

He looks a neat and very detailed character, even a little battle hardened!

[Ratch]

Looking forward to this

[TobyC]

Welcome to Jugland. That looks to be an interesting kit and challenging camo.