P-47D "Eileen" 1/48 Tamiya kit

Looking good.  I will be following!

Toshi

That is gonna be a sick looking Razorback. Very nice work on the pit and an excellent choice on the scheme.

BK

Great star, really nice work on the pit.

Lookin good so far Red.  A very attractive scheme for the P-47.  Pit looks great.

Chris

The holy grail of 1/48.  Great start.....

Gave wiring up an engine a shot. Thanks to lawdog114's fine tutorial.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/149327.aspx

Came out decent, not to be used as a wiring diagram, but a representation non the less. 

Got her in a light coat of primer ready to pre-shade, and shoot color. 

Wow, that looks great

Yes, that engine and its ignition wires look great.  Thank you for sharing, and thank Law Dog for the tutorial.

Love the pit too.

Looking greast so far, can't wait for it to be done.  thanks for sharing.

John

Great....now I'm going to have to build one of these too!  

Well, I hope whenever I get around to it, it will look as nice as yours is so far!

Thanks guys!

I love the cockpit and engine detail you've done.  Excellent job!

Toshi

Looking real good 

I just love that engine!!!! I wish that I knew of that web site before I made my B-29 engines. The use of clay to hold the engine in place is really smart. Great idea.

Got the pre-shading and base color laid down. This particular bird still had her invasion stripes on the bottom of the wings painted over faintly with neutral gray, but you could still somewhat see them. I wanted to simulate this so I painted on the stripes and shot several light coats of neutral gray. I still need to finish the visible invasion stripes on the fuselage, as well as paint the nose white for the checkerboard pattern coming up. Then going to try dot filters with oil paints, as well as a pin wash for the panel lines.

Those effects are perfect. Absolutely love it!

Thanks for your helpful tutorial lawdog! 

Next, I have the base colors laid down. Still need to finish the black invasion stripes on the fueselage. Then its off to gloss clear for decals and washes. 

I am starting to use oil washes, dot filters, for the first time so we will see how that goes. I used an oil wash of burnt umber and black for the landing gear and pylons. More to come...

Very nice work! I like the OD color, what did you use? Nice addition to the landing gear as well.

Thanks rooster! The Olive Drab I used is Model Masters Acrylic OD. Several light coats of it over flat black pre-shaded panel lines. I am going to apply a multi color (blue, green, yellow, white, etc.) oil dot filter to add some tonal value and depth to the olive drab. Try to take the weathering up a notch. Definitley practicing on a scrap piece first. ;)

Speaking of color... I meant to post this earlier on in the beginning. As you may or may not know, the P-47s built by Republic had a "Dark Dull Green" interior. Those built by Curtiss had a Green Chromate interior. To match Republic's Dark Dull green, I used 50/50 parts Tamiya Flat Green (XF-5) and Tamiya Dark German Gray (XF-63). I think it came out pretty nuts on. ;) 

Getting ready to tackle the checkered nose decals. It is in 3 pieces.. left, right, and a top piece. Any tips on laying this down? Which one to start with?

Thanks!

Nice progress so far. I did the 1/72 version and for the checkers, I cut out the white ones that are along the sides with plenty of decal solution, you will probably need to do some touch up where the decals don't match up. If I do one again, I will probably just end up masking the white and spraying the black checkers. Can't wait to see your finished result 

Thanks for the insight and the tips. I am going to give the decals a shot and see how it comes out. 

Dumb question for my art brain, but on the decals it says "right" side. That means your right as if you are sitting in the cockpit correct? 

Redman7176

Dumb question for my art brain, but on the decals it says "right" side. That means your right as if you are sitting in the cockpit correct? 

Correct