Tamiya P47M AM

Edit: Turns out I found a 1:48 .50 cal ammo belt by eduard.

Ammo belt

It seems good and is made for aircraft, is there a better option, or is this the way to go?

This is one of the greatest model kits ever made. It doesn't need an aftermarket cockpit and it’s stunning right out of the box. Aries is a waste of money in my opinion. The instrument decal works great too. Maybe add a resin seat or Photoetch seat belts and be done with that. I have no experience with the gun area. Good luck.

Here’s my recent Tamiya Jug if you need a reference...I know it’s a Razorback but it’s essentially the same kit.

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/2/t/176548.aspx

Lawdog: well just pulled out the sprues, and you’re right. Cockpit has plenty of detail, no need to buy an Aires set. I will though get some seatbelts, probably the eduard PE ones. And I will get the Aires gunbay kit to add interest to the kit. You can bet that I will be using your radial engine tutorial! Really well written. Also you p47 build looks fantastic! 

7474: yea I saw all these items on eBay. I will add up and see if the AM is cheaper on scale hobbyist or eBay.

Thanks for helping, appreciate it, 

Kien 

I was gonna say, don't bother with the a/m pit....but we're past that already!

If you are unaware, Yahu makes beautiful pre-colored instrument panels. Those are well worth the 5-ish bucks, and are every bit as good, if not better than Eduards...but you're not paying for all the extra stuff.

I know Squadron has em listed ("in stock soon") for the P-47D...not sure if there's much or any difference to the "M".

Personally, I haven't used any of them yet, but I have bought about 15 or so and stashed em in with their respective kits. These things are beautiful!

Fermis,

Thanks for the reply. I was looking for some precolored PE instrument panels, but the eduard ones were 15-20$ !  So I decided to skip, but those Yahu precolored ones seem great, and are only around 6$. Even though I purchased the AM already (the gunbays and PE seatbelt set), I think I'll go back and get one of the Yahu panels... maybe a couple for future builds.

Kien

Yeah, the kit doesn't need much at all. I used HGW fabric seatbelts, and I did have an Eduard cockpit set I got for $1 or something and had already snatched the harness out of, so I ended up using the Eduard stuff for the instrument panel because I'm lazy and it looked nice.

Here is a shot of mine with the Eduard panel and HGW fabric harness. FYI the color I used for the pit is Mr. Paint Dark Dull Green.

-BD-

Brandon D, 

Well I'll have pretty much the same as you for my P47, I ordered some PE seatbelts and a 5$ PE instrument panel. Nothing else for the cockpit, the detail already looks good. I have some mission models zinc chromate green which seems to be common for people to use on USAF ww2 interiors, but some people also use the dull dark green. I'll see which one I use... maybe just stick to the zinc chromate green instead of buying another bottle of paint. 

Kien

Kien

I have some mission models zinc chromate green which seems to be common for people to use on USAF ww2 interiors, but some people also use the dull dark green. I'll see which one I use... maybe just stick to the zinc chromate green instead of buying another bottle of paint. 

Depending how accurate you want to be, bubbletop Jugs had a dark green interior.  I remember reading that they called it "Republic Dull Dark Green".  You could add a touch black and blue to your ZC green which would get you close. I always do that but start with Tamiya Deep Green as a base.       

lawdog114

 

 

Kien

I have some mission models zinc chromate green which seems to be common for people to use on USAF ww2 interiors, but some people also use the dull dark green. I'll see which one I use... maybe just stick to the zinc chromate green instead of buying another bottle of paint. 

 

 

Depending how accurate you want to be, bubbletop Jugs had a dark green interior.  I remember reading that they called it "Republic Dull Dark Green".  You could add a touch black and blue to your ZC green which would get you close. I always do that but start with Tamiya Deep Green as a base.       

 

Well, seems like I’ll have to do dull dark green. When you add blue is it regular blue or the medium blue (xf18)? Maybe I’ll get some modelmasters dull dark green green from my hobby shop. Also what would I use my bottle of zinc chromate for? The wheel wells and engine bay? Or would that be zinc chromate yellow.