1/48 Tamiya P-47D Double Build- 56th FG "Schilling and Gabreski" (Finished)

Now, your just showing off... you should put togetyer another of your tutorial for external weathering like you did for radial engines.

Thanks Joe.

damouav

Now, your just showing off... you should put togetyer another of your tutorial for external weathering like you did for radial engines.

Thanks Joe.

 

Ha! Not really. 

tempestjohnny

Ooh ooh Joe is building a Jug

 

two portions 

What's better than a pair of Jugs? Why a pai* ** **** Hang on, being told I can't use that joke here, whoops! 

Joe as usual, you're killing it. In one night you've done what would have taken me weeks to do. 

Quick question, what do you use to simula the paint wear/chipping? I've got a cheap crappy paint brush that I hacked off and used to dry brush with, but seeing your work I want to copy it HAHA.

Thanks for sharing your work.

RadMax8

What's better than a pair of Jugs? Why a pai* ** **** Hang on, being told I can't use that joke here, whoops! 

Joe as usual, you're killing it. In one night you've done what would have taken me weeks to do. 

Quick question, what do you use to simula the paint wear/chipping? I've got a cheap crappy paint brush that I hacked off and used to dry brush with, but seeing your work I want to copy it HAHA.

Thanks for sharing your work.

 

Ha! Thanks Max. For small chipping I use a silver prismacolor pencil. It's easy to overdo so you have to be careful.

....and your welcome. Hope some people get a little use out of my tricks. 

Lawdog - Thanks for the consideration on my Gabby Jug, which I just finished. It feels like I've learned over half of my modeling techniques from your tutorials! Thanks again for sharing.

I'm looking forward to your fading and shading on Gabby's jug. I thought it was a challenging scheme in the trade-off between a nice, crisp model and the reality of overspray, tape lines, and sketchy sprayed on camo.  

Hoss WA

Lawdog - Thanks for the consideration on my Gabby Jug, which I just finished. It feels like I've learned over half of my modeling techniques from your tutorials! Thanks again for sharing.

I'm looking forward to your fading and shading on Gabby's jug. I thought it was a challenging scheme in the trade-off between a nice, crisp model and the reality of overspray, tape lines, and sketchy sprayed on camo.  

 

Thanks Hoss, and your welcome.  Truthfully, other than some dirt, I probably won't do much fading.  The 56th were meticulous and actually waxed their planes to get a touch more speed out of them. 

Where was I with these turkeys.  As always, getting the airframe(s) together is a fairly painless endeavor.  Sometimes the rear spine insert on the bubbletop can be problematic and care needs to be taken.  I usually tape it tightly in place and glue it from the inside.  

You also have to take care with the belly seam and not sand out detail where the panel lines converge (ahead of the supercharger waste gate). Masking tape along the seam helps preserve detail here.  I did have to rescribe and add some rivet detail.    

I switched to the Pratt and Whitney R-2800 Double Wasps.  As I've always said, Tamiya's example isn't their best work and in my opinion is the weakest part of the kit.  To quote Wally Cleaver I "gave them the business", particularly some ignition wiring. Here's how I do it.

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

Note the one on the right has better cooling fin detail.  Is the mold getting long in the tooth?

I sought to replicate this bad boy....

Here's what I came up with...

Weathered...

A preshade, almost ready for paint. The "Sch"is for Schilling so I don't confuse them. 

I have the gear doors blue-tacked in place for ease of painting the invasion stripes for which both will get. 

The work you achieve on the radials just makes your builds pop. A work of beauty all round Joe, well done. Do you polish the airframes prior to preshading/primer?

Thank you for posting.

Gorgeous work as always.  Your radials are jaw-dropping.

Looks like a couple P-47's to me... Carry on, my man!

Wouldn't doubt that mold gets plenty of use, you may have kits from two ends of the run... either that or you got a Monday kit! I've got a Quickboost engine for when I do my razorback P-47D.

damouav

The work you achieve on the radials just makes your builds pop. A work of beauty all round Joe, well done. Do you polish the airframes prior to preshading/primer?

Thank you for posting.

 

Thanks and your welcome Damian. No polishing. Other than the seamwork, I don't even prime them. 

Aggieman

Gorgeous work as always.  Your radials are jaw-dropping.

 

Thanks Aggie 

RadMax8

Looks like a couple P-47's to me... Carry on, my man!

Wouldn't doubt that mold gets plenty of use, you may have kits from two ends of the run... either that or you got a Monday kit! I've got a Quickboost engine for when I do my razorback P-47D.

 

Thanks Max. That's my thought. This mold is almost 20 years old already. I've been saying I will eventually drop a quickboost mill in one of these. Too bad you have to drill out the prop hub, and not do it crooked!

Great work dog. The engines and pits look amazing. 

Always a pleasure to watch your builds.

Fantastic work as usuall - and one of my favorite kits in terms of engineering and fit.  Really looking forward to your camo finish on this one.

plasticjunkie

Great work dog. The engines and pits look amazing. 

 

Thanks PJ

Tickmagnet

Always a pleasure to watch your builds.

 

Thanks Tick

sickdude

Mighty fine sir, mighty fine! You and Mr. Hoss have the P-47 arena covered, that's for sure! Your an inspiration to us all, thank you for sharing .

 

Thank you..and your welcome.

B777Commander

I love it so far! I envy your build speed my friend. I have a Tamiya jug that needs built, in Kenneth Dahlberg's livery. I love your choices though too! Gabreski and Schilling are great personalities to go with great liveries.

 

Thanks B777. I did Dahlberg's skull and crossbones a few years ago. Great subject! 

keavdog

Fantastic work as usuall - and one of my favorite kits in terms of engineering and fit.  Really looking forward to your camo finish on this one.

 

Thank you Keav...

Man I'm loving that radial!!

Mopar Madness

Man I'm loving that radial!!

 

Thanks

I continue to plug along on these turkeys.  I'm starting to see Montex masks and Tamiya tape in my sleep.  I endeavored to paint on the stars and bars and invasion stripes.  I figured I'd add the stars and bars first.  First I sprayed down some XF-2 white and added Montex masks.

Next I mixed XF-8 Flat Blue with XF-1 Flat Black to come up with Insignia Blue. I sprayed this next.

I then switched exclusively (for the moment) to Gabby's Jug which would get full invasion stripes.  The fuselage stripes were unique and showed to have only the white stripes with black borders. Apparently they removed the black ones or never painted them in the first place. This photo kind of shows it, at least the "borders".

I started by spraying the whole area black.  Then I cut strips of Tamiya tape to outline where the white stripes will go. 

Next White was sprayed.

I then sprayed more white on the wings and then taped off all of the areas to remain white.

I taped the flaps and gear doors in place so everything is consistent.

Next I fired down black which was then taped off (This work was also done to Schilling's Jug, but only the lowers).

My research showed that the 56th FG painted these with RAF stock in their day fighter scheme of Ocean Grey, RAF Green over Medium Sea Grey.  I had these in Tamiya paint.  I started with the underside Medium Sea Grey XF-83 and used XF-2 White to reverse base it.  

Note: At this point both planes are painted at the same time as they share almost the same scheme.

Next I fired down the XF-82 Ocean Grey.  I reverse based this with white as well. 

Next I got to the tedious process of adding the green striping/mottling.  I went in close with low pressure.  I found this challenging on both as reference pictures were hard to find, particularly the upper wing surfaces.  For Gabby's Jug I used the 1/32 Hasegawa P-47 profile in instructions (from my stash) and for Schilling's the limited pictures I could find on the net. In reality this is a crap shoot anyways and it was probably pretty random.  I also sprayed the rudders and cowl bands as appropriate. Overall I'm pleased.

Tape and masks removed (Schilling) 

Gabreski unmasked.

I'm pretty happy with the fuselage stripes.

All together?

Time for some weathering then decals.  I hope I don't have to paint any invasions stripes for awhile....

I'm enjoying seeing you bake these turkeys to perfection,  as always.

You should go on master chef...