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Hasegawa 1/72 P-47D -- My last completion for 2022

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  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Land of Lakes
Hasegawa 1/72 P-47D -- My last completion for 2022
Posted by cbaltrin on Thursday, December 29, 2022 11:09 AM

Hey Gents,  I Just finished this 1/72 Hasegawa P-47D. It had been sitting around in an  almost complete state for several months. I stopped working on it when I selected and disected the wrong sized natioanl insignia for the starboard fuselage, not once, not twice, but three times!   So after about 3 months recovering from the mental trauma this caused, I gave it another go and managed to finish up the kit.  

 This kit looks nice when done and I am happy with the result; but I don't think I'll ever build another one when I have the option to build a Tamiya P-47 for about the same price. The fit was ok, but the spartan cockpit and wheel well detail, combined with numerous sink marks that I had to deal with on external surfaces, has soured me on this particula kit. Oh, and did I mention it comes with no centerline drop tank?Confused

On the Bench: Too Much

  • Member since
    May 2011
  • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
Posted by Real G on Thursday, December 29, 2022 11:21 AM

Troubles aside, it turned out real purty.  That's a nice clean build, which goes to show you don't have to barbecue a model with weathering products.

Good on ya for rolling one out just before the year's end!

“Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”

  • Member since
    June 2014
Posted by BrandonK on Thursday, December 29, 2022 12:27 PM

That looks pretty nice. I would not have imagined you had any issues with this one. Very clean Jug.

BK

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A lot !! And I mean A LOT!!

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  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Land of Lakes
Posted by cbaltrin on Thursday, December 29, 2022 10:17 PM

Thanks RealG and BK!

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  • Member since
    March 2013
Posted by patrick206 on Friday, December 30, 2022 11:33 AM

Your Jug in any scale is excellent, in 1/72 it's outstanding. A very clean build, so nicely built and finished, I really enjoyed seeing it. Thanks for the post and photos.

Patrick

 

  • Member since
    May 2004
  • From: Land of Lakes
Posted by cbaltrin on Friday, December 30, 2022 1:22 PM

Thank you Patrick, I appeciate the kind words. Glad you liked my build.

patrick206

Your Jug in any scale is excellent, in 1/72 it's outstanding. A very clean build, so nicely built and finished, I really enjoyed seeing it. Thanks for the post and photos.

Patrick

 

 

On the Bench: Too Much

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