Great looking work, all the way around guys.  Thanks for posting your pictures....Will there be a round 2??

Thanks a bunch fellas!

Makes 7 weeks of effort worthwhile when it turns out nicely and is appreciated!

Looking forward to seeing more jugs come down the "assembly line" from others!

Tom- Stunning work my friend! It turned out fabulous, I really like your use of different Alclad to make variations in the metal. Trim paint and decals are top notch too!

Tom:

She's like friggin' perfect!!!

I hope my 1/32 Hasegawa Jug comes out even half as good.

Kudos sir!!!!

Panzerpilot - WHOOOAA HO HO! That is absolutely Stunning! That really is an oustanding Jug.

                                                                    Joe 

Nice to see everyone coming along. Congrats Doogs. Saw your build in FSM!

Well, folks. "Jabo" is finally done. 7 weeks Whew!.1/32 Hasegawa P47D.

Alclad NMF. Various colors. Duraluminum, Aluminum dark aluminum, over Airframe Aluminum.

I did the panel lines with Flory Concrete, which is a subtle dark grey. Yellow Ochre oil on the underside, with a bit of burnt umber mixed in in parts. Slight pastels here and there. Overcoat was Alclad light sheen.

I used the kit decals for the insignia. Super Scale for the rest. Thanks for taking a look!

Satch,  I feel your pain!   I was going to decal my Academy P-47N with the kid decals, but they splintered badly.  I've got all the paint on the bird, so I' m going to try to piece together a fictitious aircraft from that squadron.  It should be all right.  Rick

Satch: I know what you mean- sometimes I need a hobby to de-stress from my hobby...

This isn't even in the same league as what happened to you but still-  last night I went and airbrushed a M-16 from a large figure gunmetal and then was going to mist a little Alclad duralumium on for highlights and the airbrush suddenly just went WHOOP and sprayed full force all over the M-16. I had to just put it down and walk away.

Dunno what happened it, the airbrush is a GREX XL too, and I love that baby.  

Doogs: Interesting, I can see the resemblance there. Looks like the Re.2005 is the aircraft in the before and the P-47 is after gaining a bunch of pounds and chunking up 

Ain't it great having a hobby? Sorry to hear about you recent issues, I sometimes think "Why do I do this?" but it is too much fun not to! Good luck moving forward!

A day of EPIC Failures.  First my air compressor went TU.  Then I tried putting decals on the Jug and they crumbled to pieces.  Super Scale Int usually puts out good sheets but these were either old or substandard.  Total fail on every one, except the white background to all 28 kill markings.  Go figure.

So I have to buy a new compressor.  The new Grex is sweet.  I have to find alternate markings for the Jug.  Either find another Robert Johnson sheet or try to remove what's on and start over with a different bird.  UGGG!

Satch

So...don't know if anyone's seen yet, but Great Models is doing free shipping all this week. I took advantage to splurge on PCM's Reggiane Re.2005.

Only tangentially relevant, but interesting little tidbit I thought I'd share - the Re.2005 is actually a sort of distant relative of the P-47. Both were largely evolved from Seversky designs, including the P-35 (Reggiane's designer came from Seversky...). You can see the common DNA in the shape of the wings and stabilizers, and to a lesser extent the tail (the Re.2005's more resembles the P-35's tail, but still).

Great timing Doogs!  Now they could come back and put you're stable of Thunderbolts in the Gallery.   Rick.

Richard: Hey, looking good!

WVP51: Welcome and good luck. I too have never had much luck with Lindberg kits.

Joe: You know every time I've used the Alclad black it orange peeled on me. 'Course I've been having the same problem with a lot of gloss paints. The Alclad grey primer works great though, it dries with a little rough sorta orange peelish finish but a little buffing with fine sand paper ends up a great smooth even finish.

Got my copy of FSM yesterday and congrads Doogs on 'Hairless Joe'- beautiful model and great photo! Just wish they'd printed a bigger picture but I'm just nitpicking.

Doogs - Getting your P-47 in FSM is well deserved. Congrats!

Kermit - Very Nice work on that 1/72 Jug.

WVP51 - Thanks for joining us. Looking forward to seeing what you do with that Lindy.

Took some time this weekend to do a little testing and practicing with Alclad prior to actually shooting it the model. Broke out a "stunt" kit and sprayed one part with Alclad Black primer. It went on very grainy, most likely a product of holding the airbrush to far away. But it sanded and polished nicely. I then sprayed another part with Tamiya Gray primer as this was also recommended on the Alclad website. Only required a quick swipe with a polishing pad. I then sprayed both with Alclad aluminum. Both produced very nice results but it seems to me the Tamiya gray produced the smoothest and cleanest finish. Thus. I believe I'll prime with the Tamiya gray. I must admit that I am hugely impressed with Alclad and its finish.

                                                                                      Joe

kermiy- Excellent work you are doing, my friend!

WVP51guy- Welcome to the GB, I have seen the Lindberg on the shelf at my lhs and was wondering what could be done with it.

doogs- The tail stripes on Punkins are paint and decals. I first painted Insignia yellow, then used the Zotz black stripes. Other than a few adhesion problems (probably of my own doing) the decals laid down nice and only needed a little heat to conform to corners and such. Congratulations on FSM, nicely done!

Joe Rix- Thanks for the compliments. I bought the decal sheet for Chautauqua, but as soon as I saw Patsy I knew I had to build her. Eight Nifties should be quite the interesting nose art as well!

DoogsATX

 

wvp51 - Your Lindberg is totally welcome! What scale/type?

Its a 1/48 scale P-47D. I have heard less than stellar things about Lindberg kits...I opened up the box last night and could see why. Gonna take alot of paint and aftermarket decals for this one! Hopefully I can get it to turn out ok but my main aim for this build is to just have fun with it. I'm thinking invasion stripes but we'll see how it goes. Thanks for letting me in on the group build...its my first one.

Tonights progress: closing the fuselage and adding the wings:

Ofcourse the paint excess will be removed

Richard

Congrats Doogs! Looking forward to my issue.

Hopefully, now that you're a big shot you're still going to hang out with us little people

Thanks guys! Came totally out of the blue - I actually submitted months ago, and just found out probably a week before the issue came out. Definitely been a Jug-heavy couple of weeks!

wvp51 - Your Lindberg is totally welcome! What scale/type?

VanceCrozier

p38jl:

 

 

  Mine hasn't arrived yet ..!!??

 

 

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I've got a guy, who knows a guy, who pays off another guy, named Guy, to make sure my copy clears customs with no problem.

p38jl

 

 

  Mine hasn't arrived yet ..!!??

 

I've got a guy, who knows a guy, who pays off another guy, named Guy, to make sure my copy clears customs with no problem.

p38jl

 

VanceCrozier:

 

Has anyone else picked up the most recent FSM yet??? There seems to be a jug in the reader's gallery produced by one DoogsATX, although they messed up & used his "real" name - congrats buddy!

 

  Mine hasn't arrived yet ..!!??.. congrats Doogs !

 

Neither has mine but congrats from me too Doogs!

VanceCrozier

Has anyone else picked up the most recent FSM yet??? There seems to be a jug in the reader's gallery produced by one DoogsATX, although they messed up & used his "real" name - congrats buddy!

Can i join with a lindberg p47?

Has anyone else picked up the most recent FSM yet??? There seems to be a jug in the reader's gallery produced by one DoogsATX, although they messed up & used his "real" name - congrats buddy!

Von Sisco - I have that Zotz set and "Patsy" was the first plane i considered building. The more I examined it the more the masking seemed daunting to me and thus opted for "Eight Nifties". Yet, here you come and simply Nail It! Very, very impressive.

                                     Joe

Heh - I hear ya. Always fun to break from the pack and do something out of left field. My Zotz P-40F/L sheet has a late P-40F in Free French markings...I'm tempted!

On the Jug end, one day I will build a P-47D-30 of the Mexican Air Force (this one operated in the PTO in '44):

Doogs,

Thanks. I did build Balls out before like three times:

But i never built that free french one. Maybe less glamorous but still interesting with the different roundels and such

Richard

Richard - lookin' good so far! There was Tamiya P-47 at ModelFiesta a few weeks back done up as Balls Out...very striking scheme, that!

No idea why the bombs and rockets are just sitting on the ground, but whatevs...

Ed - I can swear I replied last night to Some Punkins, guess not though, but NICE JOB! Really dig the stripey tail - those are decals right? Was curious how those big Zotz markings settled down. And Patsy's looking uber-sweet right about now. Masking's always a PITA, but so worth it when the tape comes off.

Mike - That airframe aluminum is the business, is it not? 

Time for an update on Patsy. I started earlier this afternoon with what you see here:

After a decal marathon, I now have this:

I just love this AC! The colors and stripes on it just make it really pop. Patsy and I are in the homestretch now, next build will be a double build inspired by Doogs' builds. I will be doing Revell's bubbletop and razorback side-by-side! Can't wait!