P-47 Thunderbolt GB

John, I feel your pain with the photo etch, that stuff drives me nuts. I'm actually on the final approach with my build. Unfortunately, I can't post any pics till I get back home.

Cheers,

Jerry

KINGTHAD: There's plenty of room and time. Welcome to the build. What kit will you be building?

grandadjohn: Your office is comming along well. I'm with you though, I don't invest much time into my cockpits. In 1/72 scale, if you can even see what color the cockpit is through the clear plastic, then you're doing good.

dragonfly and gwaihir: You guys win the award for jumping in and getting started. No, there is no prize, but at least you get to post pics of your finished builds before everyone else.

I know I said that the badge would be ready before school started, and boy did I lie. I haven't had much time to put torwards the build, but I did make 2 badges. Anyone else can submit a badge, I won't be offended. Let's have a vote, and we'll use the most popular badge. The only stipulation behind the badge is you must finish a P-47 (and post pics if you have the capability).

The second one dosn't say P-47, but I can slip that in if everyone likes it. Furthermore, I can omit the "Nice Jugs!" if it's not acceptable in the forum. Tell me what you think guys.

Joshua

I like the pic in the 2nd one but the nice jugs may not be appropriate... but there are "3" in the pics so.. maybe...

And while I have not started it yet... everything is in the box... kit, PE details, AM decals... all ready to go.  Getting close on the my 1/24 190D-9 for the BOG GB... close as in there is an end in sight.

Well guys, I'm not going to appologize for finishing early, but I've had alot of spare time out on the road and was able to push thru this build fairly quickly. It was a challenge with just the tools I thought I'd need, but fortunately there was a hobby shop nearby. I was able to get one pic into my friends laptop that I've posted, but I have to wait till I get home to show you the rest. I can't get the pics out of my camera without a special cable that's connected to my pc back home.

Anyhoo....this is the Hase, 1/48 kit. I used a resin CP and wheel wells. Also, alot of PE, all Tamiya paints, and kit decals.So here's what I guess I'll call, for now, a teaser. btw, this is a checker tail.

Jerry

Oh look... Jerry has turned out another butt kickin' model

Seriously Jerry... it really looks nice. Great work.   When can we see mose shots.   Love to see the pit and those wells

wing_nut wrote:

Oh look... Jerry has turned out another butt kickin' model     Seriously Jerry... it really looks nice. Great work.   When can we see mose shots.   Love to see the pit and those wells

I'll be back home the first week of Feb. I took several photos of the CP and engine before they were installed. Those pics are stored in the internal memory in my camera. I now have purchased an SD card that I can transfer pics to just about anything. I don't want to show more finished pics without the early shots. Kinda like the cart before the horse. I'm looking forward to seeing everyones work.

Cheers,

Jerry

Guys, don't forget to tell me your preference for the badges. So far I only have 2 votes.

gwaihir wrote:

When you did one before the build started, I was inspired, thinking that it would be a great way to try out some weathering, painting techniques, etc.

Wow, I think that makes the first time one of my builds has "inspired" anyone.

Dragonfly: You're right when you say it's a "teaser" pic. Judging from what we can see, it looks excellent. What color red is that on the cowl? I airbrushed a red cowl on my last T-bolt, but the color was way off.

I finished sanding down the Academy Razorback this evening, and I also glued the wings on the RM bubbletop. The razorback will get a nice OD/Grey coat, while the bubbletop has 3 bottles of AlcladII waiting for it.

I used Tamiya flat red. After a clear coat....I buffed it to a semi gloss sheen. Tomorrow..I'm ging to try to post a couple more pics. Thanks for the compliments guys.

Jerry

dragonfly wrote:

Tomorrow..I'm ging to try to post a couple more pics.

Cool cant wait.  I have a few more details to add and Ill be buttoning mine up and getting ready to start to spray it.  Hope others are going as well as mine.

Jabbe put me done for Capt Frederick Christensen's (P-47D Bubbletop) ride.

If I have time I have decals for a Razorback to.

Thad

wing_nut wrote:

Oh look... Jerry has turned out another butt kickin' model     Seriously Jerry... it really looks nice. Great work.   When can we see mose shots.   Love to see the pit and those wells

Also, forgive me. I couldn't resist posting another finished pic. I took the model outside to take advantage of the natural light. It was very windy, and fifteen seconds after this photo was taken, she went airborne. That's right...off the table and three feet down to solid concrete. Fortunately, the damage wasn't too bad. Lost a bomb and starboard stabilizer and a few scratches.  I should have known better when I could actually see the prop spinning when looking thru the view finder of the camera. Anyhoo...I've preformed suceesfull damge control. It could have been much worse. Very scary!!!

Jerry

OMG Jerry... I thought I heard what sound like a huge GASP coming from west of me

She sure looks nice though.

Jerry

Great build and glad the damage wasn't that bad

Jerry, Wow, those wheel wells look great! Very nice. I'm glad your damage wasn't too bad and you were able to fix it. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest when you post them, because all that we have seen so far look excellent.

Darren, I'm not sure how it would work, but they do make superglue debonder or remover (or something like that) I wonder if you put a little on a q-tip and almost used a dry brushing technique on the 'globs' if it would remove some but not all. I'm not sure, and I would definately practice first, I don't know if it would work / remove paint / or what other negative effects it might have. Another possibility (?) would be to use a needle file and try to sand away some? I'm just thinking outloud and am curious to see what others come up with. I wish you the best of luck on it and hope it turns out. BTW good luck with the mottling. I'm curious to see how it comes out (hopefully as well as in the book )

Leon

Darren, sometimes, because of the brittle nature of CA glue, you can get it to pop off the un-wanted areas in one piece. I've actually done that a couple of times. I carefully took a hobby blade to the blob and it scraped right off right down to the bare plastic. Worth a try. Good luck.

I also tried the mottling paint technique, and it seemed to work well. I only wished I wouldn't have second guess myself and gone with a little more contrast, cause the end result was very subtle. Before the clear coat, I thought it looked overdone so I toned it down with another shot of the thinned base color. Then after a gloss clear coat, it almost disappeared. I now wish I would have left it alone and stayed with the original results. The effect will definately diminish after a clear coat. Something to keep in mind.

Jerry

Darren – I just noticed your jug is sitting in front of a Helldiver box.  I have the Accurate Min. Helldiver just a couple of builds down the list and I think I read or was told that it is a re-tool of the Monogram kit.  How is the canopy in you kit?  The one with the Am kit is as close to unusable as a canopy can get  Amazing how that could have even ended up in the box of such a nice kit... looking as bad as it does.

Darren your paint job looks fine from here.

I got a little work done on my build today, finished the office up last nite and the fuse button togther today.

Thad