P-47 "Jug" Group Build

artabr wrote:

Thanks for the welcome. When I finish the F/W200 I'm working on, I'll start on an 1/32 Hasegawa P-47D . I'm going to try to build Gabby's last "Bolt" if my paint skills are up to stuf.      As far as posting photos, I haven't figured out how to form a paragraph on this durn thing much less post a photo. ( I never touched a computer before 12/24/07. I figure by about 2012 I might have clue !) To all a good day.

Cool! Here is my P-47D of Gabby's last aircraft I built a while back

This is the Tamiya 1/48 P-47D Bubble top:

artabr wrote:

When is the end date for your group build & is it to late to enter?

The first post by Greg who started this GB says:

ending date: end of 2008 (?)

So come on in and join us my friend.

You can never see too many Jugs.

When is the end date for your group build & is it to late to enter?

gzt wrote:

Soon we will have the whole 56FG here

Speaking of the 56th.....I have two books I need to get reading:

gzt wrote:

Yup, indeed this aircraft looks really nice ! Good job Mike ! Here is a bit update on my side .... unfortunetely I have to redo the stripes on a horizontal stabilizer ....

Looking good Greg. Can't wait to see her all done.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I appreciate it.

I did notice that I forgot to install one part so it's back to the bench.
I forgot the mirror that goes in the top of the forward windshield.

Yup, indeed this aircraft looks really nice ! Good job Mike !

Here is a bit update on my side ....

unfortunetely I have to redo the stripes on a horizontal stabilizer ....

Nice JUG Mike !!

Soon we will have the whole 56FG here  

Little Chief is ready for take off.

I finally finished my P-47D Razorback tonight.
I was not real pleased with the finish but it came out fairly well I guess.
It was painted with Tamiya acrylics through my Omni 4000 and Badger 360 airbrushes

Oh man, it's finally starting to clear up in the Reno area.  I swear, last Friday, Saturday and Sunday I did nothing but shovel snow all day and into the evening.  There was one point when I had cleared the driveway, sidewalk and front steps, then went to clear the back patio so the dogs could go out.  When I got back around to the front again another 2 inches had fallen in the areas I had already cleared!  It was one heck of a workout!  Whew! 

The only real bummer was that I had planned on spending the entire weekend working on my Pz II and Me 410, but that was not to be.  Oh well, hopefully we'll be good to go for this upcoming weekend and I can make some progress on my builds!!  

here is an update on my HV-A

I have begun decaling on mine:

Beautiful fit and finish there, John Display it proudly.

-Fred

Very nice build John, I love the colors and the nose art.

Thanks for sharing that.

mucker wrote:

Now that's just plaun SUH-WEET, John. Wow!

John:

Nice Jug !! Fully armed and ready for action

You did a very nice job with painting this bird. I do not see anything wrong ... let me inspect those pictures a bit more ... NOPE nothing wrong !

The ProModeler P-47N.  Had to steal the clear parts from a Hawk Metal Plate P-47.  Where the PM clear parts went I don't know.  Perhaps they were not in the box, but the ancient Hawk parts will have to do until I either get the parts or find them prior to stepping on them  I made the wing tip transparencies from an old drafting triangle, don't need them for Autocad drawings.

The NMF finish is SNJ with a few patches of Alclad II, over a base coat of Future.   Markings are for Sack Happy, flown by Robert Redfield of the 73rd FS, 318th FG at Ie Shima, July 1945.

Fred, thanks for the comment on the stripes.  There is one that is a bit out of line, but I'm not saying which one!

Absolutely incredible paint job, John .

And I thought invasion stripes were tough.

-Fred