Arniec Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 (edited) Hi guys,as you can see in the title I will do the 1/32 Hasegawa P-47D Thunderbolt II.It will be build most out of the box.Pictures of the box content will follow later.cheers, Edited March 23, 2016 by Arniec 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 From not knowing what you're going to build to this!! She'll be a big beasty with plenty of room for extra detailing. I have a feeling SEAC schemes will be quite popular for this GB. Well good luck.....though I don't think you need it with the quality of model you produce, look forward to seeing her in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 5, 2016 Author Share Posted January 5, 2016 From not knowing what you're going to build to this!! She'll be a big beasty with plenty of room for extra detailing. I have a feeling SEAC schemes will be quite popular for this GB. Well good luck.....though I don't think you need it with the quality of model you produce, look forward to seeing her in the gallery. O, hehehehehe I was still not sure of doing this one till this weekend. Well about the detailing. I will keep it to a minimum. I will ad some seatbelts, wires for the engine and I have some metal gun barrels from Masters. And I will also paint the roundels and codes myself. So nothing special. I first wanted to ad a resin engine from Quickboost etc. But I don't have to much time for the build. I have already started a build in the made in Britain GB. and on the 13th of Februari I also start two other GB's. So it would be nice if both models are ready by then. O, and I am also in the process of starting to paint two tanks ( leopard 2A4 NL and a early Jaghdpanther) Druk,druk,druk,druk!!!!! (Bussy,bussy,etc) Cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mottlemaster Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thats going to take up a large chunk of display case or maybe you will do it in flight so it can hang over all your Luftwaffe subjects while strafing them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Thats going to take up a large chunk of display case or maybe you will do it in flight so it can hang over all your Luftwaffe subjects while strafing them You could learn a monkey to fly!!! Takatakatakatakatakatakataka Hehehehehehehe Unfortionatly it would need to fly over some Japanese planes Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 (edited) Hi Guys, Here are the pictures of the Box content. The Boxart. And the content. And the decals to make up the codes. The roundels will be painted. And finally the few goodies used. That is it for now. Time to start the build. Cheers, Edited January 9, 2016 by Arniec 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 9, 2016 Author Share Posted January 9, 2016 I have started the build with the engine. I made a few holes for the ignition harnes. Now that is done needs the engine a coat of paint. for the underwings racks you need to remove a strengtening beam(?!). At first I wanted to make it neat again for the painting, but I also made the bomb racks and after dryfitting I noticed that the beam was hidden by the racks. I have cleaned it up, but not polished. I also made the air inlet that can later be painted. I hope tomorrow to do the cockpit. Still need to find the seat harness. cheers, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Good luck arnie that looks like one awesome kit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Wow that dose look very nice indeed! And some nice extra bit you have to go with it as well. Will be waiting in anticipation for the first real update! Oh as well I got my beast as well as a few extra bits....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 10, 2016 Author Share Posted January 10, 2016 (edited) OK Rich, Here is the update. Done a lot today. Here are some pictures. I first made the cowling. I read somewhere that this wasn't easy. Well with some patience I managed it. I made a different approach to the instructions. First I glued the ring E8 to the aircooling/air inlet. Then part D28 and lined it up. After this I placed part D25. and finally the part D11. I needed to fiddle wit this part a bit, but got in the end a nice cowling. After this I strengthen the glued surfaces with some extra glue. I used for this some contacta from Revell. I also did a dryfit to see how it looked. And I noticed that on the underside to the fuselage is a step. This will need to go later on in the build when I place the cowling for good. It's not much, but quite anoying. I also got the cockpit done. Here she is before painting The seat got some seat belts from another build (P-51B from Trumpeter) I don't know if they are correct, but the info on the seat belts is to my knowledge a little bit a can of worms. And the cockpit with some paint on. And the engine and cowling were painted as well. So, this has been a buzzy day. Tomorrow I will start some detailpainting, washes etc. Before the cockpit can go into the fuselage and be closed. This is it for now. Cheers, Edited January 10, 2016 by Arniec 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Excellent kit and excellent start. Very nicely done so far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Wow you have been busy, plus you get an idea of the size of the beastie as well! They didn't make life easy for you with that cowling, the instrument panel looks nice and should come out really well with painting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Great start Arnold,the kit look,s a superb starting point! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 It's alive!!!!! IT'S ALIVE!!!!!! IT'S ALIVE!!!!!IT'S ALIVE!!!!! Boy what a big beast. Hehehehehehe As you can see the fuselage is closed. But before I did that I gave the cockpit a wash, detailpainting etc. Here are some pictures. The cockpit before everything put together. And now some pictures after everything is put together except the instrument panel. and with the instument panel as well. Well you have already seen the fuselage closed so the last picture is of the engine after a dry-brush with some Alluminium paint. That is it for now. I hope to start tomorrow at building the engine up with it's ignition harness. Cheers, 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rom1 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Very nice work! I'm impressed by the front panel's raised instruments. they pop up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Very nice, the cockpit looks great and the detail stands out. She is a big model, I was looking at some in a museum I was in today....glad I'm only going for the 1/48th version! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Thanxs guys. I have build a few years ago a 1/32 Ju-87 D from Hasegawa and I think they are almost the same size. Only the Thunderbolt is twice as fat as the stuka is. And it's a one seater!!!!! Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 16, 2016 Author Share Posted January 16, 2016 Done some work today. I have glued the wings and have been bussy with the brass gunbarrels. The instructions from Master say that they can be swapped with the Trumpeter ones and for Hasegawa you need to make the wholes in the inner wings bigger. This is possible to do, but I find it the difficult to get the right length with glueing. So I took the difficult way and cutted them to length with my Dremel tool. Now I still need to drill a hole and a small piece of brass tubing put in and Than I can put them in after painting. I also test fitted the wings and they fit like a glove. I will try to get some pictures done tomorrow. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 This is looking fantastic so far! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Here is a update of the last two days. As I said yesterday I have modified the Master gun barrels. Here are some pictures. Here are the master gun barrels. Left in the picture the original one, mid the sawn one and right the modified one. And here the modified ones with the original ones from the kit. And here a test fit in the wings. left original and right the master ones. They are a big improvement. As you also can see that the gun inserts are a good fit. After a close look on the pictures they need a extra swipe with a sanding stick. I also modified the belly of the beast.After some sanding with a sanding block it looks much better. The step is gone. I also lost some detail, but this has been rescribed. And finally a picture with the wings and stabilizers in a test fit. That is it for now. Cheers, Edited January 17, 2016 by Arniec 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted January 17, 2016 Share Posted January 17, 2016 it's a shame you had to cut those barrels, but the look so much better that the original ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arniec Posted January 17, 2016 Author Share Posted January 17, 2016 it's a shame you had to cut those barrels, but the look so much better that the original ones.They are ment for the Trumpeter kit as a direct replacement. For the Hasegawa version you should make the holes inside the wing bigger and slide them in.The downside to me is that you don't have enough control with the length will curring of the superglue.Now I used the Hasegawa ones to have the right length. Cheers, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted January 18, 2016 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Lovely progress Arnold and those replacement barrels look far superior! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Very nice progress and details! And it's SEAC so I will be copying, sorry referencing your build! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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