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Hello, As mentioned in the first review of the kit, the main shape issue seems to be the air intakes shape. Difficult to explain but as you have the detail and scale book, you will easily see the differences between the real aircraft and the kit. As the plastic is quite thick in this area, I think that you should be able to correct the shape. Regards.

Hi, Not easy to know which kind of propeller was used. One your first picture, that was the top left blade which make me think that it's a paddle blade propeller, round tip and the fact that the blade becomes wider after the cuff. But on the color picture, it's the thin blade propeller. B On the picture below of the pilot of your P-47, it's a symetrical paddle blade. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Mahurin#mediaviewer/File:Mahurin-L.jpg And we know that many propellers had been changed on P-47 during wartime in the field. So both propellers may be right. Regards

Hello, Stunning paint job and weathering. About the propeller, it seems to me that the one you have taken is a Curtiss Electric thin blade propeller, but for me on the real plane picture, the propeller is a Curtiss Electric symetrical paddle blade propeller which has more round tips. Just check it if you have more pictures. Regards.

Beautiful aircrafts, maybe I will buy one. But I think you have both made the same mistake, the inner gear doors are not in the good position. The one you put on the right should be one the left side and the left on the right side. Easy to fix. Regards.

Sorry if my explanation was not good but I was not talking about the blades. What I call the cuffs are the parts added to the blade near the axe of the propeller for aerodynamical reason. On your propeller, the cuffs are the parts where you've placed the stencils. They are on the blades of the planes on your three first pictures as the propellers are Curtiss Electric ones but not on the two last pictures as the propellers are Hamilton Standard made. The cuffs can be made of composite material so you cańt have any chipping. Here are to P-47 Curtiss Electric symetrical paddle blade propeller.Both have cuffs but the right one was modified to have trapezoidal cuffs found on P-47N (you can see the plastic card and putty on the cuffs) Hope it is clearer Regards.

Good job so far . I'm not sure that the cuffs on the propeller were metalic so you may not have such a weathering on them. If there is any expert... Regards

Hello, Here is my first model for 2014. It's Hasegawa Bf109-K4 with Aires cockpit and Barracuda wheels. Paint scheme from the box with German crosses and nose decoration painted with home made masks. I find easier to weathered painted markings, and for the one the nose I was afraid of the fit of the decals. Best regards

Hello, Here are the last pictures of my Ta 152. PCM kit with painted markings, Rutman propeller blades and Eduard dashboard. Should be followed in a few months by the ZM kit, showing the same aircraft but in german markings before it's capture. Best regards.

Hi, what a beautiful Jug!! Be fore you go further, you have made a mistake that many modellers do about the star and bar on the fuselage. The part of the insigna which is on the small door is misplaced, as this door slides forward inside the fuselage as it opens. So the vertical blue part is hidden inside the aircraft. If you have reference pictures, have a look at them or there are two P-47N in the Ready for inspection forum.(july) Regards

Well, this one is the eleven's one, The "N" is the only 1/32 one until now, all the others are 1/48. But I still have one Trumpeter 1/32 Razorback and one Bubble top to build.

Here is my latest Kit, just finished this afternoon. Tamiya 1/48 kit with Aeromaster decals. Just add the ingnition wire on the engine. Regards

Hello, first of all, thanks for your comments. It's the trumpeter kit. Right, the tail was painted with mask as are all the national insignas. Well, my eyes are not that young but on the first picture of your post, it seems to me that it is a symetrical paddle propeller. Here is a picture of the propeller provided by Trumpeter and the same one during the modification of the cuffs to make them trapezoidal. I have at first only noticed that it have spoked wheels, without counting them, and so ordered AM six spoked wheels. As I haven't found eigth spokes wheels since, the plane keeps the six ones. When I took the pictures, I haven't received the AM wheels and then have the kit ones. Good remark but not easy to change it. In detail and scale book, there are two pictures of an P-47N with the same tail decoration with rockets, so I do the same but no picture of Too Big Too Heavy with rockets.

Hello, Here is my last build, a different interpretation of this beautiful aircraft. Here is the propeller with modified trapezoidal cuffs that was fitted on P-47N. I have done this modification after that the pictures above were taken, when the propeller on the aircraft was still having "rectangular " cuffs as provided in the Trumpeter kit. Regards

Hello, what a beautiful finish, very different from how I've done it. I have been fighting with this big beast not such a long time ago, and with the help of some modellers from Master194 french forum, I have finished it with some differences from yours. It seems that P-47N were fitted with the symetrical Curtiss electric paddle blade propeller with trapezoidal cuffs and not the asymetrical you used. The wheel hub has eight spokes and was not covered. I haven't found such AM wheels so I've put six spokes wheels. Last mistake that many modeller made on the P-47 is the way they represent the star and bar on the intercooler doors of the fuselage sides. As the door slides inside the fuselage during its opening, the only thing that can be seen when it's fully opened in the blue horizontal bar and the white above, the vertical bar is hidden in the fuselage. Hope that I haven't bothered you with my explainations. Regards