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Thanks,Rob,Darby,Polo and meatbox for your comments, much appreciated. Cheers Allan

That is a really neat build, Nigel and a real nice paint scheme. Top job. Cheers Allan

Thanks Stix,Cookie,Rich and Patrick for your comments much appreciated. Cheers Allan

Here is my P-47 from the group build. Painted with Citadel Mithril Silver and Tamiya and revell for the rest.

Finished pics are now in the gallery. This was a fun build which took longer than I intended. Thanks for all the positive comments and advice. I can now start my Corsair for that group build although I've only got 5 weeks I think so I'll be cutting it fine. Cheers Allan

P-47D Hun Hunter XIV Lt. Col G. Wymond, 57th fighter group, Alto,Corsica 1944 Tamiya 1/72 kit. Paints- Citadel Mithril silver, Tamiya Olive drab, yellow, Revell Red. Rising Decals - Thunderbolts over Corsica

Evening all. Well I'm finally calling this one finished. Took a quick snap but will take more in the daylight tomorrow. Cheers Allan

Wow,again! That is one of the finest models I have seen for a while and the fact that it is brush painted is amazing. Add to all that the superb photos are the finishing touch. Congratulations Stix. Cheers Allan

That is extremely nice. What a lovely paint job. Cheers Allan

Top class job there Mike. Really neat work and quick too. Cheers Allan

That is a top class job there Arnold. I like that a lot. Cheers Allan

Stix just caught up with this. Wow! I have to say your brush painting skills ate excellent. This it turning out to be very special indeed. Cheers Allan

This is looking very nice indeed. I like those markings I may have to see about getting them ,another one for the long list of Thunderbolts I would like to do. Cheers Allan

Excellent work there Patrice, very impressive. Cheers Allan

Excellent work there Sean. Top job with the markings. Did you paint the blue design on the tail? The Hasegawa kit builds up really well despite it's age doesn't it. Cheers Allan

Thanks Cookie and Rich for your comments. Cookie the black patch is a decal. Cheers Allan

Evening all. Almost there... Cheers Allan

As others stated, panel line washes are a very personal thing. For me, less is more and I prefer just doing it with a darker colour of the same shade. So maybe using a gray as Rich suggested would look better. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Peter Thanks for the feedback Peter. The panel lines do look a bit more pronounced than in the previous pics but I'm not sure why. I don't think the picture is actually how it looks as it looks to have a really Matt finish in the picture but not so much in reality. Anyway there is nothing I can do about it now so I'll just crack on and get it finished. Cheers Allan

Wow love those painted stars and bars and your red/white stripes,very striking. Cheers Allan

Superb as usual Steve. I love that camo scheme. Cheers Allan

Excellent t-bolt there Mike. Hollywood high hatter is near the top of my to do list. Cheers Allan

Finally getting somewhere with this. Flat coat done,masking off the canopy and wheels on. flat coat was tedious as my xtracrylic flat was clogging up constantly despite being thinned and using a flow retarder. Can anyone recommend an acrylic flat varnish that won't clog up every two seconds? Cheers Allan

Thanks Marco for that info, it's very helpful. Hopefully I'll get started on this soon but still trying to finish my P-47 for that group build, I never seem to have much spare time at the minute. Cheers Allan

Thanks Marco that's exactly what I was looking for and gives me answers to some of my questions but also raises some others. The prop colour on the decal instructions is white and I was a bit dubious about that but that picture makes me think maybe it was or perhaps it could also be a metal unpainted prop. Anyways thanks again Marco Cheers Allan

Two good looking jugs there Sean. Allan