Keep_calm

Beautiful work! One of the best examples of weathering I've ever seen!

Amazing Marauder! Nice work!

Hello fellow britmodellers, This is my third and last model in this year. Tamiya 1/72 P-47D “Razorback”. At first I wanted to follow my line of American fighters in British service but there were some good reasons not to: 1. My girlfriend wanted a plane in natural metal finish 2. We wanted to try nose art on a model and American fighters (especially P-47) are the best planes for it 3. This is P-47D! This plane represents the American way in aircrafting: bigger, faster, higher! So apart from the model there was some aftermarket bought: 1. Hamilton propeller from AIRES 2. Eduard photo etched cockpit details (found locally for “bubletop” version only, but they are mostly the same) 3. Decals for the P-47D from Techmod I’ve chosen the plane of polish fighter-pilot cpt. Boleslav “Mike” Gladych named Pengie III after the nickname of his then girlfriend. I recommend to read his biography which is very interesting and includes evacuating planes from Poland to Romania, escaping Romanian internment camp, joining French Air Force and participation in several fights (with unconfirmed victories), joining No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron… Also he almost shot down the Churchill’s aircraft Most of the victories he claimed while serving in famous 56th Fighter Group under col.Zemke (61st Fighter Squadron under major.Francis Gabreski). His wartime 'score' totals 17 claimed destroyed, 2 probables, 1 shared damaged, and 5 ground kills. Now back to the model. As it was expected, tamiya quality is on exceptional level. Building was without problem, unfortunately I lost closing cylinder for the undercarriage cover and made it from scratch. Model was painted by AK Xtreme Metal Aluminium after black semi-gloss primer (found gloss black after painting, always check your stash ). Other colours are from tamiya and gunze. Decals are very good, but the serial number is wrong so I’ve made it from two different numbers on a decal’s sheet. Well, from here I hope you will enjoy the model and wish you the Happy New Year!!! Alex

Fantastic result!

Well, all you need is to turn on calm music, a lot of time, a lot of superglue and some hairs that your girlfriend spreads all over the place while brushing 😁. But seriously, a good glue solves 90% of problems with wiring.

Amazing work! Painting and cockpit are marvellous!

Hello fellow britmodellers, My second model on this forum. I wanted to build Tamiya ever since I came back to scale modeling and here is the realisation of my wish. Legendary F4U-1D in 72th scale and in the Royal NAVY livery. What can I say - Tamiya is really, REALLY good. Crisp details and panel lines, two options of canopy, great assembly engineering - all you need to build a proper Corsair. This time I've also used Eduard photo etched kit for the cockpit, decals from Xtradecals: Yanks with Roundels Part 3 and have made some conversions: 1. Cut edges of the wing 2. Air intakes on the sides of fuselage and outlet on the belly 3. Improved tailwheel frame 4.Made a frame inside tailwheel bay (I didn't take a photo during the process and now it's barely visible on the completed model 🙂) 5. Drill the identification lights, fill it with clear varnish and then add clear colours Hope you’ll enjoy the result of my work, Alex

Fantastic build! Astonishing work with shades of olive drab!

Well done! Beautiful Flanker!!

Amazing work!! Can't believe that is 72nd scale!

Amazing work! Love this sky pixel camo!

Marvellous build! The weathering and panel effect look amazing!👍

Beautiful work!

Fantastic work! Undercarriage looks so realistic!👍

What a beautiful cat! Impressive!