Caerbannog Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Hi all, I have a question... Currently I am mainly engaged with work in and around the house. Among that is a major overhaul of my workspace in the basement which means that a) my time to build kits is even more limited and b ) my space to build kits is currently no more than an Airfix tray. With that in mind I did not officially start in this GB as I was not sure how I get along with my Thunderbolt build and if I will be able to get it done by the deadline (I hate to sign up and only end with another kit on the shelf of Doom). So: I started with my build in January and worked on it now and then. Below are two pictures of the kit in January (some parts were primed in more or less correct colours and the cowl was painted - no more): Meanwhile I have finished the cockpit and closed the fuselage, so I think the further assembly will go more quickly and I can dare to enter it here - if I am allowed to do so. I have not yet found a similar case so if it is not OK to enter in the GB threat I will just enter it in the usual WIP area - so nothing is lost either way ;-) What do you think? Rene 2
trickyrich Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Meanwhile I have finished the cockpit and closed the fuselage, so I think the further assembly will go more quickly and I can dare to enter it here - if I am allowed to do so. I have not yet found a similar case so if it is not OK to enter in the GB threat I will just enter it in the usual WIP area - so nothing is lost either way ;-) What do you think? Rene Hi Rene, That looks/sounds fine, while finishing the cockpit and closing the fuselage sounds like like a lot, with most of these builds that's just the minor bit. I have no problems at all, welcome aboard, start a thread and get too it!! The Tamiya model is such a beautiful model to build I think you'll have no trouble completing it in the time remaining! Nice scheme choice...and boy those are a couple of huge jugs she's carrying! Very interesting all the added support for the tanks and no guns??? 2
Mottlemaster Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Have just droped in to see how the builds are shapeing up and there are some quality results in the gallery and approaching completion . Still disapointed about my p47's sticky end but will call back when its time to cast my vote Alistair 1
Caerbannog Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 Hi Rene, That looks/sounds fine, while finishing the cockpit and closing the fuselage sounds like like a lot, with most of these builds that's just the minor bit. I have no problems at all, welcome aboard, start a thread and get too it!! The Tamiya model is such a beautiful model to build I think you'll have no trouble completing it in the time remaining! Nice scheme choice...and boy those are a couple of huge jugs she's carrying! Very interesting all the added support for the tanks and no guns??? Thanks Rich, I will add the well equipped Bombshell to the GB :-) Rene
PhantomBigStu Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 Binned my revell p-47m as figured easier (and about the same cost wise) than buying break fluid and latex gloves and stripping it down, rather than buy another one leavign me with a 3rd identical set of decals, wondering what the academy one is like, taken a fancy to either the cyberhobby rebox or the gabreski twin set.
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted March 15, 2016 Posted March 15, 2016 The Gabreski set has the advantage of Cartograf decals (the Academy P-47 decals are pants), although mine decals will be used on a more deserving Tamiya kit. You could get the Special Hobby P-47M, it's the Academy kit with a sprue of upgrade parts and some lovely resin bits by Special Hobby, with a really nice decal sheet for 5 different P-47M's in the 3 different camouflage schemes they used. thanks Mike
jrlx Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 I have the three 1/72 bubble top kits mentioned: the Tamiya, Academy's "Gabreski" combo and Special Hobby's P-47M. The Tamiya is clearly the best in terms of detail but seems more complicated to build (the engineering of the wings comes to mind). The Academy kit is simpler but is a good kit with good detail. The "Gabreski" combo has the added advantage of having a F-86 Sabre in the box (I believe Academy's is one of the best F-86 kits at this scale). The Special Hobby boxing is superb in terms of the schemes provided and the added sprue, resin parts and PE brakes are really a great improvement. A final note regarding Academy's P-47: I read in reviews that the gear legs are too long and should be shortened. Is this so? I was planning to build these three in parallel for this GB but I'm afraid I didn't have the time and won't be building them now... Cheers Jaime
stevehnz Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 Apologies to Rich & everyone else doing such a good job with their P-47s, I was kinda nobbled by the carpet monster, in my case a whole house load of the stuff, , & its killed my mojo for the mean time so my P-47 build isn't going to happen just now, still hoping to do something with the Hurricane, F4U & Edgar Spitfire builds though. Steve.
GREG DESTEC Posted March 16, 2016 Posted March 16, 2016 I have the three 1/72 bubble top kits mentioned: the Tamiya, Academy's "Gabreski" combo and Special Hobby's P-47M. The Tamiya is clearly the best in terms of detail but seems more complicated to build (the engineering of the wings comes to mind). The Academy kit is simpler but is a good kit with good detail. The "Gabreski" combo has the added advantage of having a F-86 Sabre in the box (I believe Academy's is one of the best F-86 kits at this scale). The Special Hobby boxing is superb in terms of the schemes provided and the added sprue, resin parts and PE brakes are really a great improvement. A final note regarding Academy's P-47: I read in reviews that the gear legs are too long and should be shortened. Is this so? I was planning to build these three in parallel for this GB but I'm afraid I didn't have the time and won't be building them now... Cheers Jaime Hi Jaime, having just built the Academy P-47 in 1/72 I have to say the u/c legs do look too long IMHO. The aircraft sits too "nose high" I think, and maybe the dimensions taken by Academy were from an unloaded example, ie without fuel, bombs, tanks etc. Just my opinion mind, it still builds in to a nice P-47 - just don't use their decals!! Cheers Greg 1
trickyrich Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Sorry to raise the pressure on some of these builds, but there is around 3 1/2 weeks to go on this amazing GB! It maybe time to.........work a bit harder!!! ....or maybe start to panic a wee bit!!! .... or ignore me and keep up the good work! there's is still plenty of time.........for now........ so keep at it
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 I have the three 1/72 bubble top kits mentioned: the Tamiya, Academy's "Gabreski" combo and Special Hobby's P-47M. The Tamiya is clearly the best in terms of detail but seems more complicated to build (the engineering of the wings comes to mind). The Academy kit is simpler but is a good kit with good detail. The "Gabreski" combo has the added advantage of having a F-86 Sabre in the box (I believe Academy's is one of the best F-86 kits at this scale). The Special Hobby boxing is superb in terms of the schemes provided and the added sprue, resin parts and PE brakes are really a great improvement. A final note regarding Academy's P-47: I read in reviews that the gear legs are too long and should be shortened. Is this so? I was planning to build these three in parallel for this GB but I'm afraid I didn't have the time and won't be building them now... Cheers Jaime The breakdown of the Tamiya kit suggests they were thinking of doing D-30+ and M models. It maybe more complicated but the fit is excellent and it doesn't take much more time (unless of course like me, you make it complicated by adding bits to it!) so it's still the best P-47 by miles. I plan to convert a Tamiya bubbletop into an un-filleted M by using the Quickboost D-30 wing parts and decals from the Special Hobby kit. If the Quickboost bits fit without much fettling, I believe it will make the best (not easiest or cheapest) M model in 1/72. Just to re-iterate something, the Academy boxing Gabreski has Cartograf decals, so that's one Academy kit you can use the decals from! thanks Mike 1
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 The breakdown of the Tamiya kit suggests they were thinking of doing D-30+ and M models. It maybe more complicated but the fit is excellent and it doesn't take much more time (unless of course like me, you make it complicated by adding bits to it!) so it's still the best P-47 by miles. I plan to convert a Tamiya bubbletop into an un-filleted M by using the Quickboost D-30 wing parts and decals from the Special Hobby kit. If the Quickboost bits fit without much fettling, I believe it will make the best (not easiest or cheapest) M model in 1/72. Just to re-iterate something, the Academy boxing Gabreski has Cartograf decals, so that's one Academy kit you can use the decals from! thanks Mike Good morning Mike I guess that you are right Tamiya were thinking of doing a D-30 .. I am planning to do the same as you converting a Tamiya Bubbletop into an M model .. Wich one do you intend to build ? Patrice
jrlx Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 The breakdown of the Tamiya kit suggests they were thinking of doing D-30+ and M models. It maybe more complicated but the fit is excellent and it doesn't take much more time (unless of course like me, you make it complicated by adding bits to it!) so it's still the best P-47 by miles. I plan to convert a Tamiya bubbletop into an un-filleted M by using the Quickboost D-30 wing parts and decals from the Special Hobby kit. If the Quickboost bits fit without much fettling, I believe it will make the best (not easiest or cheapest) M model in 1/72. Just to re-iterate something, the Academy boxing Gabreski has Cartograf decals, so that's one Academy kit you can use the decals from! thanks Mike Thanks for the info Mike, very interesting. The Tamiya kit is clearly the best one out-of-the-box. I really would like to do the 3-kit parallel build but haven't got the time to finish them in the GB, so I'll postpone this build to when I'm able to do the kits justice. Hi Jaime, having just built the Academy P-47 in 1/72 I have to say the u/c legs do look too long IMHO. The aircraft sits too "nose high" I think, and maybe the dimensions taken by Academy were from an unloaded example, ie without fuel, bombs, tanks etc. Just my opinion mind, it still builds in to a nice P-47 - just don't use their decals!! Cheers Greg Thanks, Greg. I'll have to trim the the gear legs then. Any ideas on how much should be cut away? Regarding the decals, none of the Academy kits come with Academy's decals, so these shouldn't be a problem Cheeers Jaime
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Good morning Mike I guess that you are right Tamiya were thinking of doing a D-30 .. I am planning to do the same as you converting a Tamiya Bubbletop into an M model .. Wich one do you intend to build ? Patrice Probably Dottie Dee/Shoot You're Faded! I'll probably use the Special Hobby kit to make Col Schilling's M with the Dark Green/Ocean Grey over NMF. thanks Mike
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 18, 2016 Posted March 18, 2016 Probably Dottie Dee/Shoot You're Faded! I'll probably use the Special Hobby kit to make Col Schilling's M with the Dark Green/Ocean Grey over NMF. thanks Mike Good morning Mike Nice choice I would like to build Col Schilling's M with the Tamiya kit and Qb wing conversion and I may begin this week end if everything goes well I think that will be my last build before the end of this Gb .. Patrice
PhantomBigStu Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Anyone with the academy 1/72 bubbletop mind taking a look at the instructions, specifically the bit that retains to the canopy, my one shows the razorback, is there an additional part aside from the two clear buts?
jrlx Posted March 31, 2016 Posted March 31, 2016 Anyone with the academy 1/72 bubbletop mind taking a look at the instructions, specifically the bit that retains to the canopy, my one shows the razorback, is there an additional part aside from the two clear buts? Hi Stu, If you are referring to the Academy "Gabreski" combo, you should know they seem to have messed up the instructions for the P-47, printing the razorback instead of the bubble top instructions. You can find instructions for an Academy bubble top here. Just click the download button. I think they are totally applicable, as the sprues should be the same. Hope this helps. I also bought the "Gabreski" boxing and downloaded these instructions. Cheers Jaime 1
trickyrich Posted April 2, 2016 Posted April 2, 2016 We I think it's now officially the time for some here in this GB to start to panic a wee bit!!! Yes we are down to the last week of what I have to admit has been an amazing GB!! She's turned out to be far popular aircraft than I had imagined, with what would be easily some of the best models I've ever seen in a GB gallery!!! Further more the quantity of fine models is amazing to say the least, plus there are still more to come. So time to lock yourselves away and get on with it.......just give your wallet to SWMBO, a guaranteed way for extra modelling time plus some peace and quiet. Plus just to make you feel the pressure even more we've had two further entries from yesterday! So come on, most of you are nearly there and remember the Gallery will shut at 23:59 GMT on the 10th (or when I get to my computer, don't trust the "auto-lock" feature anymore!!!!), so don't be late!!! 1
Ronan71 Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Down to the wire as usual! Spent several hours applying stencils to my P-47 yesterday, and once they are on a bit of weathering, then fix the bloody aerial that I snapped off and attach the wheels then (I hope!) done (probably at 11.59pm on Sunday with my luck!) 2
PhantomBigStu Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 Close to calling my one done but a massive question has revealed it self, I've done it as a Gabreski final p-47, and the instructions call for the red areas to be painted gloss, yet surely the unit would have used RAF roundels red stock which would be Matt?
dfqweofekwpeweiop4 Posted April 4, 2016 Posted April 4, 2016 I'm sure they would be matt after a good few missions anyway! thanks Mike
trickyrich Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Well that's it folks the gallery has closed (the auto-locked worked....Enzo is such a clever fellow) and this GB is unfortunately over. I really hope you all enjoyed this build I know for me it was very enjoyable and a real pleasure to see so many amazing models being built. To those who could make it across the line, please keep up dating your threads, as there are still some amazing builds I like to see finished. And on that subject the number of models in the Gallery which are just stunning is truly amazing, the quality and quantity builds is the best of any GB! I'm not trying to say that to make everyone feel good, go have a good look at this gallery compared to some of the other ones, you all be very proud. Thanks it for me being host for a while, I now get to just build and enjoy myself, but it have been a real pleasure, thank you everyone. I will set up the poll very shortly......now the real hard work of choosing the top build begins! 6
trickyrich Posted April 11, 2016 Posted April 11, 2016 Ok folks the poll is done.....tested....and open!! You lot have sure made it hard for me.......trying to put the correct titles for your model when you didn't have any! So I have had to be a bit creative on some so as to say something other than "P-47D" or such. The poll will remain open until Monday 18th 23:59...or there about's. So please only vote for one model and "none in the above" in the other section...very simple.
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