russ c Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi Everyone, Just finished and photographed my latest effort; my attempt at a RAF Thunderbolt to go with my other CBI builds. Done from Italeris reboxing of the Academy P-47D 1/48 kit Completed as an aircraft of 134 Squadron, based at Ratnap, Burma Done from the box apart from usual wire embellishments and seat belts except for the decals which were from... Xdradecal X48115 sheet Reshaped the prop to more represent Curtiss symmetrical type and modified the kit bombs to represent ( loosely ) box finned items Hope you enjoy, Thanks for looking Cheers Russ 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Ooooo l like! 1/32 scale decals of this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 I like it Russ. She looks great. Well done sir. Simon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somtec Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi Excellent stuff Russ, I really enjoy looking at your builds, love your painting style. Do you exhibit at any of the model shows would like you get a good at the real thing look in person. Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Ooooo l like! 1/32 scale decals of this? Cheers Hacker, I have no idea about `32nd decals, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Hi Excellent stuff Russ, I really enjoy looking at your builds, love your painting style. Do you exhibit at any of the model shows would like you get a good at the real thing look in person. Peter Thanks Peter, No I don`t get to exhibit them anywhere, Shifts and Family commitments and all that, never know though, one day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonl Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Excellent work Russ. I like the weathering... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Very well made. The panel detail is excellent. I like the writing on the bomb. Very well done Russ. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 (edited) Like that a lot, big fan of SEAC Thunderbolts as can be seen here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234949430, my Dad worked on them in 5 Sqn in 1945! Edited February 18, 2015 by Kallisti 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Like that a lot, big fan of SEAC Thunderbolts as can be seen here: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=234949430, my Dad worked on them in 5 Sqn in 1945! Cheers Kallisti, very nice work on your Thunderbolts diorama Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Nice one Russ, Nice to see somebody using these decals so well, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Your attempt, I would say, is a huge success. You sure do have weathering down to a fine art. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Currently building the 1/72 Academy one for a GB on UAMF, doing it OOB but now that I know this scheme is available from the big H in my scale, I'll be up for another one. I like what you've done with this Russ, but then again, I like what you do with all of your builds. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Wow Superb ! Very Very nice work !!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Another splendid presentation from Russ.Excellent Thunderbolt and a rather hard working one.The dirt and faded camo technique are first rate.Always enjoy myself looking at your models.Great work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Love you builds and the subjects and this is no exception. Brilliant Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Looks great, great builds, paint and weathering, I love the Thunderbolt in SEAC markings, Hacker, for 1/32 scale SEAC P-47's Freightdog and FCM used to decals I used them on my projects. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knikki Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Nice build and finish on that P47. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 great looking jug, nice job on the finish.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Superb Russ,built to the usual very high standard you set yourself,IMHO on of the best schemes this aircraft wore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Another splendid presentation from Russ.Excellent Thunderbolt and a rather hard working one.The dirt and faded camo technique are first rate.Always enjoy myself looking at your models.Great work! Agree with that. Have explained your technique on one of your earlier threads Russ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Agree with that. Have explained your technique on one of your earlier threads Russ? Cheers Fritag, re; Technique, Yeah I did describe my method on my Firefly post some time back, http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234944969-fairey-firefly-f1-schofields-australia-1945/?hl=firefly. Hope that works, thanks for your interest and for looking. Thanks all for looking and kind comments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Ooooo l like! 1/32 scale decals of this? I did a quick search at Hannants,Nope Xtradecal did not do this one in the larger scale nor is there any SEAC P-47 schemes there l can find....dam! Edited February 19, 2015 by hacker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Really, really nice work Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 19, 2015 Share Posted February 19, 2015 Always loved the Jug in this scheme 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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