tonyot Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) Hiya Folks, I hope that I`m OK joining in,.....I`ve got some Hurricane`s and a Corsair on the go in the other GB`s so I thought in for a penny in for a pound as there are some Thunerbolts that I`ve been wanting to get built too. I`ve spent the day painting the interior and here is how it stands so far; Cheers Tony Edited April 12, 2016 by tonyot 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Very interested to see this one Tony! Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 17, 2016 Author Share Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) Very interested to see this one Tony! Rob Cheers Rob, It is going to be this aircraft hopefully,........I researched it for the Xtradecal RAF Thunderbolt sheet. It`s the one at the bottom; Ever since I came across a piccy of it I`ve always fancied building this one, Cheers Tony Edit,......the plan has changed,...it was to have been a 73 OTU aircraft,.....but the model is the wrong variant. Edited March 19, 2016 by tonyot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 18, 2016 Share Posted March 18, 2016 Good morning Tony Welcome aboard , nice choice but as I can see on tge decals sheet this one is a D-30 you will need the Quickboost wing conversion and Qb fin fillet (wich doesn't fit exactly) .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 (edited) Cheers Patrice,. I can live without the wing conversion (although I`ll look into what you`ve highlighted and see what is needed to convert it myself ) and I`m already there with the fillet as I`m using one from the Revell kit! Here is my progress so far; A closer view of the cockpit; and here is a close up of the Revell fin fillet; Cheers Tony PS- As my Revell model has the D-30 wing, I may built that one as the 73 OTU aircraft instead, depending on how the Revell cowling looks as this is the Achilles heel of this kit. Edited March 19, 2016 by tonyot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Thanks to Patrik`s advice I`ve looked into the D-30 variant and decided to build my Revell kit as the 73 OTU aircraft instead and build this one as a SEAC machine,...so I`ve prised the dorsal strake off this model and added it to the Revell kit! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 19, 2016 Author Share Posted March 19, 2016 Hiya Folks, Well here is my progress today,.....wings and tailplane on,.......dorsal strake from the Revell kit removed,........I`ll be building this as KJ278, NV-K from 79 Sqn; Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted March 19, 2016 Share Posted March 19, 2016 Phew, just got caught up Tony, can't go wrong with the SEAC scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Good afternoon Tony She 's looking fine with the wings and horizontal stabilizators on .. A SEAC scheme will be interesting too .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted March 21, 2016 Share Posted March 21, 2016 Great scheme for a Thunderbolt... Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 23, 2016 Author Share Posted March 23, 2016 (edited) Thanks everybody, Well I`ve got the first coat of Dark Green disruptive camouflage applied; So getting there slowly, I chose a dull Humbrol 29 Earth Brown for the base colour as like a SEAC Hurricane that I built recently I wanted to represent a slightly sun bleached look,.....rather than a richer more yellow looking more standard Dark Earth. All the best Tony Edited March 23, 2016 by tonyot 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Hi Tony, sorry it's taken so long for me to welcome you on board to this GB, but I have to admit I haven't looked at the base thread for this GB for a week or so and I now see I've missed a few late entries!!! Nice colour scheme choice as well, the SAEC Thunderbolts do looks so good. I do like the sun bleached look you're going for as well. Yeah well I would normally say good luck with the build but you're way past needing any luck with this one, she looking great. So I hope you do enjoy the rest of the build and I look forward to seeing her in the gallery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Cheers Rich,.....thanks for the welcome. All the best, Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hiya Folks, Here is a quixk update,....the camouflage is now finished,......just about to mask off the noe for the white cowl band; Although decals are provided for the white bands on the wings and tail I might paint these too? Cheers Tony 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beard Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I'm nowhere near as good a modeller as you but I found painting the white bands much easier than applying the decals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Very nice paint work!!! You may find the white decals a wee bit transparent, it'd probably be better to mask and paint. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 26, 2016 Author Share Posted March 26, 2016 (edited) Hiya Folks, Well I`ve added a coat of clear varnish ready for the decals and painted the engine cowling band white but this crept under the masking tape quite a bit so I`ll have to do a bit of re painting here. I`ve been a little wary of the decal option for NV-K as I`ve suspected the codes of being too fat and the K being the wrong and that they should also be white! Well a friend sent me a photo today and one of the Thunderbolts wears the codes NV-K and they are white, much thinner and the K is a different style to the decals,.....with no unit badge on the left side of the engine cowling,......so what to do now? I might just go for AW-P instead,....yet another change of identity for this model! Cheers Tony Edited March 26, 2016 by tonyot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 12, 2016 Author Share Posted April 12, 2016 Hiya Folks, Well I have run out of time,....and changed my mind on this one again,....eventually settling on a 30 Sqn aircraft which is provided on a Rising Sun decal sheet,...here it is with most of the decal applied; Cheers Tony 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 that's a shame as she was looking great. Glad to see you are still updating the thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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