American Jabo, Tamiya 1/48 P-47D Razorback 9th Air Force

[modelling minion]

Thanks Robert, yes getting the fuselage closed up is a big step forwards and she really isn't far off getting paint on her now.

[modelling minion]

Given everything a coat of gloss black primer this evening, i will leave it a day or two and then start applying the metallic finish.

[PlaStix]

Fantastic progress Craig. You have achieved a nicely realistic finish on the engine. And good to see everything assembled too. Looking forward to seeing the airframe with the metallic paintwork going on.

Kind regards,

Stix 

[Hewy]

Drat, I totally forgot about the midland model show at cov Sunday, on the upside though its saved me some coin, your  p47 is now moving along very well Craig, looks a thoroughly enjoyable build

[modelling minion]

Not got as far as I had hoped over the last few days but she is starting to look a lot more like an operational P-47, and I have actually settled on a scheme! After  giving everything a nice shiny coat of gloss black it was time to apply the metallic finish for which I have used Vallejo's acrylic range and in particular their chrome colour, I really like these paints as they give a nice finish which is quite hard wearing and don't stink the house out when you use them. After the chrome was dry I masked off some areas where red was to be applied and gave them a covering using Revell's acrylic colours. Here is a pic of how she looks at the moment;

 

Might mask off a couple of areas and give them a slightly different finish and also need to mask for the invasion stripes and the olive drab anti glare panel.

The cowling and flaps were also masked and painted red where appropriate;

 

And finally here is a picture of the scheme I will be finishing her in;

 

Col Magoffin was the CO of the 362nd Fighter Group and he was shot down in this aircraft on August 10th and taken prisoner, he was liberated from a hospital in Paris in September and returned to the US for further treatment of his injuries, he retired from the USAF on medical grounds on March 18th 1958.

 

Thats it for today, thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received.

 

Craig.

[Robert Stuart]

Like your choice of scheme Craig.

Your chrome looks stunning and sets off the red nicely.

[PlaStix]

Well the metallic finish looks stunning Craig! Excellent progress. 

Kind regards,

Stix

[modelling minion]

11 hours ago, Robert Stuart said:

Like your choice of scheme Craig.

Your chrome looks stunning and sets off the red nicely.

Thanks Robert, they really do complement each other quite well don't they.

48 minutes ago, PlaStix said:

Well the metallic finish looks stunning Craig! Excellent progress. 

Kind regards,

Stix

Cheers Stix, managed to get the white portion of the stripes done today so hopefully I will get the black parts done in the next day or two.

[Hewy]

Great choice on the top coat craig ,it looks to have gone down beautifully 

[modelling minion]

11 hours ago, Hewy said:

Great choice on the top coat craig ,it looks to have gone down beautifully 

Cheers Glynn, did you have a good weekend in Edinburgh?

[Hewy]

Yes craig thanks ,a wonderfull place,maybe over did the refreshments at times,and i did need to have a little sit down in greyfriars kirkyard.

[modelling minion]

Sorry for the absence for a while, had quite a bit of "life" getting in the way recently, and the small matter of running another GB. Fear not though for I really want to finish this one and have been enjoying the build, and making some progress. The main painting is now all complete including the all important stripes but unfortunately Flickr isn't working properly, not sure what is going on but it won't let me select my own pictures, hopefully it will sort itself out very soon.

 

 

[modelling minion]

Right then, looks like Flickr have got their respective thumbs out of their rears and have sorted the problem so here we go with yesterdays pictures!

We will start with a shot of the upper surfaces which show the coloured top of the tail and the (hopefully) faded look of the anti glare panel;

 

And the all important undersides with the stripes, which need a little cleaning up;

 

And the engine cowling which has a bit of the anti glare OD and the units red colouring;

 

Next job will be to start applying some coats of varnish, then the decals can go on.

 

Thats it for today, thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received.

 

Craig.

[Hewy]

Looking really impressive craig

[modelling minion]

Cheers Glynn, I've got the decals on and have been doing panel line washes. The decals have all gone on very well except for the nose art which is having trouble conforming to the contours of the nose cowling, I'll post some pics tomorrow when I've hopefully beaten it into submission.

[modelling minion]

Time for the photos of how she looks at the minute.

The nose art decal still needs a bit more work but it is looking pretty good;

 

The national markings on the port side of the fuselage gave a little trouble on one side as I forgot to pre-cut them but they just need a small amount of touching up and then it will be okay;

 

The undersides are nearly complete and have had the markings and a wash applied and now look like this;

 

A close up of the national marking area;

 

And an over all shot of the model as she looks now from above;

 

I still need to a bit more weathering on the upper and lower surfaces but she is definitely moving in the right direction.

 

Thanks for looking in and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received.

 

Craig.

[modelling minion]

Sorry for not giving this build the attention it deserves but I've been a bit busy with the Asian 80's GB, however I have made the most of what has been an incredibly wet weekend (only 2 days after the hottest day in the country's history, only in England!) and have managed to get my P-47 over the line! I really must give Tamiya the credit they are due for making what is probably the most hassle free and rewarding model I have ever built, for those of you who have not yet built one all I can say is go and treat yourself as you will not be disappointed. As it has actually stopped raining now (apparently for one day only) I made the most of it and took my P-47 outside for some shots in the sunshine, so here they are;

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finally a look at that troublesome nose art decal which I finally managed to "persuade" to conform to the contours the the nose.

 

 

And that's it!

A huge thank you to Robert for getting this very important GB going and doing a great job of looking after us all, and a big thank you to all of you who have taken the time to look in on my build during it's progress and have been very patient lately, and as usual all comments and criticisms are gratefully received. I shall stick some pics in the gallery.

 

Craig.

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Excellent work on your Jug Craig. 

[Hewy]

Yes very nice indeed craig, great looking model

[modelling minion]

1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said:

Excellent work on your Jug Craig. 

Thanks Dennis, very much appreciated.

9 minutes ago, Hewy said:

Yes very nice indeed craig, great looking model

Cheers Glynn, I think most of the credit must go to Tamiya.

[Dansk]

Holy Moley That looks fantastic Craig!

[Valkyrie]

Delicious, another great metal finish Craig, another great model. Very nice work 

[Retired Bob]

Loverly looking razorback Jug, very nicely painted.  (Tamiya cannot take credit for the paint job)

[rob85]

She’s an absolute beauty! Fantastic work

 

Rob

[PlaStix]

WOW!! That really is a stunning looking P-47D Craig!! Your silver metallic paintwork finish is very impressive and I really love your subtle weathering! Awesome work all round! Very well done. 

Kind regards,

Stix