P-47D Razorback 1/72 Recommendations ?

[T-21]

Can anybody advise which is the best or most accurate P-47D Razorback in 1/72 scale please.

[Work In Progress]

Tamiya. Academy in second place. If on a low budget, pick up an old-box Hasegawa one for a fiver somewhere.

[HOUSTON]

This may be helpful.

 

 

 

 

[Ed Russell]

I have built a few..............

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/72nd_aircraft/jugs-let-39-s-see-39-em-t8131-s50.html

and I agree the Tamiya kit is the best of all. None of them are really bad but @Work In Progress has the ranking correct. The Hobbyboss (bubbletop) is simplified but still looks like a P-47 and even the old Revell (bubbletop) kit can be scrubbed up - but why would you bother unless you enjoy doing that sort of thing!

[Graham Boak]

My old Revell kit was a bubble canopy...  Airfix wasn't, and I don't think that the old old Frog one was either.  Wouldn't particularly recommend any of them, assuming that you could get one.

[Ed Russell]

42 minutes ago, Graham Boak said:

I don't think that the old old Frog one was either

You are quite right. I have one of these but haven't made it yet 😝

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/frog-f210f-republic-thunderbolt--162049

I was speaking generally about P-47 kits but the OP question was indeed about razorbacks.

[KRK4m]

Agree with most of the above. Tamiya miles ahead of Academy and Hasegawa.

All others (razorbacks, as the thread applies) not worth bothering with.

Cheers

Michael

[Jackson Duvalier]

Another vote for Tamiya, not worth bothering with anything else.

[MDriskill]

2 hours ago, Jackson Duvalier said:

Another vote for Tamiya, not worth bothering with anything else.

Same here. A few years ago, I would have ranked the Tamiya P-47's amongst the very best 1/72 WW2 fighter kits ever manufactured. Indeed, exceeded today only by a few things from Eduard, Fine Molds, and Tamiya themselves.

[T-21]

Thanks everybody for your responses much appreciated.

 

[72modeler]

@T-21

Late to the party, but my partners in crime have it right- Tamiya, Academy, Revell, Hasegawa, but the Tamiya kits are light years ahead of the rest of the pack, and HLJ has the razorback and bubbletops in stock for $11.35 USD at the present time. Open the box, put in a tube of glue, shake the box well, and out pops a perfect Jug!

Mike

 

We have had several discussions on this topic with some detailed kit reviews/comparisons, if that helps. You could look for them.

[Robertone139]

Did anyone mention the Tamiya kits?

[72modeler]

38 minutes ago, Robertone139 said:

Did anyone mention the Tamiya kits?

Did you look above your post?

Mike

[Robertone139]

1 hour ago, 72modeler said:

Did you look above your post?

Mike

What, where?🤣

[Jackson Duvalier]

On 11/16/2020 at 2:48 PM, 72modeler said:

out pops a perfect Jug!

 

A marvelous sight indeed.  I like work on them two at time.

 

 

Anyway, in case nobody's mentioned it, the Tamiya kits are quite nice.

[Wm Blecky]

On 11/15/2020 at 3:23 PM, Graham Boak said:

My old Revell kit was a bubble canopy...  Airfix wasn't, and I don't think that the old old Frog one was either.  Wouldn't particularly recommend any of them, assuming that you could get one.

When you say, "old Revell kit" you are not referring to this one - 

 

are you?

[Ed Russell]

I meant this 1963 one........

 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/revell-h-613-49-republic-p-47d-thunderbolt--1123291

 

although I qualified it at the time as "very early"

 

 

I believe the Tamiya kit is worthy of a look.......... 😁

[Graham Boak]

I was referring to the one Ed shows.

[Work In Progress]

Yes, that is the 1963 kit, first issued like this

 

Of course Revell has never done a 1/72 razorback Thunderbolt so both this and their 1999-onwards tooling are somewhat off-topic for this thread

Edited November 18, 2020 by Work In Progress