Alan P Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 First completed build of 2021! Trumpeter's huge 1/32 P-47D Thunderbolt. It's not as good as the Hasegawa kit, but it's cheaper and still builds up well. It's not a challenging build but the interior has to be seen to be believed! Build thread is here for anyone interested: It's painted with lacquers and enamels (Alclad 2, MRP and Alclad Mil-Spec) and after-effects done with Mig and AK enamel washes. The model is built completely out of the box (in fact there's a lot of plastic still left in the box!) except for the decals which were KitsWorld (aircraft specific), Fantasy Printshop (insignia) and HGW Wet Transfers (stencils) The kit fit together really well, the only putty required was for the wing roots, a bit around the bottom fuselage seam, and the area around the fin/stabilizer joints: Really nice nose art and decals by KitsWorld: Finished as 'Look! No Hands', a 509th FS, 405th FG P-47D flown by Maj Chester Van Etten. The 405th was a dedicated ground-support wing which claimed over 4,000 ground targets destroyed between its three squadrons between July 1944 and May 1945, an eye-watering total. Nearly 400 of these happened in a single action on 29 July 1944 during the Operation Cobra breakout, when the 405th was responsible for the destruction of an entire German armoured division over a three-mile column near Roncey. I depicted it with a typical armament during the Third Army campaign across France - a 150-gal centre tank and two 500lb bombs. I tried to make it look used but still clean and neat, as it's a decent kit and deserves better than being splattered with dirt This is the first Thunderbolt I've made as an adult - I preferred the neat lines of the P-51 and P-38 to this other workhorse of the US Army Air Corps, but the lines are quite aesthetic. Pleased to finally have one in my collection! Thanks for looking and I'll see you back here when my Spitfire IIa is finished Alan 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Excellent job, looks like a proper brute of an aeroplane! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith in the uk Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Oh , that s just sublime , one of the finest P47s i have seen in ages . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 That looks great, used but not abused, must try one of those, the last P-47 in 1/32 scale that I built was the old Revell one, I should imagine that this one is a mite better. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamiltonian Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 That's a real beauty. Love the finish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Very well done and I do like the subtle weathering. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 4, 2021 Author Share Posted January 4, 2021 1 hour ago, ForestFan said: Excellent job, looks like a proper brute of an aeroplane! It sure is! Thanks for that 👍 1 hour ago, keith in the uk said: Oh , that s just sublime , one of the finest P47s i have seen in ages . That's very generous! Cheers 1 hour ago, spitfire said: That looks great, used but not abused, must try one of those, the last P-47 in 1/32 scale that I built was the old Revell one, I should imagine that this one is a mite better. Cheers Dennis Thanks Dennis, it's a lot better than the old Revell, but for a bit more money you would be better off with the Hasegawa new tool version. 1 hour ago, Hamiltonian said: That's a real beauty. Love the finish. Thanks very much, it's got the look I was hoping for 👍 1 hour ago, SAT69 said: Very well done and I do like the subtle weathering. Thank you again, first model I've weathered for a while, glad I didn't overdo it! Cheers all and thanks very much again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Beautiful build and finish Alan,must be a big beast in this scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Lovely build Alan.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 Beutiful!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 5, 2021 Author Share Posted January 5, 2021 Thanks very much you guys 👊 glad to have this in my collection 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Beauty Alan! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Looks an absolute cracker Alan, you have done a grand job on this. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Hello Alan, Your finished model looks like a beast also. Proper work. Regards, Orion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burncpt Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 (edited) Oh man, I do like the 'bolt, and this is niiiice. I made the Hasegawa 1/48 one, same early prop and no fuselage strake, with a lot of mods years ago and it's the model I'm most proud of, so I think I'll have to try this one. The only downside of the size of it and the huge surfaces is they can look a tad sparse, even in 1/48, fault neither of modeller nor kit, and just an opinion anyway. What's objectively "worse" about the Trumpeter kit than the Hasegawa one? Edited January 8, 2021 by burncpt 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Another superstar build! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 Lovely big beasty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Great looking `Jug` there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted January 10, 2021 Author Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 12:41 PM, burncpt said: What's objectively "worse" about the Trumpeter kit than the Hasegawa one? Thanks, objectively the only deal breaker I've found is the shape of the front canopy, which has a generic squarish shape rather than a more oval, curved footprint and washed out, blended join to the fuselage which Hasegawa nails. Subjectively, it depends on how you feel about surface detail, wheels and rivets which are better represented in the Hasegawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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