VLR P-47N Thunderbolt, 318th FG, le Shima, 1945

[russ c]

Hi everyone,

 Finished this one just after the Invader, so thought I`d subject you to some photo`s

My latest attempt at Academy`s 1/48 P-47N kit

Finished to represent a Very Long Range Thunderbolt to go with my VLR Mustang I did a bit ago

As usual, mostly from the box contents with a few embellishments here and there.

The biggest one was to make the front of the engine more like a P-47N one.......

.......so I chopped the front off the Academy engine and cobbled a new one together from bits and pieces from the spares box, stretched sprue etc

smaller changes include: reshaping the propeller blades, replace gun barrels with metal tube, brake pipes, ignition harness and tank braces from wire

The decals came from Super Scale International sheet 48-956 and went on beautifully

 

Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

[Kentavros76]

It looks amazing!!! I love the weathering on the nmf!

[Zigomar]

The P-47 -N has long been my favorite Jug and you pay justice to the bird! Even the background looks like Mt Suribachi on Iwo-Jima! Great job.

[Bertie McBoatface]

That's a beauty. Really well done all the way; build, enhance, paint, weather, photograph - all top of the class.

[François Escudé]

Hi Russ,

My preferred version of the Jug, with your so nice work you paid homage to this "beast" .

 

very well done ! 

 

regards !!

[Spitfire31]

Looks ready to fly!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

[georgeusa]

A beautiful Thunderbolt.  You did an outstanding job with the Academy kit.  I think the choice of decals is excellent.  Thank you for sharing.

[Col Walter E Kurtz]

Very Impressive Russ. It's a realistic pose you've photographed her in . Well DOne indeed..

Andy

[28ZComeback]

Nice N!

[Ridley]

Nicely done. I think bare metal is one of the hardest finishes to emulate weathered and it looks like you nailed it. Thanks for sharing.

Edited September 14, 2022 by Ridley

[Wulfman]

Beautiful build and presentation !

 

Wulfman

[billn53]

Very nice!

[Sky Keg]

Gosh darn it Russ but I sure do like this Jug. Superb results and I need to have my photographs match the quality of your`s here.  

 

Mike

[Pete Robin]

Wow! She certainly do look "too big and too heavy". You've done her justice in every respect.

Regards

Pete

[fox1_BE]

Top job, Russ 👍

[kapam]

Another brilliant build, @russ c!

Definitely some of the raciest nose art I've seen on a WW2 aircraft (and that's not a complaint)!

Fantastic work.

👏👏👏