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


russ c

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Hi everyone,

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

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

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

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

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

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.......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

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

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

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Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking

Cheers Russ

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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.

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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.

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