russ c Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Hi everyone, ย 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 ย Hope you enjoy the pic`s, thanks for looking Cheers Russ 50 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kentavros76 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 It looks amazing!!! I love the weathering on the nmf! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zigomar Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 That's a beauty. Really well done all the way; build, enhance, paint, weather, photograph - all top of the class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franรงois Escudรฉ Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Hi Russ, My preferred version of the Jug, with your so nice work you paid homage to this "beast" . ย very well done !ย ย regards !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Looks ready to fly! ย Kind regards, ย Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 A beautiful Thunderbolt.ย You did an outstanding job with the Academy kit.ย I think the choice of decals is excellent.ย Thank you for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Very Impressive Russ. It's a realistic pose you've photographed her in . Well DOne indeed.. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Nice N! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridley Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 (edited) 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Beautiful build and presentation ! ย Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 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. ย ย Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Robin Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Wow! She certainly do look "too big and too heavy". You've done her justice in every respect. Regards Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted September 14, 2022 Share Posted September 14, 2022 Top job, Russ ๐ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 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. ๐๐๐ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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