P-47D-25 "Hairless Joe" WiPVista: Presentazione Mosaico Elenco 1November 18, 2020first bits from the sprues 2October 30, 2020 3November 18, 2020decied that the molded "rods" are not looking right and slowly cutting them away and drilling holes for wire replacement 4November 18, 2020to look something like this... 5November 18, 2020all moulded rods removed 6November 18, 2020and replaced with wire. Definetely looking better than the original. Worth the effort in my opinion. 7November 18, 2020PE wires ready for assembly and routing 8November 18, 2020glued in place, next time will be routing time. added pe plates and bits to the front end (on the left) 9November 18, 2020bits and bobs ready for next steps 10November 18, 2020some pe parts added to the inside of the fuselage 11December 7, 2020Engine also coming together. main rods painted together with plug wires. All that is required now is a bit of wash 12December 7, 2020cockpit floor part still drying from wash 13December 7, 2020Cockpit parts slowly but surely coming together. A little bit of paint, whole bunch of PE placards from Eduard set and a bit of lead wire 14December 7, 2020All the extra work and effort was definetely worth it! I'm very happy how this turned out at the end. 15December 7, 2020additional bits and bobs ready for install 16December 7, 2020 17December 14, 2020 18December 14, 2020 19December 14, 2020 20December 14, 2020 21December 14, 2020 22July 4, 2021cockpit finally glued together 23July 4, 2021few details added to the wheel wells 24July 4, 2021 25July 4, 2021small parts - all ready for painting 26July 4, 2021wings glued with the fuselage 27July 4, 2021 28July 4, 2021 29July 4, 2021checking all seams 30July 4, 2021some needed a little attention 31July 4, 2021final check of all seams and I'm ready for the painting stage 32July 4, 2021 33July 4, 2021Whole model sprayed with Mr. Primer Surfacer 1000 (50/50 with rapid thinner) 34July 4, 2021result is simply gorgeous 35July 4, 2021masked front end of the engine cowling and tail plane, sprayed with MRP white for future red (cowling) and yellow (tail plane) camo. 36July 4, 2021 37August 6, 2021Preshading done. 38August 6, 2021Front engine cowling sprayed red and tail surface yellow. Next will be masking both ends and spraying underside surfaces with MRP-112 Medium Sea Grey 39August 28, 2021Finally get to the upper surfaces. Front engine cowling was sprayed with both colors to test the final result. So far so good. 40August 28, 2021 41August 28, 2021Grey [MRP-115 Ocean Grey] pattern masked with MRP masking putty 42August 28, 2021 43August 28, 2021masked upper surfaces sprayed with MRP-235 Gunship Green [FS34092] 44August 28, 2021 45August 28, 2021and after complete unmasking, final result. 46August 28, 2021Looking really good. 47May 14, 2023 48May 14, 2023Painted lower invasion stripes 49May 14, 2023 50May 14, 2023 51May 14, 2023 52May 14, 2023 53May 14, 2023 54May 14, 2023Central propeller hub painted with Molotow chrome (airbrushing) 55May 14, 2023ready for decals... 56May 14, 2023and finished prop 57May 14, 2023bits and bobs 58May 14, 2023 59May 14, 2023Flory Dark Dirt wash on front cowling 60May 14, 2023upper surfaces 61May 14, 2023and lower surfaces as well 62May 14, 2023 63May 14, 2023 64May 14, 2023Unfortunately, this is the last foto I made before sending the model to the new owner. Hopefully I will be able to provide some pictures of the completed model. Commenti10 November 2024, 22:29 - Project infoP-47D-25 Thunderbolt "Hairless Joe" Col David Schilling CO 56 th FG64 immagini1:48CompletatoTutti gli albumVisualizza tutti gli album »