Don't you have one of those special thingamajigs that allow you to be anywhere, anytime!
**** DONE: 1/48 P-47D - Aircraft Nose Art GB.
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Don't you have one of those special thingamajigs that allow you to be anywhere, anytime!
Lucky13
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Crimea_River
Marshal
Good looking bird Jerry. Will be tricky painting the stripes on the overlapped gear doors.
tricky indeed......
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Benevolens Magister
Agreed, but looking good so far.
Good work so far!
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prem895
Staff Sergeant
She is looking great
fubar57
General
Looking great Jerry....
Geo
Geo
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Looks like there's only the invasion stripes on the fuselage in Geo's picture there Jerry.
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Benevolens Magister
AEAF stripes were removed from upper surfaces, and upper and lower wing surfaces, by roughly early to mid July, commencing with upper surfaces. Those aircraft coming on strength at or after this time, only had the stripes on the lower fuselage.
The colour photo posted was taken in early September 1944, on Runway 28 at Boxted, UK, and this was one of the first three 'bubbletop' P-47s received by the Group (called 'Superbolts' by the pilots) who, up until then, had flown the 'razorback' variant. Therefore, this aircraft never had wing stripes, as evidenced also by the absence of 'washable' paint traces where the stripes would have been removed.
Saved you a tricky paint job!
The colour photo posted was taken in early September 1944, on Runway 28 at Boxted, UK, and this was one of the first three 'bubbletop' P-47s received by the Group (called 'Superbolts' by the pilots) who, up until then, had flown the 'razorback' variant. Therefore, this aircraft never had wing stripes, as evidenced also by the absence of 'washable' paint traces where the stripes would have been removed.
Saved you a tricky paint job!
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fubar57
General
The voice of experience says ABSOLUTELY.
Geo
Geo
Crimea_River
Marshal
Yes, definitely. And reduce the tackiness of the tape significantly by dabbing it on your open palm several times. Or use Post-it notes.
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prem895
Staff Sergeant
What happened?
fubar57
General
Crap Jerry, that sucks. If you need one, I've got -47 star fuselage stars.
Geo
Geo
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I taped off for the stripes and as you can see it didn't work out so well.
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Thanks Geo I might have some somewhere in my mess but not off a P-47.
