**** DONE: 1/48 P-47D "Rat-a-Dat 3" - Allied Manufactured Aircraft

[Catch22]

That looks great!

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely work so far!

 

[ratpit]

Wings foiled:

With flash on shows up the panel variation:

 

[Wurger]

 

[JKim]

Interesting technique!

 

[Catch22]

Nice.

 

[ratpit]

First panel line wash applied and invasion stripes done:

Seeing how it might look once cowl applied:

 

[ratpit]

wings attached!
Only a slight gap to fill on the underside of the starboard wing flap - easily done with filler and refoil between the first white stripe and inboard part of flap.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Catch22]

Lookin' good!

 

[ratpit]

The Quickboost engine:

As you can see - no push rods or ignition wires so will be far from a 'Quickboost'! However, a big improvement on the kit parts. I would usually paint silver first and then apply a black wash. However, this time I painted the cylinders gloss black and then dry brushed the silver.

 

[Wurger]

 

[ratpit]

resin parts added. Push-rods made from fuse wire and ignition wires from copper wire:

 

[ratpit]

Test fitting the cowl - very snug!!

 

[Wurger]

Looking good.

 

[Catch22]

Nice work.

 

[Airframes]

Nice !

 

[Crimea_River]

Good work. At the rate you're going you should squeak it in.

 

[ratpit]

OD panel and fuselage stars on:

 

[Wurger]