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Excellent work Chris!
**** DONE: 1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt - Aircraft Nose Art GB.
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Well, after a week out of the sadle I managed to get some building time in tonight.
99% of the assembley is now complete, with just the life rafts and smokes markers to attachch to pylons once my superglue order arrives.
A couple of pics from earlier tonight.
Hopefully ill be getting busy with some painting action by the end of the week.
Cheers Chris
99% of the assembley is now complete, with just the life rafts and smokes markers to attachch to pylons once my superglue order arrives.
A couple of pics from earlier tonight.
Hopefully ill be getting busy with some painting action by the end of the week.
Cheers Chris
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Crimea_River
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Looks great.
looking alright!
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Thanks Guy's.
Still not too sure what to do with the two redundant gun ports.
I don't suspect they would have been left uncovered but blanked with what is the question?
The only options I can think of are either a fabric or metal covering.
Cheers Chris
Still not too sure what to do with the two redundant gun ports.
I don't suspect they would have been left uncovered but blanked with what is the question?
The only options I can think of are either a fabric or metal covering.
Cheers Chris
Crimea_River
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I'll take a look through my references later today Chris.
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Airframes
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At a guess, I'd say blanked with an alloy 'patch' or 'plug'. Haven't found or seen anything in the few SAR references I have.
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Looks good so far!
Crimea_River
Marshal
I found no close-ups in my references of a 4 gun installation. The close-up in the Little Friends link definitely has the holes covered. If it were me, I'd cover them with a small square of thin Scotch Tape to simulate either a metal or fabric cover.
ozhawk40
Master Sergeant
Those Tamiya P-47's do go together well don't they. Looking good.
Cheers
Peter
Cheers
Peter
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Thanks all.
Peter - it sure does. It's the first Tamiya kit I have built and I love it.
Ill be sticking with them for my 1/48 builds where possible from now on.
I'm going to be attaching the life raft pods to the pylons by cutting a pin and attaching it though a hole I will drill in them both. I don't think the kit pylon itself will be strong enough to support the weight.
Cheers Chris
Peter - it sure does. It's the first Tamiya kit I have built and I love it.
Ill be sticking with them for my 1/48 builds where possible from now on.
I'm going to be attaching the life raft pods to the pylons by cutting a pin and attaching it though a hole I will drill in them both. I don't think the kit pylon itself will be strong enough to support the weight.
Cheers Chris
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Ill give it a go and see how it looks. The Photo on little friends (although not clear) shows it looking very flush. I think if it was fabric covered you would still clearly see the outine of the holes still? Then again, with in the field mods I suppose they could have removed the panel and blanked off the holes flush.
I guess we may never know.
Cheers Chris
meatloaf109
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At this point, you are safe doing it whichever way you like. Personally, I would opt for the "blanked off", as these aircraft were modified for a specific role.
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I've found two pics showing guns removed from P-47s.
One shows a camouflage-painted training unit aircraft, with the two outboard guns on each wing removed, the other shows the well-known, 'war weary' two-seat conversion 'Category E', with all guns removed. In both cases, the ports appear to be covered with individual, contoured, round, flush-fitting bare metal 'blanks'. If this system was also used on the SAR aircraft, which is likely, they may or may not have been painted.
A third photo shows a bare metal 'bubbletop' aircraft, post war, again with the outboard guns removed, where the two ports appear to be covered by a single piece of material, rectangular in shape. This might be fabric, although it has the same tone as the surrounding bare metal, and is shown in a B&W photo, so difficult to tell if fabric or sheet metal.
One shows a camouflage-painted training unit aircraft, with the two outboard guns on each wing removed, the other shows the well-known, 'war weary' two-seat conversion 'Category E', with all guns removed. In both cases, the ports appear to be covered with individual, contoured, round, flush-fitting bare metal 'blanks'. If this system was also used on the SAR aircraft, which is likely, they may or may not have been painted.
A third photo shows a bare metal 'bubbletop' aircraft, post war, again with the outboard guns removed, where the two ports appear to be covered by a single piece of material, rectangular in shape. This might be fabric, although it has the same tone as the surrounding bare metal, and is shown in a B&W photo, so difficult to tell if fabric or sheet metal.
Flip a coin.....
