**** DONE: 1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt - Aircraft Nose Art GB.

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Bonus Terry. Blanking plugs it is for sure on mine then. The four redundant guns being the material to be used. I'm going to guess that as Galloping Catastrophe had invasion stripes that they would have been the same colour as the respective stripe. Just need to hope I didn't drill to far down the barrels and have to get the filler out.

Wayne - had I not spent all my coins on this model I may have flipped one lol.
 
Well tonight I decided I'd make a start on getting the nose painted up. However. The decal sheet requires you to paint the whole cowl red and then apply the white and blue stripes as provided in the decal set. Great in theory, if they actually fitted. There is no way I'm prepared to bodge them on so I'm getting out the paints and doing it by hand "for that authentic" look.

Cheers Chris
 
I agree also, also, also !
I never like decal stripes, even when straight, and those designed to fit over compound curves are even worse. Painting is the way to go, and will look much better.
 
No problem with double posting here. I think you may be a little bit too impatient with clicking....
 
I was a bit dubious about having a pink stripe although in my wisdom did only paint roughly the red stripe not the whole cowl. I guess with so many manufactures of kits it's impossible to make a one size fits all decal anyway.
 
A Little more progress made tonight.

Starting to get the colour onto the nose -


Lift raft pods, pinned as its the only way I could figure out how to attach to the pylon. When fitted the pins are not noticeable unless you look for them.



I also got the smoke markers mounted. God they were a b***h. Will photograph tomorrow and post.

Cheers Chris
 
Thanks all.

Today I plan to get the grey underside painted and read that the colour should be neutral grey.
I have two options -

Tamiya XF-53 neutral grey
Or
Vallejo 71.047 US Grey

They appear to almost similar in the bottle but I guess that stands for nothing.
Any suggestions on which to use?

Cheers Chris
 
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