Donivanp
Major
Username : donivanp
First name : Don
Category : intermediate
Scale : 1/48
Manufacturer / Model : Tamiya P-47M,
Extras: Eduard "Space" P-47D Bubble Top, Zestaw Kalkomanil Decals (Techmod) 48006, Aber gun
Wikipedia
Col Francis Gabreski's P-47D-25RE "Bubble Top" 42-26148 shall be the subject of this build.. I am going to use the Tamiya P-47M kit as the only difference in the plastic from their D-25RE Bubble Top kit is the "L" sprue. The "M" kit I think is the best choice to build any bubble top save for the "N" as Tamiya gives you any fillet used on the P-47's on the "L" sprue and the necessary changes to the cockpit and engine. Zestaw Kalkomanil Decals gives you two different time stamps for this aircraft, June 44 and July 44. On 20 July 1944, he was forced to crash land after taking on "one more" mission instead of boarding his transport to the States. He had already completed his tour and was to get married. When he learned of an escort mission he volunteered and though successfully completing this he went for the deck and proceeded to strafe a German airfield. Over correcting and quite low he stubbed his prop and bent it necessitating the crash landing of the jug. Instead of getting married, he finished up the war as a POW...
Gabreski (affectingly called Gabby) stated flying with the RAF as a liaison (for the USAAF) with the Polish squadron in Jan 43 in a Spitfire IX. Flying with No 315 squadron he learned a great deal about himself and how to stay steady in combat. In February 43 he was transferred to the 56th FG USAAF into P-47's. He is known to have flow and D-11RE Razorback and this D-25RE bubble top.
Gabreski flew 153 combat missions and claimed 28 victories. He served in USAF until 1967 when he retired with the rank of Colonel. He remains the top US fighter ace with 34.5 victories in WWII and the Korean War.
First name : Don
Category : intermediate
Scale : 1/48
Manufacturer / Model : Tamiya P-47M,
Extras: Eduard "Space" P-47D Bubble Top, Zestaw Kalkomanil Decals (Techmod) 48006, Aber gun
Wikipedia
Col Francis Gabreski's P-47D-25RE "Bubble Top" 42-26148 shall be the subject of this build.. I am going to use the Tamiya P-47M kit as the only difference in the plastic from their D-25RE Bubble Top kit is the "L" sprue. The "M" kit I think is the best choice to build any bubble top save for the "N" as Tamiya gives you any fillet used on the P-47's on the "L" sprue and the necessary changes to the cockpit and engine. Zestaw Kalkomanil Decals gives you two different time stamps for this aircraft, June 44 and July 44. On 20 July 1944, he was forced to crash land after taking on "one more" mission instead of boarding his transport to the States. He had already completed his tour and was to get married. When he learned of an escort mission he volunteered and though successfully completing this he went for the deck and proceeded to strafe a German airfield. Over correcting and quite low he stubbed his prop and bent it necessitating the crash landing of the jug. Instead of getting married, he finished up the war as a POW...
Gabreski (affectingly called Gabby) stated flying with the RAF as a liaison (for the USAAF) with the Polish squadron in Jan 43 in a Spitfire IX. Flying with No 315 squadron he learned a great deal about himself and how to stay steady in combat. In February 43 he was transferred to the 56th FG USAAF into P-47's. He is known to have flow and D-11RE Razorback and this D-25RE bubble top.
Gabreski flew 153 combat missions and claimed 28 victories. He served in USAF until 1967 when he retired with the rank of Colonel. He remains the top US fighter ace with 34.5 victories in WWII and the Korean War.
