**** DONE: GB-56 1/48 P-47D-25RE - Thunderbolts and Lightning

[le_steph40]

Agreed too

 

[SaparotRob]

Agreed three.

 

[Airframes]

Agreed four.

 

[Donivanp]

Agreed do I hear five?

 

[Donivanp]

Been busy all over the place here...

Got the pit in the fuselage and closed it all up.. Always have a problem with the lower hull of the fuselage on this kit. I can never quite get the section in arrows to seal correctly.

I had to sand and file and contour and then Mr. Sufacer 500 to fill the slight gap. Mr. Sufacer 1500 to prime and the3n go back over with a 1000 grit sanding board.

Then I had to work the contours of the upper aft fuselage, Could be me but a lot of sanding and filing going on!!

Then Engine and painting gear doors and wells etc...

 

[Snautzer01]

Looks tidy to me. On to the next job.

 

[le_steph40]

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice progress Don and I too had a little problem closing the underbelly seam towards the exhaust vent and tail wheel.

 

[Donivanp]

Nice progress Don and I too had a little problem closing the underbelly seam towards the exhaust vent and tail wheel.

I've done or started some five of these kits, Tamiya P-47 D, both the Razorback and the bubble top, and they all seem to have that issue. I'm pleased with this though...

 

[Wayne Little]

Good job on solving the issue Don....

 

[Gnomey]

Looks good so far!

 

[Donivanp]

Starting to paint invasion stripes on the wings. Laying down the over all white. Plane on flaps down but I taped them in the up position to paint as the section in the flap well should be NMF.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

White is not my favorite colour to apply I always find it hard to get an even cover but you have done well and with the black stripes, I recon it will look good.

 

[Donivanp]

Well I got these finished earlier tonight but didn't get them posted. I have to fix at least one side a bit on the bottom but all in all I'm happy.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks like they came out well old Don.

 

[le_steph40]

Looks like they came out well old Don.

+1

 

[Totalize]

Great stuff Don. On the subject of Hataka I have a few of their sets but have yet to use them yet. I will this year though.

 

[Donivanp]

Cleaning things up a bit. Red nose and black and white invasion stripes. I colored out of the like a bit but not sure if I should worry about it. They were just slopping paint on after all.

 

[SaparotRob]

The fighters in the pictures never look as perfect and pretty as lovingly the restored warbirds do.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Looks good Don.