dneid
Staff Sergeant
Man, I love those Tamiya 47s! Bother looking good, Don. Scratch building a gun bay can be a blast. One the few I have done, I only use the "body" of the guns in the bay and keep the molded in barrels.
GB-42 1/48 P-47D-23-RA - MTO II
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Donivanp
Major
Thanks guys, I found some pictures to reference. One from Pacificwrecks.com has the 47's gun bay on display. the other are for Eduard bays in 48 and 32 scale.
I'm sure I won't make it look that nice, but will give it the old college try. This last is from P-47 in Detail and Scale by Bert Kinzey!
I'm sure I won't make it look that nice, but will give it the old college try. This last is from P-47 in Detail and Scale by Bert Kinzey!
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Donivanp
Major
I got the side walls in and cutting the strips for the belt feeds.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Nice.
le_steph40
Chief Master Sergeant
Nice work so far Don 
fubar57
General
Good stuff. A braver man than I
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Donivanp
Major
While I'm working the gun bay I'll be needing some stuff for it so the work on Hun Hunter will slow down as I get stuff ordered. Namely .50 bullets, they seem to be necessary for guns, go figure. In the meantime, as hard as I tried not to put any filler in, both of these needed a small amount on the lower seam, The pic is not the best as I just need to wash the plane, trust me it's pretty well cleaned up.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Surprising that you needed filler.
Good work so far!
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Donivanp
Major
Yes Andy I was also, I talked to Dale and he had the same issue on the couple he built also though.
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Donivanp
Major
So I fully committed to doing the gun tub by glueing the wings on. then I stole four .50's from my one of my Monogram/Revell B-25J's (I've got too many anyway) and started placements. Had a glue drop fall on the wing I have to clean up but as ugly as the tray is it won't be seen to closely, I'll do what I can to clean it up anyway.
fubar57
General
Had that happen once before as well. Carry on ................
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Donivanp
Major
Carry on my wayward son, there'll be peace when you are done, lay your weary head to rest, DON'T YOU CRY NO MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Looking good.
However, note that the gun barrels on the P-47 were enclosed in smooth, stainless steel 'blast tubes', with the actual gun muzzles set back within the tubes.
However, note that the gun barrels on the P-47 were enclosed in smooth, stainless steel 'blast tubes', with the actual gun muzzles set back within the tubes.
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Donivanp
Major
Thanks Terry, this is just fitting test. The barrels will be cut to length with the kit tubes being used.
T Bolt
Colonel
Looking good Don
