GB-42 1/48 P-47D-23-RA - MTO II

dneid · May 6, 2019

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.

Donivanp · May 6, 2019

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!

Wurger · May 6, 2019

Donivanp · May 7, 2019

I got the side walls in and cutting the strips for the belt feeds.

Crimea_River · May 8, 2019

Nice.

le_steph40 · May 8, 2019

Nice work so far Don

Wurger · May 8, 2019

Looking good.

fubar57 · May 9, 2019

Good stuff. A braver man than I

Donivanp · May 10, 2019

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.

Wurger · May 10, 2019

Crimea_River · May 10, 2019

Surprising that you needed filler.

Gnomey · May 11, 2019

Good work so far!

Donivanp · May 11, 2019

Crimea_River said:
Surprising that you needed filler.

Yes Andy I was also, I talked to Dale and he had the same issue on the couple he built also though.

Donivanp · May 13, 2019

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.

Wurger · May 13, 2019

fubar57 · May 13, 2019

Had that happen once before as well. Carry on ................

Donivanp · May 13, 2019

fubar57 said:
Had that happen once before as well. Carry on ................

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 · May 13, 2019

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.

Donivanp · May 13, 2019

Airframes said:
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.

Thanks Terry, this is just fitting test. The barrels will be cut to length with the kit tubes being used.

T Bolt · May 14, 2019

Looking good Don

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