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

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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.
 
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!

 
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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.

 
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.

 
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.
 

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