Here's my first build update. Working through the first steps which is always the cockpit. Placards and stencils added from Airscale. Tamiya has you painting the headrest brown but in the pictures I have seen they are usually black so I went with that. I also accented the rivets that hold it place on the armour plate. I left the map box in yellow zinc chromate for visual interest. Might not be accurate for a D-20 P-47D but perhaps on a P-47C. Just now working through the IP.
Thanks Guys, I am enjoying the build so far. Haven't had much bench time but despite that I think I am making good progress. I should mention that I used a mixture of RAF cockpit green from Tamiya and AK real color U.S. cockpit interior green to get the colour used.
Some pictures of the cockpit tub dry fitted. Just finishing off the gunsight which I still need to add. Also, wondering if I should add the wiring behind the IP. Not sure if you would see it or not once the windscreen is on. I should probably check it.
Guys, need your help. What are these? I don't see them on any P-47D's and they are not on the Tamiya box art. After scouring the net I found the below picture which is apparently a P-47D-22 with a Malcolm hood. Are they mirrors?
Yep, they're mirrors. I've seen them on at least one Razorback with the "standard" hood too, and they were fitted at unit level as required by individual pilots.