zaxos345
Senior Airman
Good morning gents,
New project on the bench, Tamiya's legendary P-47D Razorback as P-47D-22 ''Silver Lady''
P-47D 42-26044 "Silver Lady" HV-Z (underlined Z indicates second time HV-Z was used) was first flown in combat by Capt. James Carter and Major Les Smith of the 61st FS/56th FG, Boxted, England 1944. In May 1944 Smith returned to the U.S. and the "Silver Lady" was flown by many notable pilots. Gabreski scored four of his victories with 42-26044, other pilots were J. Jure, J. Rankin, C. Thomton, and M. Gladych. In August 1944 "Silver Lady" was fitted with a Malcolm hood and flown 21 times by Witold Lanowski.
View: https://i.imgur.com/qF3JZCLl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/NfQsQ9rl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/kuINOEnl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/fmw83GG.jpg
The model and some aftermarket
View: https://i.imgur.com/zfx7eNel.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/eQR23aCl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/1twHCInl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/pdD52lSl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/IlOPJKHl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/8xgYYtVl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/PQoSzjXl.jpg
Silver Lady was a P-47D-22-RE so there are some things – variations to take into account through the build!
Many thanks to Darrel Thomas a.k.a. Tbolt for all the provided info!!
Some of them, you can see here:
P-47 Thunderbolt variations and production
- Engine R-2800-59 (with turtle mags) with hamilton propeller governor
View: https://i.imgur.com/pT6LiFq.jpg
- Hamilton propeller
View: https://i.imgur.com/UPVTMtql.jpg
- Cockpit differences:
-New radio installation for operation in Europe
-late type of trim control unit
-Rectangular style of throttle lever
-bomb and tank release panel left of pilot's seat
- second fuel selector valve on the floor was added when the wing pylons were added. It allow selection of the belly or left or right wing tanks when the other selector is selected to "external"
View: https://i.imgur.com/zTStBtAl.png
View: https://i.imgur.com/IHaI8Ojl.png
View: https://i.imgur.com/ANzYMN7l.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/6tmwNZWl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/wrhCUOGl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/Rs5yvChl.jpg
-Especially for the Silver Lady, British MkII gun sight without sight ring.
Having all those in mind and searchingfor a solution I found out that True details produce 2 different versions for the tamiya, one from from C to D-11 and another from D-15 to D-28.
I chose the latter! I changed the position of the bomb and tank release panel as it was wrong. Paint and whethered everything.
View: https://i.imgur.com/IlOPJKHl.jpg
New project on the bench, Tamiya's legendary P-47D Razorback as P-47D-22 ''Silver Lady''
P-47D 42-26044 "Silver Lady" HV-Z (underlined Z indicates second time HV-Z was used) was first flown in combat by Capt. James Carter and Major Les Smith of the 61st FS/56th FG, Boxted, England 1944. In May 1944 Smith returned to the U.S. and the "Silver Lady" was flown by many notable pilots. Gabreski scored four of his victories with 42-26044, other pilots were J. Jure, J. Rankin, C. Thomton, and M. Gladych. In August 1944 "Silver Lady" was fitted with a Malcolm hood and flown 21 times by Witold Lanowski.
View: https://i.imgur.com/qF3JZCLl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/NfQsQ9rl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/kuINOEnl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/fmw83GG.jpg
The model and some aftermarket
View: https://i.imgur.com/zfx7eNel.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/eQR23aCl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/1twHCInl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/pdD52lSl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/IlOPJKHl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/8xgYYtVl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/PQoSzjXl.jpg
Silver Lady was a P-47D-22-RE so there are some things – variations to take into account through the build!
Many thanks to Darrel Thomas a.k.a. Tbolt for all the provided info!!
Some of them, you can see here:
P-47 Thunderbolt variations and production
- Engine R-2800-59 (with turtle mags) with hamilton propeller governor
View: https://i.imgur.com/pT6LiFq.jpg
- Hamilton propeller
View: https://i.imgur.com/UPVTMtql.jpg
- Cockpit differences:
-New radio installation for operation in Europe
-late type of trim control unit
-Rectangular style of throttle lever
-bomb and tank release panel left of pilot's seat
- second fuel selector valve on the floor was added when the wing pylons were added. It allow selection of the belly or left or right wing tanks when the other selector is selected to "external"
View: https://i.imgur.com/zTStBtAl.png
View: https://i.imgur.com/IHaI8Ojl.png
View: https://i.imgur.com/ANzYMN7l.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/6tmwNZWl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/wrhCUOGl.jpg
View: https://i.imgur.com/Rs5yvChl.jpg
-Especially for the Silver Lady, British MkII gun sight without sight ring.
Having all those in mind and searchingfor a solution I found out that True details produce 2 different versions for the tamiya, one from from C to D-11 and another from D-15 to D-28.
I chose the latter! I changed the position of the bomb and tank release panel as it was wrong. Paint and whethered everything.
View: https://i.imgur.com/IlOPJKHl.jpg
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