Tamiya 1/48 P-47D-22, s.n. 42-26044, HV-Z ‘’Silver Lady’ (1 Viewer)

[zaxos345]

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.


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The model and some aftermarket


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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


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- Hamilton propeller


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- 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"


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-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.


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[Snautzer01]

Nice. And good info too. I will be following this build.

 

[zaxos345]

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Before gluing the cockpit in the fuselage I decided to rivet all the aircraft.


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I placed the cockpit into position and closed the fuselage


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Regarding the engine, I could not find the proper turtle mags so I found a 3d design of the engine, I doawload it, and 3d printed it after making some changes!


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[zaxos345]

Nice. And good info too. I will be following this build.

Thanks a lot!!!!

John

 

[zaxos345]

...Next, wheel wells. I wanted to try and show all the piping in there.
Before put the final details I decided to glue the upper wings to the fuselage in order to get as perfect joint as I could as well as to have the room to finalize the piping order.


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wheels...


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landing gear doors


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bombs...


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wing tank...


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recognition lights, i deepen them, paint them chrome, i put clear uv resin on top and painted them with clears.


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That is all for now guys, sorry for the long post!!!!
Hope you like her so far, feel free for any notes, remarks!!!

John

 

[Airframes]

Great subject and nice work so far.
Interesting that it appears that this aircraft was later fitted with a "blown" canopy, as seen in the last B&W photo.

 

[zaxos345]

Great subject and nice work so far.
Interesting that it appears that this aircraft was later fitted with a "blown" canopy, as seen in the last B&W photo.

Thanks Terry!!

 

[Crimea_River]

Awesome work once again John. I could look at your pictures for hours.

 

[zaxos345]

Awesome work once again John. I could look at your pictures for hours.

Thanks a lot Andy!!!

John