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Rebublic P-47
D "Thunderbolt" by Chris Novak This is the third bird of my actual "Silver-Bubbletop-Jug" project depicting the wellknown "No guts, no glory" from Ben Mayo which is also flying in this markings in Duxford, one of the most atractive Jugs because of it´s wonderful paintsheme: not only the great looking black and white checkerboard cowling of the 78 FG, also the D-day stripes make this Jug a beautyful bird. Kit is the actual ( or better "old" ) REVELL/Germany one and although the kit is not up to date - to be honest: the molds are from the last millenium! ;-) - and the quality can not compare to the actual HASEGAWA releases this kit can be built into a good looking Jug, all you have to do is: rescribe panel lines, rebuild the wrong landing gear ( oleos in "out" position), replace the wrong wheels ( wrong size, wrong cover, no tire-profile), replace the wrong prop, rebuild the inner gear doors, sand and polish the poorly molded canopy and and and......ok, just kidding, that´s modelling, no one of this steps are a "mission impossible" for a good modeller. I will describe some of my methods in a detailed article here in LSP as soon as the actual Jug ( will probably be "Hun Hunter") is finished, you can also take a look at the works- board in LSP where the actual progress is shown. First the man "behind" the machine: Ben Mayo and here the machine:
A few facts of the model: checkerboard
handpainted, decals selfmade / printed ( here a big THANX to the great
guys from the Key Publishing Ltd Aviation forum - which helped me with some info, especially with the names on the
yellow crew- patch, this forum is highly recommended!), landing gear
selfmade from aluminium and brass tubings, prop and wheels are resin
parts from the great Jerry Rutman, prop and lights are working, NMF
is a mix of different silver colours and different metal foils. Feel free to contact me with any question, enjoy
© Chris Novak 2004 |
