Vintage Fighter Series 1/24 Scale P-47-D (bubbletop) Thunderbolt
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Republic P-47-D-25 Thunderbolt "Bubbletop" (Boxart sample by Tom Tullis)

This kit will include 6x decal options details as follows:

• 2x English = "NO 30" (GREY/GREEN CAMOUFLAGE) - KJ159. and "NV-K" - (GREEN/BROWN CAMOUFLAGE) - KJ278.
• 2x French = "NO 23" (METAL FINISH) - 227295. And "NO 80" (GREY/GREEN CAMOUFLAGE) - 226520.
• 2x Duxford based (78th FG) aircraft = "WZ-X" (METAL FINISH) 226640 and "MX-E" (GREY/GREEN CAMOUFLAGE) - 226635

The following are preliminary test shot photos, many things can and possibly will change on the production model.

 

This kit together with a second D-25 version based on David Schilling and Gabby Gabreski's aircraft and two other decal options will be released later this year (2006). Price may be between £59.99 to £62.99 depending on the final costs of the 'Tooling' and almost twice the parts of the P40. Not a bad deal actually when most other kits of this scale are over the £79.00 mark.

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