"Big Dogs: Leading Aces of the 56th FG"

Outline
In this set we cover the top scoring (aerial victories) Thunderbolt aces of the ETO (all residents of the 56th FG). The ships covered are the last or most colorful mounts of Lt Col Francis “Gabby” Gabreski. Col Dave Schilling, Capts Fred Christensen, and Robert Johnson all offered in 1/32 scale.

• The decal source artwork and profiles are by Stephen Mudgett
• Profile illustrations are copyright 2003, 2007 Stephen Mudgett (www.stephenmudgett.com)
• Mike Grant Decals provided the production artwork (www.mikegrantdesign.com)
• Printing was done by Fantasy Print Shop in UK (www.fantasyprintshop.com)
• All research and production tasks were done by the LSP staff.
• Dry Transfer stencils and stenciling guide by Hobbydecal (www.hobbydecal.com)

Thunderbolts in 1/32
1/32 P-47 kits were originally produced in the 1970s by Revell and both the Bubbletop and Razorback kits from this series can still be found and are fairly common. J Rutman products makes multimedia resin kits of both the Bubbletop as well as the Razorback, and both Hasagawa and Trumpeter have also announced 1/32 Thunderbolt kits to be released in 2007. This Set: These decals represent the call letters, nose art, and a full set of Dry Transfer stenciling unique to these aircraft and or the P-47. The set does not include national insignias, or invasion stripes. Be warned that the modeler is left to solve a number of these issues without decal support. Keeping the set sparse allowed us to include markings for all 4 ships. The Dry Transfer stencils also include some duplicates of the call-letters, kill markings, and crew placards for your convenience.

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You can order this set from our retail page.