P-47D 1/48 Monogram

[Guest]

Vaughan it came close on the wailk around but still did'nt get that elusive shot,thanks again all the same appreciate the effort!

[Vaughan]

Oh well, you'd have thought that there would have been a shot somewhere. Next time I'm at Duxford I will get on the floor and get a shot. Trey I've just cut these off the spru as I'm not at this stage yet but here's the intake on my Hasegawa P47D it does have some detail.

Vaughan

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[Guest]

Vaughan you ROCK ! Thats just what I needed, on to more surgery! I owe you big time Bro THANKS!!!!!!!!

[Vaughan]

Trey here's a couple more shots in situ on the fuselage. I put them together in a hurry so the mid section should be flush and not sticking up.

Vaughan

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[Guest]

Vaughan thanks again ,really appreciate the help. Thanks to you I was able to slog on and get going again!

B-17 in the stash gave up a turbo(more to come on that build later) and using the donated part I finished up the aft turbo vents.

I also used some sheet styrene painted black to block light from passing thru the opened vents and installed the office.

Glued the fuse halves together

started working on the gun sight

after it sets up it will be time to decide what to do about the raised panel lines,not really wanting to rescribe this thing. Geuss it depends on how much detail I loose sanding the seams

[Vaughan]

All's looking good Trey and I'm glad that I could help you out.

Vaughan

[Guest]

Vaughan thanks again Amigo!The wings next,opened the spent shell ports ,landing lights and ID light holes

Cleaned up the engine and firewall,opened the intakes and removed areas around the cylinder heads

Joined the wings and set the dehedral,its close but not exact

filled the minor gaps with green squadron putty

smoothed out the filler and painted a guide coat of thinned grey to highlight imperfections

I just had to touch up a few panel lines at the seams avoiding a major rescribe job.

Thinned MM enamel applied to get a uniform base before the NMF

canopy added

NMF is next,cheers Trey

[Guest]

Wow, you're making a proper silk purse out of what appears to be a bit of a sow's ear of a kit, Trey! Amazing skills on show there. :lol: I wouldn't have thought of opening up all those vents.

[Guest]

Thanks Bubba,I'm punishing myself with old revelogram kits lately ,do'nt really know why

[Guest]

I'm going with Testors aluminum for the base of the NMF. First shot some Testors clear over the canopy to help seal down the mask and avoid 'creep'. Followed by a shot of the green interior color. Then the aluminum went on. I had to stop and fix some blems inspite of all the extra care I still missed a few spots. I then shot some Testors clear over the aluminum ,hopefully this will keep me from damaging the finish as I add some various tints to access panels and the anti glare areas.

The props almost ready to hang

Panel color modulation followed by Invasion stripes and anti glare next,cheers Trey

[Vaughan]

That Testor Aluminium gives a great finish looking forward to seeing this one completed Trey.

Vaughan

[Guest]

looking smart trey

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Vaughan and Mark thanks for the support,really appreciate it. Had an EPIC fail on the NMF. Masked up some panels to spray some different shades of aluminum and the clear pulled away from the base. So I grabbed some really strong tape and started using it to 'pull' the remainder of the clear away.

then wet sanded everything with 1000 grit,loosing a little detail but its better than binning it at this point.

Then sprayed it semi gloss black to check for flaws . I'm going to try Tamiya ts-30 silver leaf as I've had good results in the past with it.

If that does'nt work I'm returning it to kit form. Gee I'm so glad I got back into this hobby to relax.

[Guest]

Oh no. Nightmare.

[Guest]

Gee I'm so glad I got back into this hobby to relax.

I know that feeling well

Looks like you've recovered the kit nicely though Trey, there still looks to be a load of detail showing through on the semi-gloss pictures so (from my limited knowledge of aircraft building) you have something to work with.