Coming along nicely Neil
Neils Tamiya 1/72 Republic P47D Thunderbolt ‘Razorback'
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Paint has gone on nicely Neil. Looking the part.
So first, a tale of the Carpet Monster falsely accused..
I was putting on the tail wheel flaps, put the first on and then couldn't find the second. These are not tiny, so I was sure I would spot it. I moved my chair, the rug, moved everything off the table, picked up the cutting mat. I spent 20 minutes looking for the piece....
and then.....
Obviously, the lessons here are tidiness is a good thing, one piece at a time. Yeah, not going to happen.
I was putting on the tail wheel flaps, put the first on and then couldn't find the second. These are not tiny, so I was sure I would spot it. I moved my chair, the rug, moved everything off the table, picked up the cutting mat. I spent 20 minutes looking for the piece....
and then.....
Obviously, the lessons here are tidiness is a good thing, one piece at a time. Yeah, not going to happen.
So I have painted the underside and topside now, the olive drap is paler than I realised. The red will need to be gone over one more time at least as well.
I took the masking off the canopy by mistake, and I still have to gloss -> decals -> matt varnish - but I'm pretty sure there are no decals around the canopy so I can just mask the whole thing.
Not very exciting, but I put the gloss varnish on, ready for the decals next weekend.
Nice progress Neil, looking great so far 
The fun one will be the chief's head. It has two decals: a white one that is just the outline, and a white line that goes around the engine cowling, and then the actual head, which sits on top of and inside the white outline.
And I think the red on the nose might be too narrow. Guess I better check that before actually putting the decal on.
And I think the red on the nose might be too narrow. Guess I better check that before actually putting the decal on.
Very nice work so far Neil.
Looks good Neil 
Getting to the end with the decals on today
Yes, the decal underneath the tail got messed up, but fixed now.
I decided to add the stores as well, so now it needs the antenna adding, flat varnish and hope the chief's head has sat down with decal set. And of course, a little bit of touching up. I gave up on some of the really small decals but may give them a go too.
It is the muscle car (Transam, Firebird maybe?) to the Mustang as a P51 and a car. Much sleeker and leaner.
Very nice work indeed Neil
That has turned out well Neil. Almost done now.
Calling this done. I am not doing any weathering on this. I will make a proper close thread when I have better pics so these are just the quick ones.
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