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Wow! Looking forward for the pics soon! Now I can start searching for an appropriate colour scheme

Great progress, Thai. Will you have a complete airframe to show at IPMS Houston or just the wings?

AFAIR the discoloration on Mike’s pics is caused by heat, NOT smoke.

VERY impressive and realistic exhaust stains @spyrosjzmichos. Except one thing: on wartime Jugs, those outlets were not exhausts but the waste gates for the turbo, therefore NO staining whatsoever. On restored planes like the one on your reference pics, they left off the turbo and used the outlets as gas exhaust, hence the extensive staining. Far from being a P-47D expert, I learned this during the building of my first MiniArt 1/48 kit and thought I’d share it with you. Cheers, Quang

Hello everyone, While getting ready for the painting stage of my 1/48 MiniArt, I stumbled on these diagonal lines on quite a few of P-47 pics. I’ve seen these before on P-51 though never on T-bolts. Can you tell me what was the purpose of these lines? Did it have something to do with ground attack? Thank you for your input. Cheers, Quang

You don’t like it, that’s a fact. But explain me why it should be more bastard than another? Sorry to disappoint you, but until today, who has got the opportunity to fondle the plastic to be that affirmative?

Talking ‘bout evolution

… Just like my cutting mat

No, no Federico, that would be 8+1/2.

This is my MAIN concern relating to instructions in modern kits, at least the ones I’ve built: Border Models, MiniArt, Z-M, Italeri. Especially when dealing with radial engines, one drawing is shown viewed from the front and the next is from the back, one from above, the other from below, etc. Since most of the pistons (apparently) look the same, it’s very easy to do it the wrong way. Every drawing deserves close scrutiny. Some even need enlargement to show all the details. I admit that quite a few times, I had to dismantle an assembly to rebuild it during the course of my recent builds. Debonder, James Debonder is my name. Thank you Maximus for the caveat and to the show! Cheers, Quang

Of course I like to think of my models as accurate . It depends of my degree of self-persuasion at the time. Especially when I know that nobody else but myself will see the models in the flesh. IMO the most important is not the accuracy. It’s the good time we had when we built the model.

I KNEW IT!

… and that, WITHOUT Admiral Nagumo figure!

Many, MANY more P-40, Tolga!

And now what’s next? The Akagi deck with assorted crew in 1/32?