Hasegawa 1/32 P-47D Thunderbolt

[toadwbg 34]

Its freehand and actually fairly easy to do.

 

Please tell us what paint (brand) and thinner you used, ratios, pressure, etc. Love that paint job.

[theseeker 315]

Looking great!

[gunpowder 765]

Colours used were xtracrylics dark sea grey , medium sea grey and vallejo model air pale blue grey underneath. All thinned with.......wait for it..........tap water!

[bigern007 135]

Hey chum.Is it my old eyes ,or the pic. ,but is that t0p wing star and bar very slightly cockeyed?

 

It is a very nice build,love the'pit.....Ernie

[toadwbg 34]

Colours used were xtracrylics dark sea grey , medium sea grey and vallejo model air pale blue grey underneath. All thinned with.......wait for it..........tap water!

 

 

You should bottle that tap water into leftoever tins, mark it up 3000% and sell it as the perfect AB thinner

[gunpowder 765]

Well this model has sat around long enough. Its time it was finished i think. I did my favourite part today. The matt varnish. I used xtracrylics matt thinned with tap water. It worked great. I cant wait to do a bit of weathering on it.

 

 

The red in the artwork should have been the same colour as the cowl , unforunately it isnt.

 

Panel lines came out OK

 

Undercarriage next...

[Guest]

Looking good! 56th FG birds have long been a favorite of mine.

 

John

[bdthoresen 520]

Slick paintjob! Love the camo colors as well. Please keep the pics coming.....

 

THOR, who needs to build a P-47

[gunpowder 765]

Thanks guys.

 

U/C is fitted and is very strong. I still need to ad the upper doors. I was toying with the idea of Mastercaster wheels , but i think i will stick with the kit ones for now. Maybe i will get better wheels later.

 

The engine is beautiful. Its the quickboost one and the cooling fin detail is amazing. The only down side is no pushrods. I cut the kit ones up and used them. Very time consuming. I still need to add the magnetos and ignition wires yet.

[miked 0]

Great looking Thunderbolt!!!!

[WrongWay 5]

Beautiful! Nothing prettier than a Thunderbolt.

[gunpowder 765]

OK nearly done now. Im really pleased with it. The Hasegawa kit is a beautiful one and easy to build. Just need to add the gunsight , tweek the yellow prop tips , and paint the gun barrels.

 

Gotta love those Eduard prepainted belts.

 

The oil streaks were fun. Dap a small amount of thinned paint on , then blow it with a drinking straw!

[dragonfly 0]

Gorgeous! Great looking Jug. Nice job!

 

Jerry

[ChrisS 172]

Looking great, and close to done too. Very nice tbolt!

[theseeker 315]

The Jug came out great and an outstanding paint job!

Rocky