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Just a little teaser... :)

 

 

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Not sure what markings I'm doing yet. The box art has the old invasion stripes, and I feel quite confident about NMF after my P-51 build...

 

Decisions, decisions.. #beardstroke

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Can’t tell you why but Christensen’s Miss Fire is an excellent idea ;).
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This is a colorized photo so… caveat :P
Usually you see her WITHOUT invasion bands on the upper wings. Also the backdrop of the miss should be yellow instead of white ( NOT that difficult to correct).
Note the XXL insignia on the lower port wing (standard size on the starboard wing).

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I've started in earnest!

 

Spent half the night sprue-pruning and air-brushing and then the second half of the night, cleaning an airbrush that decided to spit MRP paint all over me!

 

Here's what I did achieve:

 

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Not a lot to show yet. Basic paint applied - next chipping and weathering!

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I've always had a real soft-spot for the P-47. In my mind, it bears a lot of similarities with the Hurricane. A rugged hard-working but effective war-horse, with a thoroughbred stable-mate that gets all the glory and limelight. Those thoroughbreds obviously being the Spitfire and Mustang.

 

I have to this day a Dinky model my mum gave me before my first ever visit to the dentist about 50 years ago to take my mind off the impending torture!

 

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Apparently I had the choice of any aircraft I wanted and I picked this one!

 

I've actually only built one myself before - unlike Tolga's collection!

 

This is the venerable Tamiya 1:48 bubbletop - all brush painted, as it was before I discovered rattle cans and subsequently the airbrush.

 

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So this current build is my first ever foray into Large Scale Jugs..

 

..and talking of which, off to the bench I go. More (I hope) later!

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They look fine to me Rich! I think sometimes we’re overly critical; yes for sure we do need better looking parts on occasion but an objective assessment needs to be made about just how much improvement AM parts offer. 

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