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Decades in the making (P-47)
Bigrip74
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 10:07 PM UTC
I have been pulling out unfinished projects from a box where they have resided. Some for decades.

The AMT had been started in the late 1990's when I lived in Colorado.

The Revell and Monogram had bee obtained on ebay both paint some what. One in silver the other OD.

I painted the noses and ID bands white yesterday, now to start their journey to finish.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 10:14 PM UTC
Now there’s a fun project! Great job mate, I will be following along and looking forward to progress reports.

Cheers, D
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Posted: Wednesday, June 03, 2020 - 10:49 PM UTC
Look forward to your progress Bob
I have been looking in the loft for various things and discovered a couple of almost ready for painting builds in boxes. I'm thinking of switching paint manufacturer so they would be good ones to try out new paints.
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Posted: Thursday, June 04, 2020 - 01:00 AM UTC
P-47 Group Build , Hangar Queens encouraged. Enlist here

Just sayin'

Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, June 04, 2020 - 03:42 AM UTC

Quoted Text

P-47 Group Build , Hangar Queens encouraged. Enlist here

Just sayin'




D, these qualify for that group?

I will a/b the neutral gray on all (3) today.

Bob
Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, June 04, 2020 - 07:03 AM UTC
Neutral Gray is now on all (3). I will wait (24 hours) then mask for the OD.

My thoughts are one will be a shade of OD that I mixed and the other two another shade of OD.
Bigrip74
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Posted: Thursday, June 04, 2020 - 09:49 AM UTC
I must have several boxes of unfinished models. I found these today while going through boxes to condense, toss, or give away.

Fujimi Westland Wessex (1/48)
Monogram Bf109E (1/48)
ICM Yak-7A (1/48)
ARII P-40E (1/48)
FUJIMI Bf-110 (1/48)
Eduard Yak-3 (1/48)
Amtech P-40E (1/48)
Encore P-40E (1/48)
Valom Bristol Bombay (1/72)


AussieReg
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Posted: Thursday, June 04, 2020 - 12:01 PM UTC

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D, these qualify for that group?



Definitely, thanks for joining in!

Cheers, D
Bigrip74
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Posted: Friday, June 05, 2020 - 07:30 AM UTC
Applied OD to all (3) a/c.

MONOGRAM - MIXED od
REVELL - XF-62
AMT/OTAKI - lighted mixed ok
Bigrip74
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Posted: Friday, June 05, 2020 - 07:33 AM UTC
Better photos:





Bigrip74
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 08:47 AM UTC
Set up the photo cube and took (3) photos of each P-47. Or so I thought, when I went to upload the photos only (2) P-47’s were present. So here are the two I have and will take more of the third later.
Still need to attach the LG doors, Prop, antenna, Pitot tube, and weathering.





Bigrip74
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Posted: Monday, June 22, 2020 - 10:30 AM UTC
I found those (3) photos of the third P-47 still in my camera. So here is the third a/c.

Republic P-47C-2
“Rat Racer”
Pilot Lt. Frank McCauley
61st. FS/56th. FG
1943



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