P 47Dīs Thunderbolts (Down Low...) 2nd entry
Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007 - 06:38 AM UTC
Hi all:
This was my first entry in 1/72 scale for the Down Low Campaign:
Now Iīm working on my 2nd entry, another P 47D now in 1/48 scale. The kit is Academy, and the build will be OOB.
Here are some pics. Main assemble finished. Primer applied. The only part where I used some filler was in the wings to fus join.
The bird will be armed with 1.000 lb bombs and rocket launchers. The kit is good, with nice detail and a good overall fit. It will wear a scheme from the 56 th FG (Wolf Pack), the decals are Aero Master.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007 - 01:03 PM UTC
Hi Carlos
finally something in the real scale
.. looking good so far!
cheers
Steffen
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007 - 07:18 PM UTC
Thank you Steffen.
The last pic will be the little and the big P 47īs together
The diference in size between the two scales is incredible when you put the kits side by side and this is proportional to the amount of detail.
Regards
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Posted: Monday, May 14, 2007 - 09:38 PM UTC
@ Carlos Good to see someone else going for the Oak Leaves!!! (Multiple Plane Build for the Campaign)
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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007 - 01:17 AM UTC
Looking the business Carlos!
The Down Low Campaign is turning into a P47 Fest!!
your a braver man than me keeping building the Academy kits,,lol.
Looking forward to seeing it progress.
Nige
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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007 - 06:05 PM UTC
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Looking the business Carlos!
The Down Low Campaign is turning into a P47 Fest!!
your a braver man than me keeping building the Academy kits,,lol.
Looking forward to seeing it progress.
Nige
Hi Nigel:
Yes, lot of P 47 in this Campaign, we can build up a Sqn. and go straffing arround
This Academy kits are not bad. Just a little care when building and they look really well when finished, and best of all they are cheap ! I got three more in 1/48 and 6 more in 1/72 in my stash, so..... youīll see me building these kits for a while.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2007 - 06:23 PM UTC
Hi all:
This is the decal set that I bought. Iīll be using the "Aircraft Nš 3 scheme.
The upper colours are Dark Green and Olive Drab, and the undersides NMF with Invasion Stripes, a little different that most P 47. I like it.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 05:41 AM UTC
Hi all:
Here are more pics of the bird as itīs today. Undersides painted with Invasion Stripes and NMF (Aluminium Plate Buffing Met - MM). Cowling placed with itīs interrior painted with Grenn Zinc Chromate.
Next will be the upper surfaces. Coments will be appreciated.
BTW, any sugestions to weather the Invasion Stripes ?
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Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 01:51 AM UTC
looking great Carlos!
weathering the invasion stripes?..you could give the whole model an oil wash of burnt umber,this will tone them down a bit as well.
Another way would be to overspray the whole model with a very thin mix of tamiya smoke. 90% thinners 10 % paint or even thinner
If you look closely on my P47 yuo'll see how the oil wash has taken the edge off the painted white stripes on the tail.At the weekend Im going to post shade with Tamiya Smoke and that will blend everything together even more before I matt varnish.
keep up the good work my friend
Nige
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Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 02:24 AM UTC
Hi Nigel:
Thank you for the kind words.
An oil wash is a good idea. Iīll apply an oil wash to the entire model an after all some chalk powder to simulate some dirt on the Invasion Stripes.
About the post shade youīre planning, were are you going to apply it ? over the entire model or over the panel lines only ?
Regards.
Carlos
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 05:51 AM UTC
Looks really nice Carlos. Are you going to do the chipping and over painted upper invasion stripes that the decal sheet talks about? I look forward to seeing how you do that and how it comes out if you do.
What primer do you use?
Thanks,
Allen
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Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 11:34 AM UTC
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About the post shade youīre planning, were are you going to apply it ? over the entire model or over the panel lines only ?
Regards.
Carlos
Hi Carlos.
I will do a post shade of smoke over the panel lines and then an even thinner mix over the whole model. Thats the plan anyway
Nige
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Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 04:35 PM UTC
īHi Nigel:
Very interesting. Canīt wait to see the pics. What do you use as thinner with the Tamiya acrylic ? Alcohol ?
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Posted: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 - 11:39 PM UTC
Hi Carlos.
For thinning the Tamiya Acrylics I use Tamiya thinners,and I use isopropyl alcohol for cleaning the airbrush.
Nige
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Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2007 - 05:37 PM UTC
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Looks really nice Carlos. Are you going to do the chipping and over painted upper invasion stripes that the decal sheet talks about? I look forward to seeing how you do that and how it comes out if you do.
What primer do you use?
Thanks,
Allen
Hi Allen:
Thank you.
I was checking all my regferences about the P 47 and the 56 FG and I couldnīt find any pic of a P47 with the upper invasion stripes overpainted in olive drab. So I decided to paint the overall upper surface in 042 Med Green FS 34092 (H 149). I donīt know yet what Iīll do with the cowling.
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Winston Spencer Churchill
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 05:21 AM UTC
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What primer do you use?
Allen
Sorry Allen, I forgot your answer.
For priming I use Mr. Surfacer 1200 (Spray Can).
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 10:41 AM UTC
Thanks for the info Carlos. I look forward to watching the rest of this build.
Allen
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Posted: Friday, June 01, 2007 - 03:59 PM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, June 02, 2007 - 12:38 PM UTC
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Posted: Sunday, June 03, 2007 - 03:24 PM UTC
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