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D-Day P-47
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Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Theres a picture of one crash landed on one of the invasion beaches
B) :coolio B)
Oh Man is that a cool photo or what!
Great, thanks Andy....i may have to do me a smashed razor back on the beach sometime soon :evil: :smack
Ian
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
I'm cuttin' and paintin'
I did not get any cockpit set for this build. Kinda wish I did but i'm making do with what I got. For whatever reason, Trumpeter gives us a totaly clear IP that you're suppose to sandwich a film of IP dials and the back of the IP. I guess you're suppose to paint around all the dial faces but I found that Vallejo was beading up on the clear surface so I primed the entire thing and painted. Putting decals on top of the dial faces and will future over them. Don't look too close at those plycards, you may find they are really for the P51, don't tell anyone.
Still looks the Biz MP. getting a feel for your US cockpit approach before I go near my P-61 Cpit.
Ian.
Theres a picture of one crash landed on one of the invasion beaches
B) :coolio B)
Oh Man is that a cool photo or what!
Great, thanks Andy....i may have to do me a smashed razor back on the beach sometime soon :evil: :smack
Ian
Also notice the knocked out Sherman in that shot Ian, it would be a great Two for One dio :woohoo:
I'm stupid..really am. installing bolts that will never be seen..
These RB Production seatbelts are really nice but an investment in time to build up. Yes, I am mixing up white belts with green ones. The green one is replacement belt. Just breaking up things a bit.
These RB Production seatbelts are really nice but an investment in time to build up. Yes, I am mixing up white belts with green ones. The green one is replacement belt. Just breaking up things a bit.
phantom II
Master at Arms
Cheers, Christian B)
Pit done.
Should have gotten Aeromaster 1:32 IP decals before now, really thought I had some but can't find them. Just took a wild guesstmation of where what went where.
Hope you like it
Should have gotten Aeromaster 1:32 IP decals before now, really thought I had some but can't find them. Just took a wild guesstmation of where what went where.
Hope you like it
But they are a pain to build up.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Great Cockpit Bob - really nice.
Can you give us a bit more info on what you used for instruments and placards and how that went - easy bits , what was a challenge - you know, the good oil!
Ian.
paddy
Well-known member
I said Aeroscale earlier, it's Aeromaster decals.
Thank you Ian, I used multiple sources of the individual instruments, old decal sheets and just grabbed the ones I thought would fit. Most are from the Tamiya P51 kit, the placards are from (oh shoot, can't remember who now, will look it up and update this post). Hardest part was locating enough stuff to fill this out. I checked out some reference photos of the cockpit to get a good guestimation of what was where. But I really wasn't that worried about it.
The easy part was using decals over the Eduard PE placards that I had picked up years ago. I would suggest the Airscale products. I have 1:48 US and Luft sets but didn't get the 1:32
Vallejo paints are used all around, Interior Green and a dry brushing of Zinc Chromate Green. Gunmetal for some scratches and worn spots. Black was used on the IP with a dry brushing of the Dark Rubber color. RB Production seat belts and I stole some gunsight detail from the Eduard stuff for the gunsight. Then wash with Migs Dark Wash.
Thanks for all the kind words guys, weren't nuffin...
Edit to add Airscale is the company that has the IP stuff.
Great Cockpit Bob - really nice.
Can you give us a bit more info on what you used for instruments and placards and how that went - easy bits , what was a challenge - you know, the good oil!
Ian.
Thank you Ian, I used multiple sources of the individual instruments, old decal sheets and just grabbed the ones I thought would fit. Most are from the Tamiya P51 kit, the placards are from (oh shoot, can't remember who now, will look it up and update this post). Hardest part was locating enough stuff to fill this out. I checked out some reference photos of the cockpit to get a good guestimation of what was where. But I really wasn't that worried about it.
The easy part was using decals over the Eduard PE placards that I had picked up years ago. I would suggest the Airscale products. I have 1:48 US and Luft sets but didn't get the 1:32
Vallejo paints are used all around, Interior Green and a dry brushing of Zinc Chromate Green. Gunmetal for some scratches and worn spots. Black was used on the IP with a dry brushing of the Dark Rubber color. RB Production seat belts and I stole some gunsight detail from the Eduard stuff for the gunsight. Then wash with Migs Dark Wash.
Thanks for all the kind words guys, weren't nuffin...
Edit to add Airscale is the company that has the IP stuff.
phantom II
Master at Arms
. It looks really nice Bob. Trick question though .
1st picture bellow the beach wreck . That looks like a couple of big bungees . Wouldn't the be a cream color ?
Cheers, Christian B)
Yeah, probably would...don't worry Chris, you'll never see a shot from that angle again. 
phantom II
Master at Arms
Just the top loop ( maybe ). Just info you Bob .