ij001
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Remember the P-47N I started last month ?? - Well, when I started it, I also dug-out all my 'other' 1:48 Thunderbolts - three Bubbletops and three Razorbacks, (one of these Razorbacks I had started to do as Bill Dunham's "Bonnie", but it wasn't turning-out too well).
Long story short, I stripped-down "Bonnie" and have repainted her in Alclad lacquers, and I've started a second Razorback - that's now sitting in the cabinet wearing a base-coat of Tamiya 'Sky Grey'. So here, in no particular order, is what I plan to do with them:
(Hasegawa) P-47D-15 (Razorback) - Free French AF (GC I/4 'Navarre'). Straight OD over Neutral Grey with yellow theatre bands and a red cowling ring.
(Tamiya) P-47D-11 (Razorback) - Maj. WH Juntilla's'Flying Finn'of the 352FS, 353FG (black/yellow checker cowling and invasion stripes on an OD/Neutral Grey machine - but.... a D-11, you know this is going to faded, patchy and thoroughly filthy !!)
(Tamiya) P-47D-20 (Razorback) - Lt. Col. Gil Wymond's 'Hun Hunter XIV' of the 65FS, 57FG (NMF, red nose, yellow ID bands etc - as featured in the wartime documentary 'Thunderbolt' narrated by James Stewart).
(Hasegawa) P-47D-28 (Bubbletop) - The Turtle #10, flown by Capt. Charles Dooney. 509FS, 405FG. Apparently Capt. Dooney went through two P-47's whilst supporting the 101st Airborne in the Ardennes.(NMF and lots of red trim !!)
(Tamiya) P-47D-27 (Bubbletop) - 'Elsie' flown by Maj. Clay Tice when he was commanding the 507FS of the 404FG in Autumn/Fall 1944. This one is NMF aswell and has invasion stripes under the wings and fuselage.
(Tamiya) Thunderbolt II (P-47D-25) - 79 Sqn RAF, based at Meiktela in Burma close to the end of the war. (SEAC camo and ID stripes).
My thinking is to keep these 'turning-over' in the background whilst I work on whatever else takes my fancy. As this is written, the P-47N is ready for decalling, 'Hun Hunter XIV' needs it's glare panel, and 'Flying Finn' is ready for a (lot of) pre-shading. I'll start separate threads for all of them, highlighting the differences in finishes for each one, bearing-in-mind age of the airframe, where it was being used etc, etc.
If you are going to ask 'why the P-47 ?' or more likely, 'why so many P-47's ??' The answer is as simple as I am.... Alongside the P-40, It's my favourite US aircraft of WWII. I luvvem !!
AFN, more soon.
Ian
Long story short, I stripped-down "Bonnie" and have repainted her in Alclad lacquers, and I've started a second Razorback - that's now sitting in the cabinet wearing a base-coat of Tamiya 'Sky Grey'. So here, in no particular order, is what I plan to do with them:
(Hasegawa) P-47D-15 (Razorback) - Free French AF (GC I/4 'Navarre'). Straight OD over Neutral Grey with yellow theatre bands and a red cowling ring.
(Tamiya) P-47D-11 (Razorback) - Maj. WH Juntilla's'Flying Finn'of the 352FS, 353FG (black/yellow checker cowling and invasion stripes on an OD/Neutral Grey machine - but.... a D-11, you know this is going to faded, patchy and thoroughly filthy !!)
(Tamiya) P-47D-20 (Razorback) - Lt. Col. Gil Wymond's 'Hun Hunter XIV' of the 65FS, 57FG (NMF, red nose, yellow ID bands etc - as featured in the wartime documentary 'Thunderbolt' narrated by James Stewart).
(Hasegawa) P-47D-28 (Bubbletop) - The Turtle #10, flown by Capt. Charles Dooney. 509FS, 405FG. Apparently Capt. Dooney went through two P-47's whilst supporting the 101st Airborne in the Ardennes.(NMF and lots of red trim !!)
(Tamiya) P-47D-27 (Bubbletop) - 'Elsie' flown by Maj. Clay Tice when he was commanding the 507FS of the 404FG in Autumn/Fall 1944. This one is NMF aswell and has invasion stripes under the wings and fuselage.
(Tamiya) Thunderbolt II (P-47D-25) - 79 Sqn RAF, based at Meiktela in Burma close to the end of the war. (SEAC camo and ID stripes).
My thinking is to keep these 'turning-over' in the background whilst I work on whatever else takes my fancy. As this is written, the P-47N is ready for decalling, 'Hun Hunter XIV' needs it's glare panel, and 'Flying Finn' is ready for a (lot of) pre-shading. I'll start separate threads for all of them, highlighting the differences in finishes for each one, bearing-in-mind age of the airframe, where it was being used etc, etc.
If you are going to ask 'why the P-47 ?' or more likely, 'why so many P-47's ??' The answer is as simple as I am.... Alongside the P-40, It's my favourite US aircraft of WWII. I luvvem !!
AFN, more soon.
Ian
