Tamiya 1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Razorback"

[Quax]

Reload following the deletion of the original so apologies if its missing anything that was there prior

I added the Quinta studios 3D decals for the cockpit





















details removed for the decals and then primed with Mr Surfacer1500







cockpit detailed and assembled









cheers

Paul

[Stokesy44]

Beautiful work in the cockpit. Not just the decals, the paintwork too

[digger303]

Beautiful work in the cockpit. Not just the decals, the paintwork too

What he said.

[Quax]

a couple of photos for the update:





fuselage closed up and wings and tail on with little issue and no filler required





flaps, prop and droptanks all assembled for priming.

cheers

Paul

[Kevthemodeller]

Oh yes yes I love a Thud lovely cockpit detail it's such a shame most won't be seen

[Stokesy44]

Racing forward now. Painting looks really good

[Quax]

Thanks for the comments guys!

A few more photos, primed with Mr Surfacer 1500 Black then the undersurface with Real Colours Neutral Grey 43 (RC928) and the upper with Dark Olive Drab 41 (RC926) some panels were then picked out in a lightened olive drab









The nose and tail were sprayed white and then the band masked off and the rest sprayed with SMS Signal Red





Cheers

Paul

[Stokesy44]

Beautiful work Paul. Nice shots of the process too.

[digger303]

You're dialled in with a nice smooth paint application.

[Quax]

following Kev there seems to be a bit of a decal theme going on . The decals that came with the kit were very thick and the smaller ones were very difficult not to silver, the larger insignia were very thick but were very difficult to move once on the model despite using a range of chemicals . One on the side of the fuselage began to break up so I was forced to let it dry, rub it back and put the opposite side one over the top - fortunately the sheet had another insignia that was about 5mm bigger but its not too obvious ( I don't think...)



after overcoating





finished kit with more photos in the reveal section





cheers

Paul

[Kevthemodeller]

Paul superb primer and paint lay down

I've had similar further issues with some decals on my current GT build, nothing to post about as I managed to work around it. Basically they all seem so dam brittle, in that having to cut them where they cross bonnet and rear wing to body gaps, they just crumbled/cracked/disintegrated. Luckily these gaps are .25mm so can't really be seen, but I'm really beginning to wounder, if we're not seeing cost cutting which is leading to material degradation of time

Good save though and you did exactly what I had to do on the FW190

[Stokesy44]

Great finish and a good save on the decals.

[cor]

Looks great.

[digger303]

Paul superb primer and paint lay down

I've had similar further issues with some decals on my current GT build, nothing to post about as I managed to work around it. Basically they all seem so dam brittle, in that having to cut them where they cross bonnet and rear wing to body gaps, they just crumbled/cracked/disintegrated. Luckily these gaps are .25mm so can't really be seen, but I'm really beginning to wounder, if we're not seeing cost cutting which is leading to material degradation of time

Good save though and you did exactly what I had to do on the FW190

You could be right, product substitution perhaps.

Good save on the decals, it's my biggest worry with having a stash is the decals falling apart.