P-47D X01

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March 22, 2022
Aircraft art work
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March 22, 2022
Box art from a Hasegawa P-47D Kit.
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March 22, 2022
Painting and markings
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March 22, 2022
I will use the Academy Bubble Top Kit.
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March 22, 2022
Kit parts
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March 22, 2022
Kit instruction and decals. I will not be using these marking
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March 22, 2022
Kit instruction sheet
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March 22, 2022
Kit instruction sheet
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March 22, 2022
Kit instruction sheet
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March 22, 2022
I will use Sky Decals P-47 sheet for the markings XO1. This will be the first time that I have used Sky Decals.
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March 22, 2022
I all ways wash kit parts before starting work
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March 22, 2022
The Revell P-47D Kit. this is a late model of the P-47D
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March 22, 2022
Revell's late P-47D
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March 22, 2022
Revell's kit parts. I will only need a few parts to update the Academy kit.
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March 22, 2022
Revell cockpit floor. I will need this part.
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March 22, 2022
The revell cockpit sidewall very poor details, the Academy kit is much better.
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March 22, 2022
Revell P-47D sidewall details very poor.
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March 22, 2022
Revell lower wing section. I will refer to this to upgrade the Academy wing.
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March 26, 2022
Here are the Revell parts that I will use to update the Academy kit.
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March 26, 2022
Kit cockpit. In the end I just scratch built the cockpit floor and did not us the Revell kit cockpit floor. One of the main differences in late model P-47D was a flat cockpit floor.
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March 26, 2022
Added cockpit floor details.
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March 26, 2022
Kit sidewall details.
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March 26, 2022
I added some more sidewall details. With only a few cents of Evergreen Styrene.
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March 26, 2022
Added details
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March 26, 2022
Added details, ready for paint.
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March 27, 2022
Cockpit painted Interior Green
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March 27, 2022
Cockpit painted
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March 27, 2022
Cockpit sidewall details painted
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March 27, 2022
Cockpit tub installed. I gave the cockpit a dark grey wash.
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March 27, 2022
Cockpit installed
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March 27, 2022
Fuselage glued together
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March 27, 2022
Fuselage together, fit was very nice
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March 30, 2022
Remove kit wing guns
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March 30, 2022
I drilled new holes for brass tubing
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March 30, 2022
Kit wheel wells
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March 30, 2022
Added wheel well details
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March 30, 2022
I removed the kit ID lights and added new ones
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March 30, 2022
New ID lights
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March 30, 2022
I will use the Revell wing as a reference (top) to update the Academy wing
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March 30, 2022
Updated Academy wing. Note I added the compressibility flap to each wing. The flap does set a little proud on the wing, also I filled in the kit landing light and added a new landing light out board.
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March 30, 2022
Improved kit wings
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March 30, 2022
Kit wing
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March 30, 2022
Improved kit wing. I added the wing missing flap hings
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March 30, 2022
Fuselage and wings
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April 5, 2022
To update the Academy kit using the fuselage fillet from the Revell kit. The fillet is one thing that distinguish the late P-47D
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April 5, 2022
The fillet fit was not great, a little filling and sanding was needed.
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April 5, 2022
Fuselage fillet
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April 5, 2022
I did some rescribing of some panel lines. I think the Squadron's scribing tool is the best I have used. It's simple and cheap for around ten dollars US.
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Comentarios

6 22 March 2022, 12:37

John Thomas
I am starting a new P-47 project. It will be an P-47D Bubble Top from the 79th FG in Italy 1945. The P-47D OX1 is a late model P-47. I have no War time photos of this aircraft to compare with the art work. This aircraft features nose art from a well know war time artist Alberto Vargas. Vargas pinup nose art were on several WW2 aircraft. Vargas is also know for is work in Playboy in the 1960's and 1970's. I will use the Academy P-47D Bubble Top Kit. I like the Academy kit better than the Revell kit. Just need to steal a few parts from Revell's P-47D kit to upgrade the Academy kit to a late model P-47D. Much of the same detail work that I did on my Miss Mary Lou project will apply here.

22 March 2022, 12:54

John Thomas
New photos up today. Not OX1 but XO1 above sorry. Working on cockpit. Added a few details to the cockpit using a few cents of Evergreen Styrene plastic.

26 March 2022, 13:26

John Thomas
New photos up today. Cockpit painted and installed.

27 March 2022, 12:44

John Thomas
New photos up today. Fuselage and wings are complete. Still need to do some sanding and seam work on the fuselage and wings.

30 March 2022, 12:46

Lochsa River
Sittin in....i am building this kit now

30 March 2022, 19:21

John Thomas
Lochsa, Thanks. Still doing a lot of prep work. All of the upgrade work is done.

31 March 2022, 12:42

John Thomas
New photos up today

5 April 2022, 12:55

John Thomas
New photos up today. Airframe complete. Started work on the small bits.

8 April 2022, 12:55

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