Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Jugs over Italy"

Scott Hastings
Cool, have this one in my stash pile as well, looking forward to following your build

Ronan Donohoe
It seems like a good kit, lots of aftermarket included too! Hoping to get stuck in this weekend.

Holger Kranich
Oh yeah, i´m in here too! Nice kit! have a lot of fun with it at the Weekend😢

Wim van der Luijt
Count me in too!

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks guys, hope I can do it justice!

arne vd burg
Taking a seat .

Soeren R.
Count me in! 🙂

Stephan Ryll
I'll take a seat too

Urban Gardini
Looking great mate! I'll grab a seat as well. I've got the sister kit to this one and AFIK it's only the decals that differ.

Kerry COX
Detail is the winner and well done on bringing it all to life. 🙂 👍

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks guys, I'll be very pleased when I get the fuselage together, I'm hoping that will go well!
You are correct I think in that the "Jugs over Germany" is the same apart from the marking options.

Ronan Donohoe
I spent most of my bench time over the past two weeks finishing and sanding seams and then rescribing the lost detail. Tonight I added the Master gun barrels and then got a coat of Mr Surfacer black primer on.

Ronan Donohoe
Lots of work done recently, we are in the middle of selling our house which has eaten up my modelling time, but I'm nearly finished the paintjob and hope to get the decals on next

Kerry COX
The paint 'shop' looks the money, and the work on the tail stripes is wonderful. !!🙂
The painting for me is always filled with dread, but once it starts, all is good, and I am really looking forward to your finished product mate. 🙂 🙂 👍
Cheers. 👍

Ben STONE
Great masking and painting

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks guys! I actually enjoy masking which is nice as it does lead to good paintwork. Getting close to the finish line on this one, looking forward to it!

Kerry COX
So are we Ronan. And the colourful paint jobs just have that 'Zing' true. ? 🙂 👍

Ronan Donohoe
I agree 100%, I love the colourful markings applied to aircraft in the second world war, and in the earlier parts of the cold war, the latest modern grey markings while practical are very boring! I've added pictures of the USAAF markings now painted on using Maketar masks, Mr Aqueous Color "Thunderbird Blue" and Mr Paint ANA601 Insignia White

Kerry COX
It's good that we can still indulge ourselves with the brightly coloured aircraft prior to the 'drab' greys of today. 🙂
The USN especially 👍
Thanks for the colour tips too Ronan. 🙂
And I really do like the different metals on the wings you have done. Most effective. 👍

Ronan Donohoe
Glad you noted the variation in the metal on the wings! The base colour is super silver metallic, then the gun compartment covers are dark aluminium, and some of the top panels on the wings and the control surfaces are duraluminum (all Mr Paint paints). It was quite a bit of masking but I like the effect!

Kerry COX
It is great to see just how much effort you have put in to get the best result Ronan, I am most impressed at your skills.
Cheers and well done. 🙂

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks again Kerry! I won't get any more work done on it for a week now as I'm off for a holiday tomorrow with the family, but I plan to get it all done the following week. I want to get it done by the 10th of April for a group build on Britmodeller and hopefully I should do so (I've already finished the undercarriage, bombs, wheels and so on, so a lot of the busy work done!)

Kerry COX
Have a wonderful time with your kin folk mate. Have a safe trip and may God be with you. 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks Kerry!

Clifford Keesler
I like it.

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks Clifford! Looking forward to getting it finished (soon I hope!)

Ronan Donohoe
Fitted the motor and cowling tonight, plus assembled the propeller. Nearly ready to finish the decals and markings but a bit of paint touching up is needed first. Getting there!

Clifford Keesler
Sure is looking good.

David Thor
Fine results, keep going! 🙂

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks guys, I think the finishing line is in sight!

Urban Gardini
Good masking work mate!

Ronan Donohoe
Thank you! I often see other people posting about how much they hate masking but not me, I actually enjoy it! (Both putting it on and taking it off!)

Urban Gardini
You'll never know if it's good or not until you remove the masking so it's an intense part of the building to remove the masking...

Kerry COX
I like to get the masking off as soon as possible, mainly to avoid that 'feathering' that happens after the paint has dried, so while it has a little 'softness', I find it is a good time to get it done. 🙂 Then there is always the running of a super sharp scalpel blade along the edge of the masking to 'break' that line of paint, just as long as you don't 'score' the underlying surface. :-/

Ronan Donohoe
What I have found using the new Mr Paint's that I have is that they go on nice and thin (yet cover well) and hence not much build up against the tape. I'm a big fan!

Kerry COX
Good to know Ronan, thanks mate. 🙂

ForestFan
Just checked this out, got to say it looks great!

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks again guys! Just trying to work up the energy to get more work done on it today, having a very lazy Saturday at the moment!

Ronan Donohoe
All finished now, next I must take some quality pictures of it in my light tent

Alistair Graham
The model looks great, i have it in my stash but have never worked with resin before, and i also bought some Alclad paints and have never used these before either, so i guess it was put on the back burner for that reason but after seeing this i might dig it out after my current projects are finished.

Stephan Ryll
Your build turned out very nice Ronan! Top 👍

David Thor
Can´t wait to see the finished result!

Ronan Donohoe
Thanks guys! I'll take better photos tomorrow and post them up. I find resin good to work with although the cockpit floor is a pain to work with on this kit as you have to remove a big chunk of casting material to get it ready for assembly. Other than that I think it went together well!