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P-47M Thunderbolt

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29 11 January 2022, 08:59
Łukasz Gliński
Following, built it from the Revell boxing not so long ago, it's a nice kit 🙂
11 January 2022, 09:19
Cuajete
Me 2.
11 January 2022, 20:36
Shar Dipree
Thx. Yes, nice kit with fine details although the injection mold is made in/before 1999.
12 January 2022, 20:37
Robert Podkoński
Good choice, Shar! 😉 Watching with pleasure!
12 January 2022, 20:42
Guy Rump
Looking good. 👍
12 January 2022, 22:01
Łukasz Gliński
Hope the new decals are better, Revell had really thick ones.
13 January 2022, 07:44
Shar Dipree
Some news: the build went ahead and i ordered some acessories for the diorama:
200gal. flat belly drop tank: 200 US gal. External Drop Ta..rbolt kit (CMK Q72264, 1:72)
Polish pilots: Battle of Britain Polish pil..ork Miniatures F72018, 1:72)
US Army machanics: US Army mechanics WW II (3 fig.) (CMK F72114, 1:72)
Due to the lack of offers of military ground crews, i chose additional a civilian ground crew: Ground Crew (PJ Production 721134, 1:72)

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22 January 2022, 20:31
Shar Dipree
Does anybody know what kind of mission Capt. Witold A. Łanowski flown with the HV-Z? I did not find much about this topic. 🙁
22 January 2022, 20:34
Shar Dipree
Thx. The wiki-articles were the first i found at my search.
Yesterday i found detailed information about the 56th FG. The link to a homepage about the 56th FG (61th 62th and 63th FS also): 56thfightergroup.co.uk/history.htm
At 3rd January 1945 the 56th FG begins to receive the new P-47M model. The 56th was the only group to fly the M model operationally. But the P-47M got many problems with the new engine so the 56th was taken off operations or changed the aircraft model (P-51). Several P-47Ms went down because of engine problems.
Only March 25th the engine problems could be solved and the 56th was back to business. Now they flew Ramrod-missions (bomber escording) but also Strafing-missions (ground attack on low level using aircraft-mounted automatic weapons).
That means, my idea for an diorama with this P-47M equipped with bombs to the wing pylons is unrealistic.

By the way: i found a book about Capt. Witold A. Łanowski: fightinghigh.com/products/out-in-front 🙂
23 January 2022, 09:07
Robert Podkoński
Fantastic research, Shar. The book is Lanowski's autobiography in fact 🙂
23 January 2022, 10:54
Shar Dipree
Thx.

When comparing pictures in the inet with the cover photo and the instruction i found some mistakes.

The fin on back looks on the photos like black not aluminum as shown on the cover photo. The instruction demands complete black. Reference: worldwarphotos.info/..-56th-fighter-group/

The cover photo shows it with correct difference in hight of the color line on the front (cowling und forward fusselage). Reference: americanairmuseum.com/media/24339

On the pictures, the color of the canopy and windshild looks rather like aluminum (instruction), not red (cover). Reference: americanairmuseum.com/media/24321
23 January 2022, 14:17
Robert Podkoński
To the best of my knowledge, you are absolutely right, Shar. This is how in Techmod decals Lanowski's Thunderbolt is presented:
Republic P-47D/M Thunderbolt (Techmod 72103, 1:72)

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23 January 2022, 14:33
Łukasz Gliński
While working on my build some time ago, I went for blue fin and alu canopy framing, same as Techmod suggests. Not so sure about the fin colour tbh when I look at it now 🙂
That boxart profile looks very odd to me, but it covers another important detail - the horseshoe:
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23 January 2022, 14:46
Shar Dipree
Some new pictures.
@Łukasz Gliński: The decals comes from Cartograph.
28 January 2022, 23:09
Shar Dipree
Some progress in the work, new pictures. 🙂
6 February 2022, 21:12
Łukasz Gliński
Nice progress. Good for you - their decals should be waaaay better. Looking forward to seeing what you picked for plum.
6 February 2022, 22:10
Shar Dipree
Thx Lukasz. 🙂 I hope, i will doing fine.
Hello everyone. I made some new pictures.
I'm testing clear coats at the moment. I tested several clear coats, none of which meets my requirements (good spraying and surface such as matching gloss level), yet.
13 February 2022, 09:38
Shar Dipree
Final sprint. Sloowly my model is looking like a P-47 HV-Z. 🙂
13 February 2022, 21:50
Łukasz Gliński
Aha, so you went for black, interesting 👍
13 February 2022, 22:00
Shar Dipree
Hello everyone.
Some new pics.
I starting to build the airfield-base and the tank truck.
6 May 2022, 19:18
Robert Podkoński
Good work so far, Shar!
6 May 2022, 19:55
Shar Dipree
Thanks very much, Robert.

New pics: I add some grass on the base.
9 May 2022, 20:30
Shar Dipree
Because we were moving last year, i hadn´t enough time for modelling. But now, my project goes on. Now some news.
26 February 2023, 08:26
Robert Podkoński
Thunderbolt looks fantastic, Shar (Was it really your first time with airbrushing and weathering? You must be very talented then!)
26 February 2023, 09:04
Łukasz Gliński
Awesome Jug, nicely weathered 👍
26 February 2023, 09:08
Shar Dipree
Thank you Robert and Lukasz.
Yes, it´s really my first time.
26 February 2023, 21:24
Живко Джаков
Very good research! I was also looking for what the exact colors were because of the discrepancies between the box art and the manual. I have to admit I settled for a much more superficial work on the subject.
27 February 2023, 08:20
Andy Ball
Missed this one Shar, and thanks for hosting the build in such detail. I will steal some of your ideas when I get to mine.
27 February 2023, 08:58
Shar Dipree
New advances: truck further completed and some more stuff for the truck and the airfield. Slowly the squirrel feeds (i love squirrels).
Thanks Andy. Which ideas do you mean?
5 March 2023, 20:42
Bas Tonn
Lots of pictures, interesting, following
5 March 2023, 20:44
Mr James
Beautiful work on the P47. It amazes me the detail you get into that cockpit on this scale. Also, thats the proper way to paint metal finish. Fantastic result.
28 May 2023, 15:49
Andy Ball
Shar: all of 'em! The Tamiya kit is superb, and the only thing I wish I'd done is slightly open those cowel blades as you have
28 May 2023, 16:31
Jennifer Franklin
Incredible work, Shar (I love squirrels too); I love the weathering you did on the truck, especially given the scale of 1:72. That can't have been easy.
20 January, 04:18
Nicolas
Very nice work so far. I'll join in to see the last steps.
20 January, 09:49
Shar Dipree
Thank you Mr James, Andy, Jennifer and Nicolas.
I should continue here too, but so far I haven't had the muse for it - I don't like painting figures.
28 January, 08:56
Nicolas
I can understand that. I do most of my figure painting during the week after work. Then I only have 10-20 minutes anyway, overall I make quite good progress, but I never sit on the figures for long.
28 January, 10:35

Project info

136 images
1:72
En cours
1:72 P-47M Thunderbolt (Hobby 2000 72045)1:72 WWII USAAF Bomber Re-Supply Set (Airfix A06304)1:72 Ground Crew (PJ Production 721134)6+
Republic P-47M-1-RE Thunderbolt
US US Army Air Forces (1941-1947)
61 FS, 56 FG, 8 AF 44-21108/HV-Z (Capt. Witold A. Łanowski)
1945 World War 2 - Boxted GB
Black Aluminium
 

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