P-47 D Thunderbolt/RAZORBACK

Wilfried Bogaerts
Hi Guido, yes it is amazing stuff, regular LEGO blocks are too chunky but this is called NOGI and works perfect for making jigs. It can be made to perfect measure and I just attach a sausage of Blu-Tack to protect the paint and to tack the model to the jig. Too bad it can't be found anymore. This was one of my favorite toys during my childhood and now it can be put to good use again, very cost-effective stuff! 😉

Holger Kranich
Why to hell havent i seen this???
Have you stolen the LEGO from your kids? Very nice idea😢 The paintig of you Jug looks very good, as alway! Hang in there, Willy, you´ll make a fine model out of this!

Zimmermaniac
I've never heard of Nogi, but I do sometimes use Lego for making jiggs, callibrate my Proxxon machinetables ( Lego is perfectly rectangular ) for my woodbuilds.
The P-47 looks superb...a glimps at the club maybe ??

Wilfried Bogaerts
Hey Holly, the only kid in Willy's house is Willy itself !😉

That box of NOGI is over forty years old and I'm very happy I still own it, it's way better and interesting than regular LEGO and I'm amazed it dissapeared from the market so soon (probably too small parts and easily swallowed ... ? )

Wilfried Bogaerts
Ha Zimmy ! It was an end of the 1960's toy but didn't last very long...

I'll try to remember and bring the Jug to the club, meanwhile take care of yourself or better, have your dearest take good care of you😉

Holger Kranich
Willy, one question please: Why have you first pre-shaded and primed after? Should the shading be more subtle?

Burkhard D
Question to P-47 experts: What color to use on the inside of the engine cowling? I failed to locate a good color shot. I'd assume either natural metal or chromate yellow or chromate green?

Burkhard D
BTW - brilliant idea to use blue-tack to make a generic LEGO jig adaptable!

Holger Kranich
As far as i know it must be zink chromate yellow but its possible that on the images i saw, the green just faded to yellow due to sun exposure...

Lionel Marco
If you don't already know it, a reference for US aircraft interior:
ipmsstockholm.org/ma..colours_us_part2.htm

Lionel

Christian Lehmann
Looks realy cool so far. I am crazy to see fotos of the finished model.
Btw: I will add some fotos of the rjigs I use.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Looks very good,so far. I am curious for more.

Mike Kryza
Looks quiet good - but in the near future I have to buy some LEGOs....

Burkhard D
@Lionel: Thanks!

Wilfried Bogaerts
Hey Holly, what do you mean ?

I didn't primed it at all (naughty naughty me I know)

I pre-shaded directly onto the bare plastic, then I sprayed the light grey underside and immediately afterwards I also puffed on some spots with the same grey lightened with white.

Then I masked the underside and sprayed the OD which was also shaded afterwards with spots of the same OD lightened with Tamia Buff

🙂

Mike Kryza
I don't know if I had overread this - but you are using the range of Tamiya colors???

Wilfried Bogaerts
Hi Burkhard, the inner engine cowl was painted with a home-made brew of chromate green heavily darkened with black (don't ask me why😉 )

I presume the inner engine cowlings get very dirty after a while due to heat, oil and other bizarre in-flight influences

I'm gonna smear some more oil, soot and other dirt on the inside so the base colour isn't that important to me

Every time I do some research for colours I find an equal amount of contradictions so that's when my artistical freedom comes to my aid 🙂

And most of us are goin' to focus on the nose art anyway haha😉

Wilfried Bogaerts
Mike, mostly I use Gunze but some Tamiya basics as Buff, Flesh and Deck Tan are always within reach. Both brands are equal good quality to my taste but Gunze is my N° 1 choice as it smells less irritating compared to Tamiya

Mike Kryza
Yes indeed - Gunze is a top color. I for myself use mostly Vallejos, and these colors need
a good primer because they are very sensitive - I have had some bad experience with these colors - sometimes they are like a primadonna... :-D

Wilfried Bogaerts
😄 Yeah, and luckily for me I have a few shops well within reach who are stocking Gunze

Mike Kryza
your a lucky man...

Germen V
proficiat Wilfried

John Thomas
Very nice work

Christian Bruer
Clean and sharp work 👍

Augie
Ooo willy, now that is a nice result!

Holger Kranich
Thats looking awesome, Willy!

Wilfried Bogaerts
Thx Mates ! 😄

Stephan Ryll
That's a nice one. Very good build 👍