On October 1, Scale Plastic & Rail kicked off its second group build, “In Foreign Colours”. I’m still full bore on my two stealth builds, but I also need something I can swing over to when I need a lighter night at the bench. I’d first aimed for Trumpeter’s 1/48 MiG-15bis, until I found it…
Category: Tamiya P-47D Bubbletop
2011 Year-End Retrospective
If I had to sum up 2011 in a single word, I’d probably go with “grinding”. This has been a year. Two job switches. A layoff and a month and a half of unemployment. Building a house. A move (which we’re still recovering from!). A November of aggravating ailments and injuries. The hottest summer ever…
Tamiya P-47D Build Report 4: Decals, Weathering and Final Touches
And we’re on to the home stretch! In the last build report, the Jug got all painted up. This time, it’s on to decals, weathering, and the final touches. Decals For this particular build, I’m using Aeromaster’s Wolf Pack Pt. I, which features two early 56th FG Razorbacks and Col. Schilling’s “Hairless Joe” (it’s the…
Tamiya P-47D Build Report 3: Painting
With principal construction wrapped up (see Build Report 2), it’s time to move on to painting. I wasn’t entirely happy with the way the Monogram P-47 came out, so this time around I planned to try things a bit differently. Nose and Tail Hairless Joe sported the signature red cowl ring of the 56th Fighter…
Tamiya P-47D Build Report 2: Main Assembly
As I said in the last build post, Tamiya’s P-47D is a honey of a kit. And nowhere is that more apparent than in the main assembly process. There are plenty of kits that make you shake your head at their asinine design choices, or the sloppy, vague way critical parts fit (or don’t) together….
Tamiya P-47D Build Report 1: The Cockpit
Tamiya’s P-47D Bubbletop is a honey of a kit. Let’s just get that out there straightaway. The venerable old Monogram kit is competent, and with the proper care builds up into a pretty good looking Jug. But the Tamiya kit plays at a whole different level. In my opinion, it’s only a notch shy of…
The Next Build(s) – Play it Again, Sam…
My nostalgia builds haven’t quite gone as planned. Everything was going swimmingly with the Monogram P-47 until I hit the decal stage. Then, well…yeah. The Revell P-38 is another story. I hadn’t gotten anywhere near as far along on it as the Thunderbolt. But…it’s going to be done up in a natural metal finish, which…
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