Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V |PART VI When we last left the Jug, the French markings had been applied and the paint lift from the masks had been corrected. So let’s move into the long, arduous process of finishing this bastard off. Gloss coat and stencils…

Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | PART V In Part IV, the French Jug got its stripes (and its Olive Drab): Now, it’s time for the main markings. When I first set out to build a French Jug, I had my sights set on a completely different P-47 that…

Part I | Part II | Part III | PART IV | Part V Finally! After first starting this kit waaaay back at the start of November, three months later, it’s finally ready for paint. And with the wife and kids out of town for the weekend, I decided to buckle down and get it…

Part I | Part II | PART III | Part IV | Part V With construction complete and bench time stuck in the interminable hell of filling and sanding, I decided to shift gears on the Trumpeter P-47 and knock out the kit’s Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engine. This proved to be something of an…

Part I | PART II | Part III | Part IV | Part V I recently read a review of Quentin Tarantino’s latest, “Django Unchained” (excellent flick by the way), that started off by saying “this movie is a motherf****er”. Well, Trumpeter’s P-47 is also a motherf****er. It’s big, it’s bad, it’s awesome and it’s…