Skinny_Mike
Well-known member
Hi folks!
Sorry about the title. After Les had his Double D’s, I just couldn’t resist, and it seemed so appropriate for this campaign!
I’m going to go ahead and jump in on this one. I’ve had a Tamiya P-47 Bubbletop in the stash for a long long time, waiting for the right nose art decals. The P-47 is one of my favorite airplanes from WW2 so it really didn’t take too much arm-twisting once I found the decals. But then there was a dilemma, the decals I have also have some cool nose art for the P-47 razorbacks as well! Well I solved it, ordered a Tamiya P-47 Razorback kit – that’ll show those decals who’s boss! :gogo I figure these are Tamiya kits and shouldn’t be too traumatic. I will warn you though, other then a few subassemblies, these are going to mostly sit until I move and get my paint station set up. Just a couple of months away. Progress will start slow, but will pick up with a sudden flurry! OK - here are the start up photos:
Lots of aftermarket, not going to use it all
And the decal sets
I haven’t totally decided which of the aircraft I am going to do yet, but the front-runners for the bubble top are:
Here is the dated photo for the Razorback; it just arrived a couple of days ago. I plan to use the Aires cockpit and the wheel bays for the razorback. And I still need to pick up a few other things for this kit.
Still on the fence for this aircraft too, but I’m sure its between these two:
I’m a little nervous about the bubbletop. It will be a NMF, and it will be my first try, so I am going to need to be patient with the seams and really go at cleaning up and polishing the sanding marks. I’m sure I’ll be asking a lot of advice when we get there.
Thanks for looking in, be back shortly with some progress.
Mike
Sorry about the title. After Les had his Double D’s, I just couldn’t resist, and it seemed so appropriate for this campaign!
I’m going to go ahead and jump in on this one. I’ve had a Tamiya P-47 Bubbletop in the stash for a long long time, waiting for the right nose art decals. The P-47 is one of my favorite airplanes from WW2 so it really didn’t take too much arm-twisting once I found the decals. But then there was a dilemma, the decals I have also have some cool nose art for the P-47 razorbacks as well! Well I solved it, ordered a Tamiya P-47 Razorback kit – that’ll show those decals who’s boss! :gogo I figure these are Tamiya kits and shouldn’t be too traumatic. I will warn you though, other then a few subassemblies, these are going to mostly sit until I move and get my paint station set up. Just a couple of months away. Progress will start slow, but will pick up with a sudden flurry! OK - here are the start up photos:
Lots of aftermarket, not going to use it all
And the decal sets
I haven’t totally decided which of the aircraft I am going to do yet, but the front-runners for the bubble top are:
Here is the dated photo for the Razorback; it just arrived a couple of days ago. I plan to use the Aires cockpit and the wheel bays for the razorback. And I still need to pick up a few other things for this kit.
Still on the fence for this aircraft too, but I’m sure its between these two:
I’m a little nervous about the bubbletop. It will be a NMF, and it will be my first try, so I am going to need to be patient with the seams and really go at cleaning up and polishing the sanding marks. I’m sure I’ll be asking a lot of advice when we get there.
Thanks for looking in, be back shortly with some progress.
Mike