1/32 Revell P-47D cutaway

by Chris Novak 

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Rebublic P-47 D "Thunderbolt"
Ser.Nr. 42-26671 "MX-X - No guts, no glory"
78th Fighter Group, 82nd Fighter Squadron
Lt. Colonel Ben Mayo

This is the third bird of my actual "Silver-Bubbletop-Jug" project depicting the well known "No guts, no glory" from Ben Mayo which is also flying in this markings in Duxford, one of the most attractive Jugs because of its wonderful paint scheme: not only the great looking black and white checkerboard cowling of the 78 FG, also the D-day stripes make this Jug a beautiful bird.

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Kit is the actual ( or better "old" ) REVELL/Germany one and although the kit is not up to date - to be honest: the molds are from the last millenium! ;-) - and the quality can not compare to the actual HASEGAWA releases this kit can be built into a good looking Jug, all you have to do is: rescribe panel lines, rebuild the wrong landing gear ( oleos in "out" position), replace the wrong wheels ( wrong size, wrong cover, no tire-profile), replace the wrong prop, rebuild the inner gear doors, sand and polish the poorly molded canopy and and and......ok, just kidding, that´s modelling, no one of this steps are a "mission impossible" for a good modeller. I will describe some of my methods in a detailed article as soon as the actual Jug ( will probably be "Hun Hunter XVI") is finished. 

A few facts of the model: checkerboard handpainted, decals selfmade / printed ( here a big THANX to the great guys from the Key Publishing Ltd Aviation forum - http://forum.airforces.info/ - which helped me with some info, especially with the names on the yellow crew- patch, this forum is highly recommended!), landing gear selfmade from aluminium and brass tubing, prop and wheels are resin parts from the great Jerry Rutman, prop and lights are working, NMF is a mix of different silver colours and different metal foils.

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Feel free to contact me with any question, 

Enjoy, 

Chris

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Photos and text © by Chris Novak