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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

1/48 Thunderbolt Mk. II

This is the old Monogram kit. Originally released in 1967, I built this one from a 1993 reissue. I robbed the big Lockheed wing tanks from a Tamiya kit, and relocated one bomb to the centerline station. The big fuel tanks are a common [...]

Revell 1/48 P-47N Thunderbolt

This is my latest off the bench and one that gave me lots of problems. Most if not all of the issues were self inflicted. The kit supplied cockpit is OK but wanting more I found a True Detail set a.k.a. Victor, that I was really happy [...]

1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt.

This is the 43 year old Monogram “Razorback” that was based on their 1967 “Bubbletop” kit. I found this original 1977 issue of the kit at a recent show and bought it for $5. The deal of the century! I realized while building it [...]

1/48 Tamiya P-47D "Miss Mutt"

Latest off the bench is LTC Robert Rowland's "Miss Mutt" which also carried the marking Pride of Lodi, Ohio. Rowland's birth place was in fact Lodi, Ohio, where he was born in 1917. He graduated in 1935 and then attended Ohio [...]

1/48 P-47D "Ozark Queen"

1/48 Tamiya P-47D “Bubbletop” This is the Tamiya 1/48 scale P-47D “Bubbletop”. It was detailed using Edusrd’s BigEd set and the scheme is Thunder Cals decal set number 48006 using the “Ozark Queen” of the 84th FS/78th FG from [...]

Bostwick's colourful P-47M Thunderbolt (1/48 scale

A 1/48 scale Tamiya kit build of Major George Bostwick's extremely colourful P-47M 'Hotrod' Thunderbolt as it was in mid-1945 after shooting down a Messerschmitt Me-262A jet. To celebrate this feat, it was marked with the addition of a [...]

Tamiya 1/48 Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, Mexican Airforce

My father did also some Latin American stuff this year, like this T-Bolt. Tamiya M kit, Aztec decals, Eduard seatbelts, EZ Line for the antenna wire, MRP White Aluminium for the NMF. All nose trim, wing and fuselage stripes are painted. [...]

1/48 p-47 eduard

Im back again with a model i finished about 1.5 month ago but forgot to share it is the eduard jugs over italy limited with beautiful resin and decals painted with gunze and tamiya acrylics

Tamiya 1:48 Scale, P-47D-27 Ra, "Thunderbolt"

Typical Tamiya build...Loved it from end to end, (Except the decals,...YUK) Kit was a pleasure to build, and I am currently working on another, as well as a Razorback version. Markings are those of a P-47 flown by Capt. Edward Curry [...]

On This Day…May 30th.

Lieutenant Commander Harry Greene flies his Boeing Stearman Kaydet over the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility at Pearl Harbor, May 30, 2016. There are several ISM facilities around the US. Greene is a helicopter pilot at Coast Guard [...]