You are visiting iModeler as a Guest. Let's hope this is only a beginning.
Join iModeler today.
Yes you read that right. A P-47M-1-RE by MiniArt.
How? Just a bit of kit bashing since all P-47Ms started life as P-47D-30-REs. I am going to take from my 1/48 Tamiya P-47D bubbletop its Option B propeller. And from my ICM 1/48 B-26K after market stash the resin Quickboost engine case and magnetos to make a C series R-2800-57 engine. Working on getting some 56th FG decals right now.
So stay tuned.
David Odenwald (@kahu) I'm looking forward to seeing this one underway ! I'll get the stickers in the mail tomorrow. I like what you're doing here with this one. Sorry to make your wallet take a hit though... but you should be happy in the end when you have something that no one else does.
Yeah, this is an obvious "conversion." You're probably a couple months ahead of MiniArt releasing it as a formal kit.
First photo here.
Top is the kit crankcase and bottom is the resin one from Quickboost.
Thanks Tom and Louis.
1 attached image. Click to enlarge.
Excellent entry and very interesting conversion, my friend @kahu! Looking forward to it!
Great entry, looking forward to this conversion, David @kahu
This should be a fun and relatively uncomplicated conversion, David @kahu. I will definitely be following along.
It should be relatively uncomplicated except the carpet monster just ate part D7 for one of the main gear wells. Luckily it is a small part and I used its mirror part to make a suitable substitute out of sheet plastic.
Let's hope this is the only time the carpet monster gets fed.
@kahu - you really have to watch out for the carpet monster with this kit - there are lots of little parts. I have found now having done three of the kits that it is best to cut the part off the sprue one at a time and immediately glue it where it needs to go.
Yes oodles of tiny parts. And D7 went flying while using tweezers.
I lose parts on every kit that I build, David (@kahu), and end up having to create a replacement from scratch. My success rate of finding the missing part in the carpet is usually near zero.
Managed to finish the main gear wells without losing another part. So winning!
As you can see the detail is simply amazing. It is like Zoukei Mura had made a 1/32 P-47 and all the parts got perfectly shrunk to 1/48. The down side is plenty of petite parts that can be easy to break. So take your time removing the parts from the sprues.
This is a banger of a kit.
2 attached images. Click to enlarge.
George @gblair
Or you find the part three months after finishing the kit.
Wonderful looking landing gear, my friend @kahu! Ahhhhh, those missing parts! A big discussion on when and under which circumstances are found again...
Those wheel wells are indeed very detailed, David @kahu
