Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
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P-47D Flown by Lt. L.W.Thompson, 510th FS / 405th FG, 9th AF
This aircraft was with the 510th FS/ 405th FG. The 405th transferred to RAF Christchurch, England in March of 1944. After D-Day the 405th went to France and operated out of there until Wars end. The 405th had many P-47's dressed out in [...]
1/48 scale P-47D Razorback by Hasegawa
This is a basic build in comparatively unusual colors -- Nationalist Chinese in 1945. The USA was supplying arms to many allies in WWII, and we needed fighters to protect our B-29 bases in SW China, as well as our transports flying [...]
Lucky You!!! Found some OLD pitchers….
from '05, a Hasegawa 1/48 T-Bolt I put together back in the day. This boxing featured the great post-war "braggin" scheme" of the 56th FG, and I hadda do it. Sorry about the photo quality, this was before I knew what i was [...]
1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt by Hasegawa
This is a P-47D which I inherited from a modeler's estate upon his death. He had done some fine work, including the invasion stripes. They had obviously been on the plane for a considerable amount of time because they discolored to an [...]
1/48 Tamiya P47D Bubbletop “Kentucky Colonel”
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Here is the last of my planned 362nd FG builds (5 completed so far with "Chief Seattle" from Eaglecals). Barracudacal decals used once again from their excellent sheet "Mogin's Maulers".
Ultracast Seat & [...]
1/48 Tamiya P47D Razorback "Damon's Demon"
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I have wanted this decal for long time, it was released as part of an IPMS special in the 90's. Never managed to get one, Barracudacals to the rescue with their 362nd FG sheet "Mogins Maulers". Ultracast Seat & [...]
Tamiya P47D "Five by Five"
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I started a self mini group build of P47's from 362nd FG using the excellent Barracudacals sheet "Mogins Maulers". Here is No.2 from this series of builds "Five by Five". Ultracast seat & wheels. I will [...]
1/32 Trumpeter P-47N “Too Big and Too Heavy”
P-47N-1 of the 318th FG, from the Trumpeter 1/32 kit with Zotz decals.
In March 1945, the 318th became the first fighter group to re-equip with the new P-47N-1 Thunderbolt. Following the invasion of Okinawa, the unit's ground component [...]
Quince Brown’s “Okie” P-47 and some 78th FG history
Since my Osprey book, "Aces of the 78th Fighter Group" is now available for pre-order at Amazon (pay no attention to the "place holder" artwork shown, Mark Postlethwait's painting of Gene Roberts scoring his 2nd of 3 [...]
Revell / Monogram 1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt, WWII
Today we have Monogram's T-bolt, the old 80's repop that was in the Revell box. This version was issued at around the turn of the century.( Can't believe I wrote that, I remember reading about the turn of the century 1899-1900,yikes). [...]
