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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

1/48 Tamiya P-47D Free French 1945

Tamiya kit with the usual ultracast seat and wheels. Decals are from Berna Decals and roundels from the spares box. Something different and eye catching compared to the usual P-47 fare... Happy Modelling Darren

Tamiya P-47D RB RAF “73 OTU” Egypt 1945

Just had to build the matching razorback! Freightdog Decals and another must have in the collection. Ultracast seat and wheels. Happy Modelling Darren

Tamiya 1/48 P-47D BT RAF "73 OTU" Egypt 1945

A definite must do for any serious P-47 modeller! Decals from Xtradecals sheet, very good with no issues from memory. Ultracast seat and wheels Happy Modelling Darren

1/48 Tamiya P-47D RB 526th FS, 86th FG Corsica 1944

This one will brighten up your day! Many miles of Tamiya masking tape later and I am not rushing to do another 86th FG P-47 anytime soon... Ultracast seat and wheels. Decals are from relatively new decal producer AMDG decals, and they [...]

1/48 Tamiya P47D RB “Pengie II” Mike Gladych 61st FS, 56th FG

Another personal favourite "Pengie II, decals from the excellent book "56th FG Part 1" by Nigel Julian, Peter Randall and Zbigniew Kolacha. Ultracast seat and wheels. Happy Modelling Darren

1/48 Tamiya P-47D BT "The Lady Jake"

Tamiya P-47D BT "The Lady Jake" Decals from Eduard boxing of Academy P-47 - i bought the kit just for the decals! Ultracast Seat and Wheels One more completed in the pursuit of P-47 happiness...

1/48 Tamiya P-47D RB – Tuskegee

1/48 Tamiya P-47D RB - Tuskegee Added an Ultracast seat and wheels Aeromaster Decals Plan to build a range of their aircraft - currently have the new Airfix P51D on bench ready for some paint and will be Roscoe Browns P51D [...]

1/48 Hasegawa P-47D Mike Gladych

Finished this one in October last year. 56th Fighter Group, Mike Gladych. 1/48 Hasegawa P-47D with decals by Techmod. Bazooka tubes are from the Tamiya kit, wheels from True Details. I used Tamiya rattlecan British Dark Green and Medium [...]

1/48 Tamiya P-47D “Nut Cracker” 405th FG

I am going back and revisiting some of my older P-47s and giving them additional weathering and tidy ups where possible. As we all know trying to work on finished models has it share of risk...I managed to snap the UC leg on this one [...]

Witold Lanowski’s P-47M of the 56th fighter Group

Writing in the "Flight Journal," P-47 special issue, famed Grumman test pilot Corky Meyer - the last actual "airplane guy" to head a major airplane company - named the P-47 Thunderbolt the "best fighter of World [...]