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P-51D Mustang “Man O War” – Hasegawa 1/32

I started this build for a WW2 based group build on Facebook.
It’s an old kit and it is quite noticable.

It all start with the engine and cockpit.

Then some work with injection pin marks.

IP painted black and guns painted black metal, and more prep made.

Some parts was painted aluminium and some with interior green.

The guns and ammo was assembled to their bays.

IP got some dry brushing and cockpit was painted as some other parts.

Cockpit and engine was installed and fuselage halves was glued together.

The spinner and the tip of the propeller blades was painted.

Here are all the parts, more or less ready for assembly.

Next I’ll paint the propeller blades and tires, and start assembling as much as I can.
The fit on this kit isn’t the best but not the worst either. Totally buildable though.

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My little (or not so little) black friday/christmas gift to myself! :)

Sometimes temptation gets too strong, and when my local online hobbyshop had 15% off on this and other kits, I simply couldn’t help myself, and ordered the most expensive kit I ever bought!

Lancaster 32nd scale box
Lancaster 32nd scale box

Hopefully I’ll get time to build it sometime next year, but first I need to sort my hobby room, where I need a larger working desk to accomodate large kits like this.

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F-16C – Revell 1/32

This is the kit I plan to build for the F-16 group build on IPMS Gothenburg.

Boxart
Boxart

I actually started building this kit many years ago. I think one of the reasons I stopped was because I tried to figure a way to cover the landing gear well bulge inside of the intake.
Not entirely an easy task, I’ll see what I’ll do. Perhaps a FOD cover solves the problem.
Here’s a pic on what was done then.

Previously built
Previously built

And here’s the decals I intend to use, if they still work.

Decals
Decals

My plan is to start the build after I’ve finished the Tonka I’m working on.

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Academy 1/48 – P-47D Thunderbolt “Eileen” – finished

After doing some final touches with chipping and finally getting the gear sit as it should, I decided to declare this kit as finished.

If you want a easy to build P-47 that looks nice, I can recommend this kit, but get other decals as the kit ones are very stiff and hard to work with.

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Fun build, but right now I’m glad it’s done! 🙂

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P-47D final assembly part 1.

In attempt to solve the problem with the decals, I tried to use Pledge on a few of the stencils. It turned out quite well and I think I’ll use the same method for the rest of the decals.
Meanwhile i glued rocket launchers, bombs and rear wheel.

Bombs and stuff added
Bombs and stuff added

Shortly after I also added tank and landing gears.

Gears and tank added
Gears and tank added

There I left it to dry over night.

Next to do is the rest of the decals before I paint it all with Pledge, then antenna and gun barrels and a few glass pieces needs to go on as well.

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P-47D decals part 2.

Now I finally have got all the decals and stencils in place!

Stencils in place
Stencils in place

The decals sure needs some work to sit properly, but with the stencils I might have found a method that might work. As they seems to look in place when wet, I used some Pledge and laid a thin cote with brush on a few stencils. Have to see how that turns out when dry.
No return from that method though!

Gears, covers, bombs, and rockets sorted and some made ready to paint.

Landing gears and other stuff assembled
Landing gears and other stuff assembled.

Then I painted the outside of the covers, bombs and rockets.

Bombs, rockets and covers painted
Bombs, rockets and covers painted

Next will be to get the decals to sit, make brake lines for the landing gears and then do some final assembly.

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P-47 Decals part 1

The original decals to this kit isn’t the easiest I’ve worked with. Even on relatively flat surfaces it’s hard to get them to confirm properly, and even with decal fluids it doesn’t seem to work as I want. I just might need to live with silvering in some areas.
Also I need to buy stronger decal fluids, but that won’t help on this one I guess as I won’t get them fast enough.

All large decals on.
All large decals on

So far I’ve done all the major decals and left to do is all the stencils, and normally stencils have a tedency to silver. I just have to see how it turns out with these.

I also must check that I have all other things ready for assembly later.