Hairless Joe...

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Manny1943
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Hairless Joe...

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Schilling's "Whack!!!" Hairless Joe P-47, one of his early mounts; rarely, if ever, modeled...Tamiya 1/72nd primarily OOB, with homemade decals and scratched canopy with side blisters...thanks to Vance for the cal assist and Fermis for the canopy:


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Cool! I never knew there where Thunderbolt variants with side blisters.
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Yep, the canopy blisters are a new one to me, too. Excellent work, Manny. Well done.
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Yay! Manny is posting his builds again! Beautiful little Jug there. Nice mug too ;)
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Sweet! I love it! I started a Tamiya 1/72 scale Jug before. I never quite got past the cockpit for some reason....
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Beautiful build all around - happy to contribute to the final product. The final-final nose art, did you end up needing to double up the decals or not? A little hand-applied touchup there as well right?
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VanceCrozier wrote:Beautiful build all around - happy to contribute to the final product. The final-final nose art, did you end up needing to double up the decals or not? A little hand-applied touchup there as well right?
I actually sanded the thick decal film down at the edges after application to help it blend into the finish...future is a great way to seal everything up...
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very nice!!

i didnt know about the canopy blisters either, neato
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CallSignOWL wrote:very nice!!

i didnt know about the canopy blisters either, neato

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Da' real thing...second and third pics...the most often Schilling mount modeled is the one in the first pic...
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These are both new to me. I am used to seeing this mount of his
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