Trumpeter P-47D Razorback "Eileen"

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Re: Trumpeter P-47D Razorback "Eileen"

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Looks good John!
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Great looking stuff! :wow:
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Re: Trumpeter P-47D Razorback "Eileen"

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Excellent work!
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:bow: :bow:
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Incredible....
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Re: Trumpeter P-47D Razorback "Eileen"

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Thanks guys! Since the bottom can be segmented into discrete areas because of the hard-edged invasion stripes, I'm going to lay those stripes down first on the wings. I mask off the white areas first. Don't really care about overspray because the neutral grey is going to cover it.
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I already pre-determined the width of the stripes when I painted the flaps and ailerons so I use those same dimensions on the wings.
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After the invasion stripes, I'm going to paint the outboard wing bottoms neutral grey. I'm using the same pattern I established on the gear covers by using the darker Mr Hobby Aqueous version of Neutral Grey as a base and then lighten by using the lighter AK Real Color version as post-shade.
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Attaching the ailerons and flaps to make sure the stripes match.
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As someone pointed out, this particular P-47D has a vent arrangement on the port side of the windscreen. I'm going to depict it as a thin fram
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The prop blades have very light chipping on the edges.
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Here's the prop with the stencil decals and flat coat applied. Very light chipping on the leading edges of the prop blades.
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After the invasion stripes, I painted the extra large US insignias on the wing bottoms. Most 78th FG Thunderbolts had insignias under both wings. I decided to do the blue color first to avoid any white sneaking through the edges, which happens sometimes when you paint the white first. I was going to mix my own shade of blue but when I shuffled through my paint inventory, I found a Mr Hobby Aqueous Blue FS15044 that was a great match for the blue on the Barracuda decal sheet.
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After the blue dries, the rest of the mask is carefully placed within the mask outline on the wing. Temporary tape is used to keep the mask together.
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The white areas of the mask are then weeded out. Tape and Micro Mask is used to seal the joint between the outer and inner masks.
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White is then sprayed.
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It's always fun to see the results as you peel off the mask!
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No mishaps on the starboard wing bottom. There is a tiny bit of paint lift on the invasion stripe but that should be super easy to fix.
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A very small paint lift on the port wing star... again, easy to correct.
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The wing bottoms are painted. The next step will be to paint the fuselage bottom and the undersides of the horizontal stabs. And then I'll start painting the top side.
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Incredible work. Very inspirational.
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:wow: :wow: :wow: :wow: :wow:

I quit... ROFL!
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Re: Trumpeter P-47D Razorback "Eileen"

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The wing undersides look fabulous! :shoutout:
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