1/33 P-47D-22-RE Thunderbolt 'Miss Behave'

[ropes4u]

Beautiful work!

[Zenon1947]

Thank you Mike, Gene and ropes4u.

About the weathering on this model. Maybe there's too much of it but that was the designer's vision. My earlier P-47 had no weathered textures at all, for instance.

[airdave]

Originally Posted by Amccombs3

If I recall correctly, our Thunderbolt on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center has a similar checkerboard cowling, which I remember the painter complaining bitterly about because masking that pattern was a real pain in the, uh, fingertips. Of course, a pre-printed paper model avoids that problem. Looks real nice on the finished aircraft.

yes, laying out a checkerboard cowl on a paper model is a pain too!
lol