Col. Francis Gabreski P-47D

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Hello,

I am wanting to do a 1/48 P-47D Thunderbolt plane of Col, Francis Gabreski and see that Academy has a kit of Gabreski’s P-47D but I would rather do the P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop from Tamyia. My question is I am looking for the decals of Gabreski’s plane for the Tamiya kit and have found some on ebay but I am not sure of the maker, they are Techmod Decals. Has anyone ever heard or used any decals from this company and are they any good? Thank you in advance,

George

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I used a set of their decals several years ago and they performed just fine, although they may have been a little thick. Of course that could be attributed to faulty memory, but I do remember the kit-still have it and it looks good.

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I’ve used them in 1/72. They seem to react pretty much like SuperScale. They responded well to both SuperSet and SuperSol with no problems.

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Aeromaster makes an extensive line of sheets dedicated to the Wolf Pack, from the Razorback through the -M.

My Google-fu is failing me at the moment, but I’m fairly certain one of the sheets includes Gabreski’s mount.

I used the markings for Col. Schilling’s “Hairless Joe” and was entirely satisfied…

Also, if you haven’t built one yet, that Tamiya Jug is an absolute honey of a kit. Absolutely loved it, and I’ve got three more in the stash (two Razors and a -M).

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Techmod have decals for two of his P47s.

48006 - two version of P-47D-25-RE 42-26418

48048 P-47D-11 42-75510

http://www.jadarhobby.pl/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=gabreski&search_in_description=1&categories_id=&inc_subcat=1&manufacturers_id=13&pfrom=&pto=&1=&2=&x=86&y=11