I Love Big Jugs !!

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P-47D Thunderbolt’s that is [:D]. The Jug has always been one of my favorite WW2 aircraft. Big, rugged, no nonsense, blue collar kinda machine. Designed to wreak havoc & bring destruction & death to the enemy and it did, very well.

This build is a Hasegawa 1/48 Bubbletop. Although surpassed by the new Tamiya kits, it’s still a very nice kit & an easy build. Still have a few in the unbuilt stash, so thought I’d build em & make room for more Tamiyas. This one was mostly OOB, with PE seat belts added & wing gun blast tubes replaced with steel tubing. Aftermarket decals from AeroMaster.

Comments welcome. Thanks for letting me share.




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A set of very nice pics of you Jug(s). Sorry I couldnt resist.[:D][:D][:D]

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Thats a very beautyful aircraft and a very beautyful model.
Thank you for sharing.

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It looks really nice…You did well for the pictures BTW.[bow]

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Looks dang groovy, guy!

Fade to Black…

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100 percent top class job!!! Paintwork and decaling is excellent. Well done!

Bob

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She’s a real knockout! Excellent work!

Out.

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Is there anything better than a BIG jug, hmm maybe a razor? Great work!!

Thad

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falcon039, monrad, EasyCo, BlackWolf, Bob, Trowbridge, Thad. Thanks all for your feedback & comments. Much appreciated.

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Oooohhhh, this thread’s title is bordering… [V] But then I think of all the extra clicks it’s going to get [:)] [tup]

The scary part (for me? for somebody else? I’m not sure…) is that as soon as I saw the title, I thought “P-47!!!”

And it is a gorgeous model, rj!

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very nice model rick!![tup][tup][tup] i’m torn, i like the nice clean look and the heavily weathered look. you did a very nice job. later.

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your topic title was misleading!! nice lookin p47s though
good work!

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Lawrence, Chris, Thanks for the Feedback & comments. Glad you liked it.

Lawrence, yeah, I guess I pushed the envelope a little with the title, Sorry. But considering it’s an Aircraft Forum thought most would think P-47D first & whatever second. You’re right, that’s a little scary.

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Hey looks great, i really like it congrats man! keep them coming!!!

Regards

Hector.

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Rick,

Very nice work my friend.

The old Jug is my favorite WWII aircraft also with the P-38 running in second.
Thanks for sharing. [;)]

Mike

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Nice work on the T-bolt. Love those jugs [:D]

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duckman, Hector, MikeV, Keyworth, Thanks all for your comments, glad you liked it. I enjoyed building it and it’s nice to have this Forum to share our builds.

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I like big jugs and cannot lie, those otha brotha’s can’t deny, … with a bubbletop in your face you get… I’ll stop.

Oh yeah… nice build.

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Very nice Rick… what did you use for the NMF??

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Quagmyre, Jeeves, Thanks for the Comments.

Quagmyre, Glad you stopped. Already in trouble with Administration for the Title !

Jeeves, I ran out of Alclad2 so this was painted with ModelMaster Aluminum (non-buffing ), Floquil Old Silver & ModelMaster Steel. The photos don’t show the panel color variation very well, but there are 3 distinct hues when you see the model in person.