Tuskegee Airmen P-47D Completed!

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Built this one for the GB as well as to add to my collection of Tuskegee fighters. So far- the P-39Q, P-40L, and now 47D are completed! I must say- this Tamiya kit in particular was a treat to build-- everything fit like a puzzle (well-- except maybe the canopy!) While the color scheme was based on hard evidence (crew chief accounts)- the presence of some of these markings, like the squadron insignia, is purely hypothetical. I’ve seen pics of 99th FS pilots with their insignia on the plane, so I did the same for the 301st!




And a closeup of the insignia:

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Nice Thunderbolt. A fitting tribute to the Tuskeegee Airmen.

Darwin, O.F. [alien]

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Woooah… what a nice Jug!!! A fitting job indeed, Jeeves, thank you for sharing your beautiful build!
[:)]
Take care.
Frank

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out standing build Jeeves [tup]

cheers mike

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Great work Jeeves.

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Very nice build Mike. Love those red tails.

Regards, Rick

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Another very nice build! I take it a Tuskegee P-51 is next on the list?

Mark

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Nice Jug and red tail.
Ever thought of posting your collection of redtails?

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Nice build of a Red tailed Jug! Thanks for sharing!

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Thanks guys!! It was a pretty easy build as compared to the last one with the Devastator. Appreciate the comments Darwin, Frank, Mike, Dan, Rick, and EC!

Mark-- yessir-- I plan on building a -B soon…

wibhi2… Well-- the P-39 and P-40 are necessarily “red-tails” as that didn’t come about until they started escort duties. Here are the previous builds though-- more red-nosed I guess [;)]


Thanks again guys!

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Good job onthe tusky jug, Jeeves. Can’t wait for the AM red tail mustang to come out. You’ve definately done it justice!! Were did you get the decals?

dragonfly

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Great build! I’m almost finished with my P-47 for Capt. Pruitt’s “Alice Jo”, just waiting for the decals for the nose. I hope mine turns out half as good.[bow][bow][bow]

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mike as always very impressive work. very impressive.

joe

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dragonfly…

The fuselage numbers were ripped from the Hasegawa Hellcat kit…and I made the insignia on my printer. The rest are the standard Tamiya Razorback decals.

didfal-- Can’t wait to see your take on it!! Looking forward to seeing the NMF Jug…

Thanks joe-- we all progress together!

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Great looking Jug there Mike. [tup] Wish I could have participated in that build but as always. Too many models… so little time!! Thanks for sharing.

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This week I’ll finally add the decals to my Spirit of St. Louis version. You’re dead right about that Tamiya kit; it’s one of the best OOB kits I’ve ever worked on.

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I love a Jug in red

Thad

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Looks good Mike.
Leon

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I agree with all the above. Very nice, Bill.

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Thanks Dave, MrBee, Thad, Leon, and Bill.

Kind of cool to do a scheme that had only minimal amounts of documentation…I do wish there was more info on the Tuskegee Thunderbolts, but I guess since they only flew them a few weeks- there wasn’t much time for pictures!