This
is my 1/48 Academy P-47D Thunderbolt finished in self adhesive Bare Metal Foil.
The kit went together with no major problems. The only additions were a resin
seat, aluminum tubing for the guns and Superscale decals.
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The
one problem with the kit are the guns. They are too small (under-scaled) for the
bay and the ammo belts just end at the side edge of the bay. I tried to hide this
by positioning the panel in a way that covers most of the under-scaled gun
problem.
I finished the
model using self adhesive Bare Metal Foil. Some areas of the airframe were
tricky to get the foil to conform, so I had to make smaller pieces to
cover these areas. Doing a model in foil is not that hard, just time
consuming. Patience with this stuff is a must!
I enjoyed
building this kit and I think it turned out great!
Scott Vomacka
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