This new decal
sheet from Cutting Edge
Modelworks includes markings for three different 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolts
(although 2 of those are the same plane at different times with different
noseart).
The first aircraft is a P-47N-1-RE
Thunderbolt serial number 44-88043 in it's earlier paint scheme of "SHORT
SHOOTER".
This particular Jug is the later Bubbletop version and is featured on this decal sheet with a different paint scheme and
different nose art. The first paint scheme
for this aircraft is
"SHORT SHOOTER" which has that text written in red and yellow on
the forward side section of the engine cowling. This plane is overall bare metal/silver in appearance with
Olive Drab for the anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen and behind the
canopy on top of the fuselage. The top of the wings and tail surfaces are silver in
appearance.
The forward engine cowl ring is yellow with a black stripe on the rear edge of
the cowl ring. Props are black with yellow tips. There is a small
black #21 on the underside of the yellow cowl ring as well as a large black #21
on the side of the rear fuselage just forward of the blue and white national
insignia. The nose art is
a beautiful nude Brunette wearing red high heels sitting up wearing a sailor's
cap. The
artwork for this aircraft has a white decal to go underneath the noseart decal.
The
second plane is actually the above P-47N-1-RE
Thunderbolt serial number 44-88043 in it's later paint scheme with 333rd FS of the 318th FG out
of le Shima, Ryukyu Islands in August of 1944.
This particular Jug is the later Bubbletop version and is featured as
the second aircraft on this decal sheet with a different paint scheme and
different nose art. The second paint scheme on this aircraft is
"2 BIG And Too HEAVY" which has that text written in red and yellow on
the forward side section of the engine cowling. This plane is overall bare metal/silver in appearance with
Olive Drab for the anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen and behind the
canopy on top of the fuselage. The top of the wings and tail surfaces are silver in
appearance.
The forward engine cowl ring is yellow with a black stripe on the rear edge of
the cowl ring. Props are black with yellow tips. There is a small
black #21 on the underside of the yellow cowl ring as well as a large black #21
on the side of the rear fuselage just forward of the blue and white national
insignia. The tail has an interesting black and yellow diagonal stripe
pattern which extends onto the horizontal flying surfaces. The nose art is
a beautiful nude Brunette wearing red high heels in a reclining position.
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