Hello again and this time I bring the “jug” in its Razorback form. This particular aircraft is the “Kansas Tornado II", flown by CPT. Howard Curran, from the 510th FS, 405th FG, 9th Air Force, based at St. Dizier, France, fall, 1944. During my research I came up with a rather disturbing fact of this famous aircraft and this had to do with the air to air kill ratio. I learned that the P-47 shot down 3,082 enemy aircraft to a loss of 3,077 Thunderbolts. At first this might look terrible, but we must remember that these pilots did face a rather sophisticated and effective anti-aircraft defense and equally well trained and experienced German pilots. This Revell kit is a pretty old one as it is dated on 1972. Although this is a rather basic mold with not very many details, it turned out to be a beautiful build. The only aftermarket item used on this one was the Barracuda’s P-47, Thunderbolts part 3, decal set (BC32003). I used Model Master’s paints and since this one called for a bare metal finish, I decided to make it shine with the silver chrome color. I also used the Pro Modelers wash to accentuate some of the panel lines.

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I used to dread to have to paint the bare natural finish on my builds, since I was screwing up the finish once it was painted. I must give credit to the tools and tips section of this website and the contributors of the articles in my recent successes with this painting technique. Whenever I have to paint any other areas on the aircraft besides the NMF such as the victory stripes, I paint these areas first and then mask them once they are properly dried up (two to three days). 

I was very lucky when I acquired this warbird as I purchased two, P-47’s. This was actually a double build for me since I had two “Jugs” to play with. Both turned out very nice and I hope you enjoy the photos. 

Victor De Jesus

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