This P-47D-25 served
as a ground tac. fighter against Kesslering's retreating forces in Italy and
flew escort missions deep into Germany & Romania.
Its squadron was
awarded two distinguished unit citations during WW2.
The Academy kit is a good one
(ok, don't look at Tamiya's one...) except for the decals that are awful, the
white prints are too much translucent. I only used the little ones. I painted the
red & white stripes on the tail and replaced the stars with Aeromaster ones
(ref 72015 US insignia stars & bars) which are perfect.
The kit builds very well, I
enhanced it with Eduard photo-etched parts (ref 72281), with an Aires Pratt
& Witney R-2800 early version engine (ref 7016) and with some little
scratchbuilding.
There is no weathering except for
a brown juice, I wanted a clean colored aircraft.
Oh, I forgot the Squadron
vacuformed canopy which was my 1st attempt at vacuformed parts
(should have sanded the edges a little more...).
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This is a recommended kit for
those who want to use aftermarket decals. It's cheaper than Tamiya's one and is
still a good kit which doesn't need too much work.
PS
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