P-47N Build Log

Hunter Cummins
I am liking this so far

JohnnyO
Thanks, its been a bit slow going due to other committments, I'll try to get some more pictures up in the next few days

Hunter Cummins
Sweet cant wait

JohnnyO
A few more pictures of the (slow) progress I've been making

Hunter Cummins
Looking good
cant wait to see how you paint steel

JohnnyO
I'm a little unsure how I'm going to do that exactly. I bought some Aluminum metalizer from Testors I was planning on using. However, it appears that 1) You need to use it on bare plastic (not primed), and you can't really paint over it very well.

So, I'm going to try and paint it backwards. I'll paint the blue detailing first, then olive drab glare reducer. Then I'll mask over all that, and finally spray the aluminum. I don't know if it will work, but its the best idea I've had so far. If anyone has a better idea, please leave me a message in the comments.

Clifford Keesler
Interesting project. Is the kit any good.I have used that paint before and the way you are doing it is how I do it. but I have painted it over a coat of gloss black primer and it worked ok.

JohnnyO
The kit is pretty good. Overall things seems to fit together well, and the detail is good. Some annoyances in the build/paint order. Like the full landing gear needs to be sealed into the wings before you can paint the wings, so that will be a lot of masking work I'm sure.

Good to hear that the aluminum paint still works over a primer. That might change my plans slightly, I may prime the whole thing first in that case, rather than trying to selectively prime one area and not the other.

JohnnyO
I take back some of my earlier comments on the fit. Things are not progressing as well as I'd like. The cockpit just kind of floats there, I needed to do a lot of extra work to try and secure it.

Hunter Cummins
Thats not good hope all goes well for you 🙂

Wim van der Luijt
A P-47 with nose art.....how did I manage to miss this....It's looking good so far. I've only used Alclad for natural metal, but that goes on best over gloss black or white as well

Alexander Perov
hi I made this set is really fixed landing gear bring a lot of inconvenience and I glossy varnish took metallic luster

JohnnyO
A few more pictures of some of the fit/build issues I'm working through, just in case any else wants to tackle this kit in the future.

Wim van der Luijt
Always welcome I have a bunch of p-47's, two are from Revell

JohnnyO
Everything is assembled, and all the seams have been worked, next step is primer

John Thomas
Nice Jug's too

JohnnyO
Pretty happy with the finish from the metalizer, going to let it cure for a little longer, but I think it looks good.

JohnnyO
A quick tip on the metalizer, it definitely needs to be buffed out with some cotton balls/cotton swabs after it dries. It leaves a powdery coating after painting which buffs out really nice. Painting/build is now complete, decals are next on the agenda. Should be able to finish this one up soon.

Wim van der Luijt
Can't wait for the finish

JohnnyO
Project complete. Take a look, let me know what you think.

Wim van der Luijt
Nice clean finish! The windshield position is slightly wrong somehow....other than that it looks good to me

Fab Fantin
Great Paint Job very nice looking Jug

Alexander Perov
beautiful work .and panel to allocate could have

Clifford Keesler
Looks good to me, the nice thing with the buffing metalizer paints, is you can shade different panels by buffing more or buffing less.

Hunter Cummins
How do you buff the paint and when do you buff it ??

JohnnyO
After I added the metalizer, but before the decals/sealer, I buffed the metal paint with some cotton balls and Q-Tips, seemed to bring out a nice shine in the end product. I'd recommend wearing latex gloves while doing it to avoid accidental fingerprints, especially if you have a two-tone model, like this one.