William Du Plessis

Hi All,

Posting this again. Thanks for the chance to submit my build to this forum and for all the support show by my fellow contestants. Wishing you all the best of luck.

Till later.

Hi All,

It's been fun. This is my final submission. I present to you all the complete 1/72 Tamiya P-47D Bubble kit, finished in the marking of Francis Gabreski. I hope you all enjoy the final product as much as I enjoyed building it.

Good luck to all those who still have work left... It has been awesome to see all the amazing work out there.

Hi Everyone,

Welcome back to another weekly update. I'm very pleased to say that I'm in the home stretch now. I have completed the distressing/weathing of the primary paint scheme. This was done by hand using acrylic paints and a whole lot of patience. Small details also added to wheels and landing gear.

All decals have been applied, while testing my sanity.. :)

And finally a overall coat of gloss varnish applied to seal everything in for the next phase.

Hope you like it.

Thanks for stopping by. Good luck with your builds.. There is so much inspirational stuff out there..

Till next week.

Hello again for another weeks update.

Primary scheme has been applied. Paint scheme was applied over a black base with white Tamiya acrylic marbling. Mr Color was used to paint the 3 tone camo scheme, and Tamiya acrylic White, Nato Black and Black used for the invasion stripes.

The next phase of work will be to destress the overall scheme.

Till next week. Keep modelling... keep well.

Hello again,

Here is my latest progress update. This is my favourite part!! This is were I start applying colour and can see the subject start coming to life.

Construction was completed by replacing gun barrels with brass tube of the appropriate size and replacement of the peto tube. Navigation light were placed bad not visible under the masking tape.

Thanks again for the support and good luck with your projects.

Till next week.

Hi All.

With the Cockpit and Engine completed I am now moving onto the first phase of construction. I have sealed up the fuselage halves and glued the wings and tail bits into place. Now starts the messy steps of fill, sand and describe.

My next update should have the early stages of paint (with a bit of luck). Good luck to everyone out there... hope your projects are going well.

Progress does not seem very quick at this stage, but things are coming together. The Engine and Cockpit are finally ready for a wash. And the imposing task of adding rivet detail has been completed (at LAST!!). It's not my favourite part of construction, but this will add lots of texture when the paint is applied and weathering starts.

Thank you for following along with this build. I'm hoping the next pictures will have some interesting painted parts.

Good luck with your builds guys!!! Have funs. Catch you soon.

Welcome back.

This doesn’t look like a big update, but here are my cockpit and engine details with primary colors added.

Hello all..

Hope your projects are going well. I have finished the detailing on the Quickboost engine for my P-47 build. Wires done with lead wire and pushrods and other pipes done with 0.3mm brass wire.

Engine is primed and ready to receive paint. Will post updates as I go. I will complete the cockpit once the engine is completed.

Thanks for visiting.

My first update. Not very exciting from a visual point of view. Here's what's been don so far.

1 - Major parts tested for fit.

2 - Qucikboost engine has been fitted to kit part so its ready for the next steps (wiring and painting).

3 - Rivetting has begun. Rivetting will enhance the final surface appearance and lend itself to better weathering and chipping than the plain out the box surface.

My objective is to create some extra detail and surface "texture" to add more visual interest to the final build.

Thanks for checking out my update...

Happy building....