Hobby Boss 1/72 Scale Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 'Bubble Top'
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2023
- Having the distinction of being the heaviest single-engine fighter to see service in World War Two. The legendary Republic P-47 Thunderbolt earned its much deserved famed during the conflict. In the role of a ground attack aircraft. Flying multiple ground attack sorties in both the European and Pacific Theatres. In the service of various allied operators like the USAAF, Brazilian Air Force, Free French Air Force, Soviet Air Force and Royal Air Force. By the end of WWII more than 15,600 Thunderbolts had been built. Produced in multiple variants like the early Razorback and Bubble Top canopy.
With the end of the war and the creation of the United States Air Force in 1947. The P-47 continued in USAF service with the Air National Guard until 1953. With many surplus P-47s being sold off to various South American Air Forces. With the Peruvian Air Force being one of the last nations to retire the type in 1966. Today various airframes exist in either as static display aircraft or as airworthy aircraft.
One such airworthy aircraft is the P-47D called Dottie Mae. On May 8th of 1945 Dottie Mae took part in an aerial demonstration to celebrate the end of World War Two in Europe. The flight of the P-47 Thunderbolts flew over the Ebensee concentration camp, in Austria. To raise the morale of the prisoners who were still there. While flying over Lake Traunsee, Lieutenant Mohr descended too low over the lake. Causing Dottie Mae to crash in to the lake. Mohr survived the crash, while Dottie Mae sank into the lake. Making Dottie Mae the last USAAF aircraft lost “in action” in the European Theatre of Operations (ETO) during World War II.
Then on June 13, 2005 the wreck of Dottie Mae was raised form the lake. With the 60-year-old wreck still being in a well-preserved state. The air frame was then returned to the USA to be restored. After a lengthy restoration, Dottie Mae was returned to an air worthy condition. Taking to the skies again on June 23, 2017. Were it has appeared at various Air Shows in the USA.
This model by Hobby Boss is a simple and easy to make. With two colorful USAAF paint schemes included in the box. I painted my model into the colors into the of Dottie Mae. Using a mixture of the kit’s decals and DIY custom decals. In order to replicate the famed Dottie Mae.
So, I hope you have enjoyed this video. Thank you for watching and good luck with all your ongoing projects.
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Good job! Looks great :D
thank you Matt i'm quite happy with the way this one turned out.
Nice one 👌🏻👏🏻👍🏻......good video too!
Thank you I'm glad you loved both the model & video
New sub from New Zealand!
Very nicely done man
Thank you so much, its always nice to get a new sub. Especially from a fellow Kiwi. Thanks for watching & subscribing too!
Cool
Thank You :)
I like these easy kits from Hobbyboss.Well tidy.
Thank you Kenneth, yes these easy to build Hobby Boss kits are fun to make.
nice. Just somthing random are you going to wings over wairapa (probably not I dont know why a asked)
Thank you I am glad you liked it. I had hoped on going to Wings Over the Wairarapa this year. But I have got stuff on that weekend.
Great job! One of these days can you do a tutorial for making custom decals? I wanted to a nose art decal for a B-24, but the picture for it was in black and white.
Thank you, making a tutorial video on DIY decals is one of those things I need to get around to making. Currently I am working on other videos ATM. But it is one of those videos I have got planned for a future upload.
As for the B-24 nose art have you found any colour illustrations of the aircraft in question. I often use a google image search to find colour references for my custom paint schemes. That is where I found a few good illustrations for the nose of Dottie Mae. Otherwise, it is a matter of tracing said photo in photo editing software like Adobe Photoshop or a similar program.
@@ShuttleFactoryScaleModels thanks for the reply. Unfortunately there is not a color illustration for that specific nose art, since I don’t have photoshop, I’ve been considering colorizing it using Ai, but not sure how well that’ll work out.
@@goingbork1522 You’re welcome I am always willing to answer questions when I can. However, I am sorry to hear that there is not any colour information on that B-24. Have you tried to google the B-24 serial number. If not, then yes, I think using an A.I might help to create the illustration. Since you do not have Photo editing software. From what I have seen A.I generated Artwork is impressive. So that might be your best shot. Good luck with your project!
@@ShuttleFactoryScaleModels Thanks again for this response. I have googled the serial number, but still no luck. Thanks again.
@@goingbork1522 That's a shame hopefully something will turn up. And the A.I artwork might work
Question,
Would you be interested in Selling a sheet of Decals for this build???
I got a couple of the Tamiya kits and would be very interested in doing this aircraft for my collection. Thanks.