RAF Thunderbolt I

[Mike Swan]

Just completed this 1/48 Tamiya P-47 for a good customer.

The aircraft was operated by 258 Squadron RAF, based in India, late 1944.

Mike

[Woolgar]

Superb Mike

Nick

[Mike Swan]

Nick, thanks for the kind comment.

Mike

[Douglas Jr.]

Nice Jug.

[Federico Perez]

Beautiful build you did a Superb job, love the razorback type Thunderbolts.

[tinmantis]

nice project
My granddad would have liked to have seen that, he was a wartime RAF mechanic over there...
regards
jon

[Mike Swan]

Thanks for all the kind comments.

Jon, I bet it wasn't a holiday for your granddad, sweating over hot Pratt & Whitneys and Merlins in the Indian heat.

Mike

[Christopher G.]

Great job on the plane...I still have yet to try a plane since getting back into modeling. Well I did try with an HE-162 but ended up just trashing it.

BTW stay away from the Orange Box Cyber Hobby...terrible!

Regards,
Chris G.

[Mike Swan]

Chris,

Thanks for the advice about Cyber Hobby. Recently I wasted money on an Eduard Bf-110G that ended up too detailed, over-engineered to build. I like to enjoy my projects.

If you want a pleasant return to modelling, I can highly recommend the Tamiya P-47 or P-51. You'd have to really try to mess them up.

Mike

[Luis22]

[B-24 Liberator]

Beautiful, detailed work Mike, I am an (with emphasis on amatuer) modeler, and in fact my adult son does thes often, but goodness, the amount of detail in your build is awesome! I can almost smell the petrol. Do you build models of aircraft for customers?