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Stikpusher wrote:These are both new to me. I am used to seeing this mount of his

Yeah, cals for those are easy to come by, especially for his last mount...

Manny1943 wrote:Schilling's "Whack!!!" Hairless Joe P-47, one of his early mounts; rarely, if ever, modeled...Tamiya 1/72nd primarily OOB, with homemade decals and scratched canopy with side blisters...thanks to Vance for the cal assist and Fermis for the canopy:

BUMP

There's a lot of Bumping going on around here....

Very nice Manny - Superb bit of work (but you already knew that right?)

portman wrote:There's a lot of Bumping going on around here....

Very nice Manny - Superb bit of work (but you already knew that right?)

Yes...decals were hand made by VANCE!!!

How you like my "Hairless Joe"???

Manny -

An excellent and unique type of build we don't see everyday. How did you do the side blister on the canopy?

BlackSheep214 wrote:Manny -

An excellent and unique type of build we don't see everyday. How did you do the side blister on the canopy?

Good question. This a/c was a collaboration between me, VANCE and Fermis. Vance (eventually) made the custom decals and Fermis made the very rare canopy using his famous smash moulding technique...all of it came together as Hairless Joe...might be the only accurate scale model in existence of this particular a/c...

A couple questions for you Manny - why the blister canopy on this particular Thunderbolt? What was the purpose of them? To view the enemy a/c during a dogfight better? How many Thunderbolt were made with those type of canopies during WW2? The world wonders...

BlackSheep214 wrote:A couple questions for you Manny - why the blister canopy on this particular Thunderbolt? What was the purpose of them? To view the enemy a/c during a dogfight better? How many Thunderbolt were made with those type of canopies during WW2? The world wonders...

Based on my extensive and expensive research, seems the purpose was improved visibility and also seems that it was a field modification so there doesn't seem to be any stats on it...

Extensive research I believe. But expensive ? LOL!