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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:

Cool! I never knew there where Thunderbolt variants with side blisters.

Yep, the canopy blisters are a new one to me, too. Excellent work, Manny. Well done.

Yay! Manny is posting his builds again! Beautiful little Jug there. Nice mug too

Sweet! I love it! I started a Tamiya 1/72 scale Jug before. I never quite got past the cockpit for some reason....

Beautiful build all around - happy to contribute to the final product. The final-final nose art, did you end up needing to double up the decals or not? A little hand-applied touchup there as well right?

VanceCrozier wrote:Beautiful build all around - happy to contribute to the final product. The final-final nose art, did you end up needing to double up the decals or not? A little hand-applied touchup there as well right?

I actually sanded the thick decal film down at the edges after application to help it blend into the finish...future is a great way to seal everything up...

very nice!!

i didnt know about the canopy blisters either, neato

CallSignOWL wrote:very nice!!

i didnt know about the canopy blisters either, neato

Da' real thing...second and third pics...the most often Schilling mount modeled is the one in the first pic...

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