Trumpeter P-47D Razorback

[crazypoet]

The feed chutes are folded up, glued to hold the edges, primed (super thin coat of Mr Surfacer 1200), and with a single layer of Uschi Steel powder applied (it gets a bit brighter with each layer)

The Uschi powder gives what I think is actually a better finish than the bare PE steel, but I’m going to step away for a bit and come back for another look.  I folded up a spare gun #2 chute from the closed side to give a contrast of bare steel PE vs the Uschi - it’s waayy too bright for scale, I think

The smallest chute has a bit of texture from when I tried using a drop of CA to fill in the bending lines, applied with too-heavy a hand. 🤦‍♂️  I can also see another that needs a bit of fine-tuning on one edge, plus filling in more of the visible bending lines (Eduard did a pretty good job of putting them where they’re not particularly visible, but you can still see them here and there)

I will likely clean these off and do another test with Alclad bright aluminum to see which I like better

(and also take a few minutes to smooth down the unintended texture from the CA on the gun #4 chute 😂🤦‍♂️)

at any rate, this is my progress for the day

I'm going to do a test fit of the ammo belts, with the chutes dry-fitted, to see how much I need to extend the belts (the kit belts are already a bit short; even more so after filling the chutes where the ammo is visible.

I’ll try micro-clear canopy cement to glue the belt ends together, and see if that still gives me a decent drape with no kinks - hoping it does, as that’s the simplest approach 

Then, it’s off to painting the belts temselves

wheeeee!

[BlrwestSiR]

Those ammo chutes don't look easy to fold into shape. 

 

[crazypoet]

4 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Those ammo chutes don't look easy to fold into shape. 

 

Mostly pretty straightforward, except for the curves right where they enter the gund

i had to use a toothpick and needle-nose pliers for those 🤣

[DocRob]

Well, there is always the question of sanity due to rum consumption or close the panels over the gun bays and stay sober . You obviously chose the first option, maybe because of the self promised rum intoxication . 
I like the work you have done and am astonished, how difficult it seems to be to find decent pics of these gun bays. Maybe that´s why the AM producers got it all wrong.
I only built one Jug a long time ago, but that was a buttoned up Eduard boxing of the Hasegawa kit, so no inspiration to get from me.

Cheers Rob