Features

Fred Cressey breaks open Trumpeters 1:32 Razorback.

P-47 Thunderbolts on display at SMW Telford 2010.

Peter Wilkinson brings us this writeup detailing his double build of 78th FG bubbletops using kits from Tamiya and Hasegawa.

John Stournaras has sent us a set of photos of his superb rendition of Steve Pisanos's "Miss Plainfield" of the 4th Fighter Group.

In May 1944 war weary P-47s from the 56th FG were transferred to the newly formed 5th Emergency Rescue Service. One of these became known as "Tony".

Tom Black has sent us a great set of photos of two builds of Col Morton Magoffin's "Carol Ann II"

A first for P-47 Heaven. Samantha Scoles (Camogirl) shows that that the ladies can build great P-47's too!

Allen Berry ( Tomcat31) has sent us a set of pictures of his recent 4th Fighter Group build.

Thunderbolts were well represented at Scale Model World in Telford.

Nigel Julians build of the Tamiya P-47M.

Paddy Barratts build of the second release of the huge 1:24th scale VFS P-47. Its finished in the markings of Donovan Smiths "Ole Cock III"

Jurgen Shot sends us photos of his OOB build of the Hasegawa D30-40 kit. Its finished in the post war scheme of "Big Stud", the personal mount of Col. Robert Baseler.

Andrew Beard has sent us some great photos of his Cave Tonitrum entry.

Paddy Barratt tells how he picked up a bargain and fitted the Airies detail set in his Hasegawa Bubbletop.

Julien Gossweiler (ponch17) has sent us photos of his 1:32nd scale Haswegawa P-47D

Detailed photographs of The Fighter Collections P-47G at the IWM Duxford

Nigel Julian tells the story of a tragic incident that inspired a presentation build for the 56th Fighter Group section of the Halesworth Airfield Museum.

Jean-Luc Formery has sent us photos of his fabulous diorama featuring the Tamiya P-47D Razorback. The diorama was the subject of a 10 page article in the March/April 2008 edition of the French Tamiya Magazine.

Scale Model World 2008, the biggest model show in the UK took place over the weekend of 15/16th November. Thunderbolts were well represented and many of them can be seen here.