Painting and weathering A war-weary P-47D
Painting and Weathering
The challenge: authentically depict the wear and tear of a war-weary P-47D Razorback and paint on nose type, squadron insignia and serial and identification numbers in 1/144 scale (without decals).
As usual I used Mr. Colour Silver 8 as primer to show realistic paint chips. Preshading and painting was done with Vallejo “air” paints. The weathering was done with oil paints.
Priming, airbrush and paintbrush work. Painting all the nose art serial and identifikation numbers by hand
smoke markers primed with black and light grey
life raft packs primed with black and light grey
Cockpit and pilot primed with black and light grey
primed with Mr. Color 8 Silver
The underside painted with Vallejo air Neutral Grey and modulated with black and white
Preshaded upper side with Vallejo air IJN black green and chromate yellow
a thin layer of Olive Draw was then applied
The Vallejo paint was chipped down onto the Mr. Color silver with a toothpick.
Oil wash and exhaust stains: Weathering a war-weary P-47
The final weathered P-47
Exhaust stains were airbrushed with diluted Vellejo air light grey
and its underside
The final weathered P-47
After drying, the wash was wiped with cotton swabs
A wash mixed from burned umber and black was aplied on the Olive Drab paint
For the Neutral Grey underside white was added to the oil wash
War-Weary Saviour
May 1944: An old P-47 Razorback armed with lifeboats and smoke markers circles above a ditched B-17 crew – the USAAF Air Sea Rescue unit detachment B of the 65th fighter wing, later known as the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron was born.
Air Sea Rescue water vignette
Building a 1/144th scale water vignette with a scratch built life raft for an air sea rescue P-47D diorama
Scratch building a life raft for air sea rescue vignette
Modification of 1/144 resin figures and scratchbuilding a life raft from styrene.
Building a war-weary Air Sea Rescue P-47 Razorback in 1/144 scale
Building an 1944 USAAF Air Sea Rescue P-47D Razorback from the 1/144 Eduard/Platz kit and scratch building dinghy packs and smoke markers
1/144 P-47D Thunderbolt kit (Platz / Eduard)
The top-class P-47D Thunderbolt Razorback and Bubble Top kits from Platz/Eduard in 1/144 scale – Kit review