P47 Thunderbolt, South African Air Force, Korea, 1951

[beowulf]

been a while since i did a whiff

P47 of the South African Air Force @1951, Korean War,

In late 1950 South Africa supplied a Squadron of pilots/support for the UN effort in Korea. They trained originally in Japan using US supplied P51 Mustangs. Early 1951 SAAF made available additional personnel for a second Squadron. Rather than being issued with Mustangs, they got P47 Thunderbolts to be used as ground support.

Shown is Captain Pieter Van Der Hovens aircraft flying from Pyong Yang










this was one of those builds that just evolved as it went on. been wanting to do an 'in flight' model for ages since ive had this idea for doing a stand. also been wanting to do something in silver/natural finish. Was originally going to be Swiss Air Force, had this idea back story about an interned plane being pressed into service but when i got to the decal stage i found out the ones i was going to use were out of register and broke up so it was back to the drawing board. The decal stash offered up some post war SAAF and after some research about their involvement in Korea i came up with this

kit is Revell P47, worst thing was the crappy fitting canopy

[NARSES2]

Now that's nice 

Must admit I've recently decided to do an "in flight" model for the first time in about 40 years 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Nice build and once again, completely believable. One that I could very happily copy into 1:48.... one day 

Ian

[Army of One]

Great tidy build there...... ......what paint was used.....??....H

[beowulf]

thanks for the comments, appreciated

..what paint was used.....??....H

would you believe a cheap automotive rattle can of silver  


one of the reasons i did this was actually to see if the stand worked......its made from something which gets thrown away/recycled at work but is quite small but heavy