1/48 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt 'Bubbletop' : Full build scale model aircraft kit

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Happy new Year and welcome to Scale Model Shed's first video.
Here I show you step by step how I built the 1/48 Tamiya Thunderbolt.
If you enjoyed the video please like and subscribe.I look forward to adding much more content to the channel very soon.
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Thanks for watching.

[@gabrielglouw3589]

I’m glad you switched to voiceover videos. This was still very interesting, but the voiceover adds a nice level of immersion for the viewer.

[@tjh44961]

I read "Thunderbolt," by Robert S. Johnson, in late '71 or early '72, when I was in elementary school. Since then it has been my favorite aircraft. I think I've built about a half-dozen of them in the years since, in scales from 1:72 through 1:18, and larger flying models. I still don't have one on the shelf. There's something wrong with that, I think. You did a beautiful job on this one!

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thank you for your comments and to all subscribers. I'm looking forward to getting my next build up asap!

[@garydaniels5495]

I'm going to need to learn how to use an airbrush. You make painting easy and painless. Nice work.

[@trev8591]

I came back to watch your first post after watching the Swordfish build. I'm pleased you talk to us now! Very pleased you've started the shop. You have re-kindled a fire in me, I'm going to start building again - not since I was 14 with an Airfix kit and enamel paints. Thank you.

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thank you Trev.

[@getafix58]

You are an artist! I made very basic models as a kid, and you blew me away with your patience, skill, and knowledge! It was a pleasure watching you work! Or can you even call it work?!?!? ; )

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thank you. Patience is the key. I'm not a fast builder and I pretty much accept a model is going to take me nearly a month to build.

[@aleksandrgrand4405]

Высший уровень, профессионально, творчески и это очень хорошая мотивация для меня!!! 👍👍👍👍

[@HaggisFist]

Your builds are amazing. Absolutely stunning detail, presentation, craftsmanship, and love. I’m hooked!

[@stuartbremner9680]

Great build. Good to see that you include your mistakes and thoughts during the build sequence. Fantastic looking model 👍

[@randypurtteman1183]

Fantastic! Absolutely stupendous. This is only the second video I've watched of you creating what can only be described as art. Move along folks. Nothing to see here but beauty.

[@georgspence4999]

I love building the Tamiya models because the kits are very precise and molded so well. Unfortunately I can’t do 1/48 because of my eyes. Too small. I do the 1/32 kits.I’ve done the Mustang, Corsair, and zero kits. You did a good job on that Jug.

[@rickbourn971]

You did a great job! Looks fantastic. Loved the chipping. Watching you post shade all I could think of was “wow he’s got a steady hand”.

[@NuttyLlamasftw]

Amazing video. Some new painting and building techniques I’ve never seen before 👌🏻. I love the fact you keep in the mistakes you made along the building process... it makes me optimistic that I could eventually make a model as fine as this 😂

[@lonewolf9390]

I saw a P-47D at the Air Zoo in Kalamazoo Michigan yesterday. Watching this video is making me want to order the Tamiya kit and built it to match the one that was on display.

Tip: At the end of the video, play music from the 40's and sounds of airplanes and weapons.

[@arthurmee]

Sounds of weapons and aeroplanes . . . might be a bit corny 😂

[@4dmind]

Let this be a warning: Wiping down with alcohol is an important step. Except in my case, I primed with Mr Color Black and then left the primed plane in the garage for a few days before spraying the aluminum. This ruined the plane because the primed surface had something on it - probably pollen. I am starting a fresh kit this week as a result. Holding the fuselage with a paintbrush is also a great move, since it means you can paint both the topside and the underside in one session. Quality control during priming and aluminum coats is critical. Great video!

[@michaelcagle5938]

Great build. All the classics get represented but I'm wanting some of the more uncommon planes. A Curtiss-Wright Ascender would be cool.

[@ScaleModelShed]

That would be an interesting subject!

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Wednesday, 21 August, 2024) Well, a Tamiya kit with a highly skilful modeller! How better a viewing experience can one expect? At each individual step you take, you show great deftness of movement and keen acumen of your subject matter. I just watched Scale-a-ton assemble, paint, and weather the Tamiya 1:48th-scale model kit of the early Republic P-47D Thunderbolt “Razorback” USAAF Fighter. Similarly, Mach Models gave us his build video of Tamiya’s 1:48th-scale kit of the late-war Republic P-47M Thunderbolt USAAF Fighter. Though my actual preference is (well, would be) for 1:32nd- and 1:24th-scale kits (the pricing of them would be an insurmountably steep impediment for me; the latter category also has a rather scant few offerings of any true quality and value, with some quite outdated, as well), I greatly enjoy observing a top-quality Tamiya-made replica in progress, especially if in the (gloved) hands of one of far better ability and experience than I; here have I found three or more!

[@mikewilliams4438]

Ohhhh, you gotta take your hat off to these amazing skills. Another first rate build

[@douglasstreet7304]

OUTSTANDING, really like the bomb casting details, brilliant.

[@Greg-et2dp]

Scale Model shed you are good at building aircraft models and airbrush painting you are artists that is awesome my friend

[@TheMrStrahlemann]

Very nice, didnt come here to watch the full vid but stayed the whole time

[@jackpreston8762]

The finish/weathering on that model is really well executed, an inspiration, thanks..

[@renatoigmed]

I thought it was a bit exaggerated for my taste. I like to make it a little more "new" as if they weren't so shabby lol

[@vincentblackburn6765]

Lovely job, Just need to add the rubber strip colour at the bottom of the sliding canopy there is even a panel line on the canopy to guide you.

[@edjustice7755]

You are a true craftsman and artist..love your work and attention to detail.

[@scottrogers511]

I loved the bag throw at the start!! 😂 superb video and skills.

[@rlu1956]

Love your clips. I also respected you're mistake and showing it. A great series.

[@Greg-et2dp]

Scale Model shed your p-47D Thunderbolt aircraft model kit is awesome my friend

[@DavidRLentz-b7i]

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Wednesday, 21 August, 2024) This comment is not a commonplace discussion of a build video. First, PLASMO genuinely is a master modeller of the highest order. Moreover, my report to all you modellers addresses what is the most extraordinary, new kit in 1:48th-scale I have seen: MiniArt’s later Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Teardrop Canopy” USAAF Fighter. The channeller from the start (0:51-0:54; then at 1:16, and again round 2:38) repeatedly demonstrates that the cockpit sidewalls have astounding detailing, establishing that the kit actually exceeds in fineness and accuracy that of comparable Tamiya aircraft models in this scale! At 5:13, he begins cutting away part of the right fuselage forward of the cockpit (then, I infer, the corresponding section of the left half), explaining that he “want[s] to design and make minor improvements to the engine section”. This we see later. At round 7:00, he explains some difficulty making with uniform consistency a number of small, scratch-built parts for the P&W R-2800 engine exactly the same, so he “found [it] easier to design them in 3D, and print them,” telling his viewers “the link to the printable file is in the video description.” At 11:28, he explains that “an interesting section is behind the engine; however, it is not included in the kit. So, I decided to draw and create a new detail kit. I used blender free editor, because I like how complex it is, and how you can modify it with the add-ons. The detail kit contains twenty-one parts, designed for the best printing result, and comfortable painting. Making the detail kit took me a few weeks. . . . The design, or a whole printed kit” [he means an entire detail set, to fill in the space in the fuselage forward of the cockpit (as he at 5:22 had explained) and aft of the engine] “is available for my patreons, or on Call 3D [sic; I regret my uncertainty as to exactly what he said in the last two words]. “The links are on my video description.” At 11:34 to 14:30, he visually presents in this extended segment his working with the parts of the new detail/conversion set that he designed for this new P-47D Thunderbolt kit, as he cuts them from their support structure, paints them for use, installs them into place, etc. I am an excellent writer-and an aspiring novelist, essayist, etc.-though any effort to describe these 3D reproductions that I might attempt here simply could not begin to be adequate! You now reading my words on your viewscreen simply have to see them for yourself! At 13:06, he tells us he also has “available a bonus video with a more detailed construction tutorial, which helps you assemble and paint this kit.”

[@justasuggestion8216]

Thanks for showing your mistakes as well as the good stuff. Well done.

[@JohnneeD1]

Wow...you make it look easy! Great job!

[@fullmoonflare]

love the build and the finnished model but the overlapping music gave me ptsd

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thank you for letting me know, I'll have a look at this.

[@shealey9763]

@@ScaleModelShed Same here, great build but have to stop watching because the music is painful

[@paulhargreaves1497]

@@shealey9763 Just mute....

[@brandonb1681]

I just mute and listen to ELO.

[@jamiesale9460]

Great demonstration and nice video too. You sure do have a big paint chest there. Well done

[@bhenders52]

You make it look so easy. Thanks for sharing your talent.

[@niels-martinnielsen6262]

WoW! I wish I had half your skill! Awsome built and painted man!

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

I discovered your channel today, through your build of the Tamiya P-38. Excellent videos. And, of course, subscribed. Thank you.

[@brianbrown1979]

I really like how you approached the NMF and weathering; very informative. An appealing alternative to Alclad2...

[@btcbob11392]

I'm 70 years old and of course built models when I was a kid in the 1950's and 60's. I came across an online catalog of model kits recently and I was SHOCKED to see the price's for some of these kits. No wonder kid's don't build model's any more.

[@brandonb1681]

Very nicely done. Very fun to watch. That is some very nice metallic paint there.

[@amcds2867]

Beautiful model!

[@abelpereiradacostafilho2241]

Excelente montagem, jeito simples de executar a montagem e com efeitos incríveis. Parabéns, lindo modelo.

[@jerryrichards8172]

Fine build thanks for sharing ❤

[@johnnichols9056]

Great build. Some panel lines on the real thing were lighter due to wear vs the center portions thet could warp inwards.

[@RobertMcCall1313]

Magnifique ! Bravo ! Technique bluffante !!!

[@jinchoung]

oh interesting - there's a solution that changes the index of refraction on the plastic to make it more glass like? ha. man, there's something for everything! very cool build!

[@Odessia-ij5ys]

Great Building skills

[@jeffreyross-zb8cz]

You are so talented brother🙏🙏🙏

[@mpearce820]

Very nice job. As an oldie newbie to this obvious craft, I now am learning modeling includes understanding not just the mechanics of cutting fitting and gluing (what kind of glue did you use?), but paint and finishes and coatings and brushes and and and....... I look forward to seeing more of your work, thanks!

[@neumannd106]

Followed you here from instagram. Beautiful build. I may need to add a thunderbolt to my stash now!

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thanks Dan. Do it, its a pleasure to build!

[@Neopedia]

Un trabajo impresionante. Me gusto mucho tu trabajo con la pintura, lástima no pude ver algunos detalles porque había partes donde había mucho reflejo, pero definitivamente aprendí mucho. Gracias por compartir, este avión es mi próximo proyecto, solo que es un Monogram.

[@56Gumball]

Very nice build indeed! 👍🏼 Personally I don’t dip my canopies because if you check out period photos of operational warbirds with high flying hours the canopies are never crystal clear and high gloss. They’re scratched, sometimes hazy, and abraded by the ravages of constant handling and flight.

[@ScaleModelShed]

Good point! There is an argument for spending quite a bit of time weathering the canopy glass as well as the rest of the model. Thanks for the comment.

[@models_mark772]

Ты отличный моделист! You 👍 modelist! Sorry, i from Russia

[@Sniper_Cat_71]

Outstanding build. I have one of these in my stash, it's next on my list.

[@Greg-et2dp]

Scale Model shed your utube videos are awesome my friend

[@midnightmodeling1639]

Excellent, Looks great, I built mine with the checkered nose.

[@DavidRLentz]

I watched your video. Since I cannot build (long story), I take delight in observing others in theirs. You are remarkably thorough and deft in your execution. Your text along the bottom of the video is quite small. Till 33:10, when you thank us for watching.

[@allanbyallas7546]

Simply stunning 👏👏👏

[@lowtier]

Hey I don't know if your going to make any models that have pure alumium paint jobs, but have how ever tried using alclads lacquer metal paints? Theres many different shades of which would have made this even more realistic and would compliment that mr surfacer 1500 covered w/ the clear coat tecnique even more. This video inspired me to make a video on my second channel of me puting a fictional paint job on a bf 109 g-6 from Tamiya in 1/48 scale w/ american paint job/decals and a polished alumium fuselage instead of fully painted one. Other than that I really enjoy your work and hope nothing more than for you to have a sucessful modeling carrer!

[@pablocartagena2426]

Excellent build and enjoy the format; no talking, the right amount of comments and good editing. I have been building planes for many years now but when I see a video from I can learn something , I’m an immediate fan. Got a subscriber from me. Keep up the good work ( hope you like modern jets).

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thanks Pablo. I've just added the new tool Academy 1/72 F-14A to the pile, so it will be up some time in the near future!

[@ombudsman3000]

Pablo just wrote everything I'd like to, so I borrow his word!! Fantastic job, sir! I hope to see many more of your builds soon!! Congrats!!!

[@ScaleModelShed]

@Ross Anderson Hi. Thanks for the comment. It's a Bartsharp SB04. It's a really good size and the extraction power and lighting are really good. Fan speed is adjustable! 👍

[@FredWilbury]

Awsome build 😲

[@misantropoiracundo5301]

aswesome work dude!!

[@avion34]

Very nice job on this. It looks fantastic!

[@АндрейЮрченко-я6р]

Great job, mate! The result is ultra realistic!

[@sebastianpereira1517]

Great job!

[@blacky7210]

Another awesome model keep them coming.

[@ryburnsjr]

Wow just wow

[@jerryrichards8172]

Lol that toothpick work on the fuselage decal was nerve racking 😅

[@Bandit_V3]

Really really awesome

[@tonygary7611]

Beautiful build

[@Svemirsky]

Absolutely fantastic looking model! Now, I have a question - how does someone becomes a model builder like this? Besides the time that is required ofcourse. Where do I start? I keep finding these amazing builds and I feel like I'm getting overwhelmed before even starting my own. But I deffinitely want to try to make something. Thanks for inspiration and all the best from Belgrade, Serbia.

[@aguslugiman9067]

Great work 🥰

[@blacklupos]

Superb job

[@ianvaughan9028]

Very nice! I have subscribed.

[@philclinton9430]

I think the wing mounted machine guns leave streaks or marking on the wing much like the oil details that you all over the fuselage and wings landing gear etc.

[@SchmidtJim]

Absolutely fabulous! The chipping is very effective! Learned a lot! Subscribed! Please don’t make us wait long until the next one! Congratulations!

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thank you. Won't be long!

[@sparker4614]

Great build. Have you guys stopped doing the podcast?

[@alainhagen7217]

Absolument magnifique !!!!!!

[@Odessia-ij5ys]

Nice plane

[@lawtongore7053]

Good build...

[@rubentrevino6288]

Outstanding

[@alexandreb.4557]

Fiquei com vontade de entrar e sair pilotando. Parabéns !

[@allenpfister5429]

great work, that looks fantastic

[@mustang94299]

Nice job.

[@guidob.4122]

Great work with superb weathering! Really stunning. But why does the airscrew, as the most moving part, look like brand new when the whole aircraft is totally worn? There should be heavy chipping on the leading edge of all 4 blades. The airscrew will catch up dirt and gravel from the bottom of the provisional airfields... Keep going!

[@iansalmond726]

Love your work. I hate to say anything critical. I think it would have looked better if you would have done chipping and weathering on the decals. The american insignia was too clean. I get why you didn't. I would still give this a 9 out of 10. I understand model making is a journey, and you are improving everyday like the rest of us. Awesome job.

[@ScaleModelShed]

Thanks for the feedback Ian and I agree with you on the weathering! 👍

[@Serg.Y.M.]

Отличная работа!Браво!!!

[@cosmarendy8417]

Thanks - great build

[@georgevprochazka5316]

Nice chipping paint effect !

[@eduardonunezvalero1232]

Un nuevo suscriptor desde España! Great job!

[@fennixzaja9385]

This remember me the 201 squad 🇲🇽

[@Cletus_Van_Damme]

I actually met two surviving members of the squad over 25 years ago in the El Paso, TX Air Port. I still have the picture.

[@dusanbolek8004]

Finally, someone who is using primer in the rattle can. What is your reason for that? Mine is I really hate to clean my airbrush after spraying primer as it creates such a hard to clean mess. :-)

[@ScaleModelShed]

Yes!! The mess and I just don't see the point, you want the primer to go everywhere and as long as you don't flood it on you end up with the same result. 👍

[@jerryrichards8172]

I have been useing tape to mask my Canopus and clear part since the 70 I have yet to use a masking set. I have a 1/48 avenger I'm doing and ordered a mask kit for that it has many odd shaped glass.

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

I wonder why the Allies bothered with Olive Drab camo on the top deck.

[@cubed2164]

that's because sunlight would reflect off the fuselage just in front of the cockpit, and go right into the pilots eyes, so the paint prevents that from happening while adding an aesthetic touch

[@barrysheridan9186]

Amazing work.

[@mihailborodin6597]

Шикарно!

[@Poopster4U]

How long before you can spray clear coats on the AK metal? I used mr hobby on Alclad and it darkened and trashed the metal paint.

[@consciousness7899]

It is surprising to see that gx100 can not invade in the layer of the metallic coat....

[@dargainsMotorcycleASMR]

awesome!

[@stefanblackadder5236]

Beautiful!

[@jimr7154]

Wow incredible 👍

[@danl.909]

Nice.