F-47 PA AIR NATIONAL GUARD 1947

F-47 Gate Guard at Pittsburgh ANG base 

Art work 

F-47 of the 47th Fighter Squadron PA-ANG 

Kit Box Art 

Kit parts 

I like to wash the kit parts before starting work 

Kit instructions and decal sheet dated to 1998 

Kit instructions 

Kit instructions 

Kit instruction 

Late P-47's had flat cockpit floor. I updated kit cockpit floor. 

Added cockpit details 

Kit side wall details 

I added more details to cockpit side walls 

Added details 

UP dated kit cockpit 

Painted cockpit 

Painted cockpit 

Model Master Interior Green 

Painted side walls 

Cockpit installed 

Cockpit installed 

 

 

I will remove kit wing guns 

I will use Brass rods to replace kit wing guns 

Kit ID light should be flush with wing, I replace them 

New ID lights. It's unclear if USAF F-47s had the ID lights installed 

Kit wheel wells 

I added some details the wheel wells 

Added details 

Completed wing sections 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brass tubing as wing guns 

 

Warbird Decals  

Very old decal sheet, they worked great. 

 

Decals used on this project