Subject: Re: REPUBLIC P.47D-20 Thunderbolt
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "De Sanctis Paolo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:16:17 -0700

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Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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  From: De Sanctis Paolo 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 7:06 AM
  Subject: REPUBLIC P.47D-20 Thunderbolt

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  "1/72 Airfix P.47 Thunderbolt" 

  by "Paolo De Sanctis"
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  The aircraft: the Thunderbolt was the heaviest fighter-bomber used by Allies during WW2; with a top speed of 400m.p.h. and a service ceiling of about 40,000 feet the P.47 could out-perform some of its contemporaries but few people believed that it would ever become a satisfactory combat aircraft. The Thunderbolt went into service in 1943 and this was the major production version, almost 14,000 of which were produced.

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  The model: as often happens to me, I' bought this series 2 kit in the far 1978 and I' built it OOB. I' brush painted it in the quite poor standard of that era and I' realized the box suggested version, "Penrod & Sam". This was an overall natural metal finished machine of 62°FS, 56°FG based in England. Some thirteen years later, in October 1991 I' decided to rescue and restore the subject, for the sake of my youth remembering. So I' totally dismantled and rebuilt it. This kit is very important to me because I' tried new modelling tecniques with it, firstly the use of the display stand.

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  A dear friend of mine introduced me to the use of this precious option thus gaving me a "new", fun and very useful idea to finish some of my models. This P.47 has a completely scratchbuilt cockpit with a decal-dashboard, the cloche, the figure-pilot, etc. The engine and its interior was carefully painted altogether. It was finished as a 319°FS, 325°FG, 15^ AF "Dallas Blonde", flown over Italy in 1944. A Superscale decals sheet was used. Colours were O.D. 41 (no-faded) FS.34088, O.D. (faded) FS. 34086 and Neutral Grey 43 FS. 36173 which became, in the Humbrol range, rispectively: H.108, H.155 and H.64.

  Many greetings from Italy!

  "Paolo De Sanctis"

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