From: "Steve Bamford ARC" To: "Bradley E Guy" References: <20040829.212219.268.2.bradguy@juno.com> Subject: Re: Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 22:50:12 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00C7_01C4BA1B.DB0D9400" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00C7_01C4BA1B.DB0D9400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Brad, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = for sending it in. =20 Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com =20 Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Bradley E Guy=20 To: steve@s102164210.onlinehome.us=20 Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 8:22 PM Gallery Template #07 1:48 scale P-47=20 by Brad Guy -------------------- Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here =20 Greetings. This is my first submission to the Aircraft Resource = Center, although I have been lurking here for a while. I had spent the = past year or so working feverishly on scratchbuilt projects, or resin = garage kits, and I needed something relaxing to build for a change. The = kit I chose was Monogram's 1:48 scale P-47D. Rather than rescribe the = raised panel lines, replace the basic cockpit, fix an ugly seam in the = wheel wells, or replace the thick decals, I chose instead to build it = straight out of the box.=20 Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 04.jpg =20 I painted the Jug with Model Master Enamels. Once the body work was = done, the kit was airbrushed with Testors primer grey, then various = panels were underpainted in black. The top surfaces were painted in = medium green and dark grey, lightened or darkened here and there with a = drop or three of flat white, light ghost grey, flat black, etc. The = undersurface was supposed to be natural aluminum, but I chose a light = ghost grey / flat white mix instead. Weathering included a wash in oils, = drybrushing with cheap acrylic, and soot and oil stains added with = pastel chalks. The engine cowl was painted with Testors buffable = aluminum plate, then insignia red. Some red was scratched away in = places, allowing the aluminum to show through.=20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here =20 I wish now that I had used aftermarket decals, because the ones that = came with the kit were awful. They were thick, and half a jar of = Micro-Sol would not convince them to settle down. Their only redeeming = value was that they were opaque. Aside from the decals, the P-47 was a = fun kit to build. I did not set out to build the most accurate plane in = the world, but just to practice a few basic skills, and maybe thin down = the to-do pile a bit. I plan to build a simple base, and present it to = my father-in-law, who always dreamed of flying P-47's when he was a boy. = Click on images below to see larger images =20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 05.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 06.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 06.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 07.jpg =20 ------=_NextPart_000_00C7_01C4BA1B.DB0D9400 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
 
Hi Brad,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC=20 today.  Thanks for sending it in.  
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live=20 like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work = like you=20 don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like = nobody's=20 listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Bradley E = Guy=20
To: steve@s102164210.onlinehom= e.us=20
Sent: Sunday, August 29, 2004 = 8:22=20 PM

Gallery = Template=20 #07

1:48 = scale=20 P-47 

by Brad=20 Guy
--------------------

Steve Bamford=20 will insert full=20 sized version of photo 01.jpg = here=20

Greetings. = This is my=20 first submission to the Aircraft Resource Center, although I have been = lurking=20 here for a while. I had spent the past year or so working feverishly = on=20 scratchbuilt projects, or resin garage kits, and I needed=20 something relaxing to build for a change. The kit I chose was = Monogram's=20 1:48 scale P-47D. Rather than rescribe the raised panel lines, replace = the=20 basic cockpit, fix an ugly seam in the wheel wells, or replace the = thick=20 decals, I chose instead to build it straight out of the box. =

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg  Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able=20 smaller version of photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg=20

I painted=20 the Jug with Model Master Enamels. Once the body work was done,=20 the kit was airbrushed with Testors primer grey, then = various panels=20 were underpainted in black. The top surfaces were painted in medium = green and=20 dark grey, lightened or darkened here and there with a drop or three = of flat=20 white, light ghost grey, flat black, etc. The undersurface was = supposed to be=20 natural aluminum, but I chose a light ghost grey / flat white mix = instead. Weathering included a wash in oils, drybrushing with cheap = acrylic,=20 and soot and oil stains added with pastel chalks. The engine cowl was = painted=20 with Testors buffable aluminum plate, then insignia red. Some red was=20 scratched away in places, allowing the aluminum to show through. =

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Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here=20

I wish now that I had = used=20 aftermarket decals, because the ones that came with the kit were = awful. They=20 were thick, and half a jar of Micro-Sol would not convince them to = settle=20 down. Their only redeeming value was that they were opaque. Aside from = the=20 decals, the P-47 was a fun kit to build. I did not set out to build = the most=20 accurate plane in the world, but just to practice a few basic skills, = and=20 maybe thin down the to-do pile a bit. I plan to build a simple base, = and=20 present it to my father-in-law, who always dreamed of = flying P-47's when=20 he was a boy.

Click on images=20 below to see larger images

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg=20

 

 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 07.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg=20 =
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