Features

Fred Cressey breaks open Trumpeters 1:32 Razorback.

Peter Wilkinson brings us this writeup detailing his double build of 78th FG bubbletops using kits from Tamiya and Hasegawa.

John Stournaras has sent us a set of photos of his superb rendition of Steve Pisanos's "Miss Plainfield" of the 4th Fighter Group.

In May 1944 war weary P-47s from the 56th FG were transferred to the newly formed 5th Emergency Rescue Service. One of these became known as "Tony".

Tom Black has sent us a great set of photos of two builds of Col Morton Magoffin's "Carol Ann II"

A first for P-47 Heaven. Samantha Scoles (Camogirl) shows that that the ladies can build great P-47's too!

Allen Berry ( Tomcat31) has sent us a set of pictures of his recent 4th Fighter Group build.

Nigel Julians build of the Tamiya P-47M.

Paddy Barratts build of the second release of the huge 1:24th scale VFS P-47. Its finished in the markings of Donovan Smiths "Ole Cock III"

Jurgen Shot sends us photos of his OOB build of the Hasegawa D30-40 kit. Its finished in the post war scheme of "Big Stud", the personal mount of Col. Robert Baseler.

Andrew Beard has sent us some great photos of his Cave Tonitrum entry.

Paddy Barratt tells how he picked up a bargain and fitted the Airies detail set in his Hasegawa Bubbletop.

Julien Gossweiler (ponch17) has sent us photos of his 1:32nd scale Haswegawa P-47D

Nigel Julian tells the story of a tragic incident that inspired a presentation build for the 56th Fighter Group section of the Halesworth Airfield Museum.

Jean-Luc Formery has sent us photos of his fabulous diorama featuring the Tamiya P-47D Razorback. The diorama was the subject of a 10 page article in the March/April 2008 edition of the French Tamiya Magazine.

The Wolfpack Is Coming! Michael Wolfes superb diorama shows two of the 56th FG Thunderbolts about to head off on a mission from Boxted.

Allen Berry (Tomcat31) sent us photos of his Tamiya P-47D, "Jeanie"

Dave Gianakos has submitted an excellent feature on his 1:6th scale R/C Thunderbolts, one of which he has flown from the airfield where the actual Thunderbolt was based.

The P-47 Thunderbolt always makes into an impressive model, especially in 1/32 scale as you can see with Stefan Ericsson's (Phantom2) build of the new Hasegawa kit!