P-47D Thunderbolt

Ludwig Micallef
Thanks Roland! ?

Count Buggula
Superb detail inside and out. Can't wait to see how this one turns out.

Celliers
Nice, looking good!

Rui
Impressive!

Spanjaard
very nice details. shiny job outside 🙂 what metal paint did you use?

Ludwig Micallef
Thanks @Spanjaard

Used AK's Xtreme Metal - Polished Aluminium for the outside

Spanjaard
thanks Ludwig. it looks fantastic

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very shiny!

Slavo Hazucha
Very nice pit & engine and the shiny coat too! 👍 the surface had to be in pristine condition for this level of mirror-polish!

Spanjaard
no doubt about that 🙂

Ludwig Micallef
Thanks for the feedback guys

@Slavo - to be honest it's my first kit that I'm going for a NMF. Gave it a first try last week but the end result was a dull silver finish with the same paint, my fault as i used a mr surfacer as primer…so i stripped it off completely, polished the surface all over and went for a glossy black primer the second time round polishing the primer before final finish.

Happier with the end result though i know there is room for much improvement and learnt quite a lot from this build, particularly with regards to surface prep when going for this kind of finish 🙂

Villiers de Vos
A beautiful metal finish

Ludwig Micallef
Thanks Villiers

karatel
That metal looks stunning

Sebastian Meyner
Fillowing 👍

Ludwig Micallef
@FlightLine - AK are my go to nowadays…i find them forgiving and very durable, although with this specific finish have to be careful with handling. As primer, i used the same AKs black primer gloss primer, though any other glossy finish should work.

Karl Briffa
Well done Ludwig, great work 👍

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic shine! I am a little late, but from now on I will follow with pleasure and interest. Good work so far!

Guy Rump
Looking good 👍

Ben M
that is a fantastic NMF.

Michael Kohl
Beautiful so far. I'm on. Question: shouldn't the inside of the engine cowling be zinc chromate?

Ludwig Micallef
Thank you your kind comments Karl, Robert, Guy, Ben & Michael!!

@Michael - that was my initial impression and what the instructions say, however following some research it seems the engine cowl was left bare metal, and it tended to change a bit colour due to engine heat.

Progressing with decals at the moment and uploaded some photos with further updates.

Rui
I've been watching this come together and I am very impressed the paint brilliance. Now that the markings are going on it's even better. Watching with anticipation as to what the weathering will bring. 👍

John Thomas
Very nice

Skyhiker
Lovely

Michael Kohl
Nice progress

Daniel Klink
Very well done👍
Like those Chess markings

Villiers de Vos
Very nicely done.

Alex Rodionov
Excellent realisation of NMF.

Sebastian Meyner
Beautiful finish Ludwig 👍

Dominik Weitzer
very nice!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👍
Very nice work!

Spanjaard
excellent result.

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Tom Gardiner
Gorgeous job on the finish. Was that done using alclad?

Ludwig Micallef
Many thanks for your comments guys!

@Tom - I used AK's Xtreme Metal range - similar but gives more coverage and feels more durable although the Polished Aluminium was fighting me along the way