Meister P47D Refurbishment

[Ken Bones]

Stew, you will wish you had not asked!

Bonzey

[Gregg Veasey]

Its a MR spit

[Jason Griffiths]

Stew, you will wish you had not asked!

Bonzey

Oh why is this we all ask

[Gregg Veasey]

The spit was put on the back burner to build a certain Hurricane and then restore a Corsair. It'll be back on the board soon though

[stewart clifford]

Back burner? surely you mean log burner.

[Gregg Veasey]

Not at all. The twisted glass fuz was binned and this one was built properly by not following the plan!!

[stewart clifford]

With the Spitfire now finished I suppose I'd better get Steves P47 done, I'll be back on it towards the end of next week, so more piccys on their way and I've got to maintain the lead over team Veasey.

[Gregg Veasey]

Received all my lining tape today so thats my job for next week!

[Gregg Veasey]

Lining tape complete on the wing other than the belly pan

[stewart clifford]

So, what scheme have you picked Gregg? Tell me it's not "Tar Heel Hal" or "No Guts No GLory"

[Gregg Veasey]

I can tell you I'm not doing one of those schemes

[stewart clifford]

Steves one will be back on the bench on wednesday.

[Gregg Veasey]

Mine will be back on the bench tomorrow night with the fuz getting some black lines to match the wing!

Oh, and I can tell you I'm not doing that other scheme either!

[Gregg Veasey]

Only one pic but you know what black lines are. The fuz is now now complete. All that leaves is the belly pan, pylons and gear doors still to panel line then the riveting riveting job begins!

[chris willis]

That looks so much better Ted, well worth the extra effort

[Gregg Veasey]

More detail than it had originally so hopefully it will be an improvement

[stewart clifford]

It's getting warmer Gregg, you'll soon have to start throwing paint at it. I've suffered a little set back after I discovered the kill markings had gone on wonky, so I'm waiting for a new set of masks to arrive from Flightline Graphics.

[Gregg Veasey]

Well tonight I finished all the panel lining and started adding a bit of detail to the cowl. Over the next couple of days my dad will chuck some primer over the lines so that next week I can bring it home and start riveting.

[Gregg Veasey]

As hoped Veasey senior has used the good weather to my advantage and got all the primer on

I'm in the workshop Friday so will be able to get all the black tape off and add the metal tape panels

[Ken Bones]

Looking good Mr V, This model brings back happy memories of the F4U and P47. Warbirdz.

Bonzey