Straight into my next build as the 'mud' dries on the Sherman tank and this is one I have long wanted to build, a P 47 Thunderbolt. This will be a nearly all silver paint scheme with some colourful decals and artwork.

The cockpit painted and assembled and this went together very quickly and easily*. I have ordered an aftermarket PE kit for this but I have a second kit to build which I will do in a different colour scheme for another squadron and use it on that.  Both are late 1944 following the D Day landings up into 1945.

This model will be of the box cover art, a 512th USAAF fighter squadron. That's as far as I got when Sherlock and Maisie joined me wanting attention and refusing to take no for an answer! I will get some done tomorrow as I plan a black primer base and then the silver on top using some of the metal paints I have been itching to try again. I also ventured out this afternoon, first time out since Tuesday and the short walk and some shopping left me shattered and in need of rest. Whatever the bug is, it has knocked the stuffing out of me. I plan to cook a curry this evening plus watch some old Time Team episodes on u tube. 

TTFN.

* The white blobs on the dials in the cockpit are white glue which will dry clear and form the 'glass' dials.