Thunderbolt Model
What are some realistic paint schemes for the P-47 Thunderbolt?
I'm making a radio control model of the P-47 from scratch, but just wondering if any of you older military aviation junkies (or younger ones, haha) knew what some authentic paint schemes would be. I've seen a scheme that included a silver fuselage and wing, with a green stripe on the top of the fueslage, and yellow stripes down the wing, with a red stripe on the cowling.
But when I was younger, I remember having a little diecast model of the P-47 that sported a dark green fuselage with little other markings. There may have been a white stripe around the cowling, not sure.
Also, are were there any paint schemes that featured invasion stripes, like the Mustang's?
I've been doing a bit of research, but nearly all of the photos of the P-47 that exist are in black and white.
Thanks in advance for answering!
The olive drab color scheme was far more common on the earlier "razorback" models, but a few of the late "D" models carried it.
Invasion stripes where applied to every thing the allies flew on the western front during the Normandy landings, including hundreds of Thunderbolts. The second link is for an olive drab bubble top P 47D with invasion stripes.
The link below is for a handy Russian site that has hundreds of color profiles and operational histories of Thunderbolts and other planes.
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