building the hasegawa 1/32 scale p-47d - mike ashey productions ...

The step between the cowling and the fuselage will be too
noticeable if it is not fixed. The solution is to slightly extend
the depth of the cowling.
The sink marks are on all four wings sections and will need
to be sanded out and then the plastic will need to be polished
with 0000 steel wool.
There is a gap between the canopy windscreen and the
fuselage and it can easily be filled with a strip of
.010 inch plastic.
The cockpit is well detailed, but I used the Eduard prepainted
self adhesive photoetch detail set. There is a separate article
on building up the cockpit with this detail set.
Here is the prepainted photoetch sheet. The second photoetch sheet contains lots of small detail
parts to further enhance the cockpit. I like to use these parts
in combination with kit parts to achieve better results.