This new decal
sheet from Cutting Edge
Modelworks includes markings for two different 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolts.
The first aircraft is a P-47C-5-RE
Razorback with 4 FG/334 FS flown by Lt Ralph Hofer from Debden, England in the
fall of 1943. The paint scheme
for this aircraft is the early olive drab scheme with olive drab on top and grey
on the underside. There
is a while engine cowl ring on the front of the engine cowling and a white
stripe going across the tail. The nose art is a boxing mule with the
yellow text that reads "Missouri kid Sho-Me". The
Mule in the artwork is a mule wearing boxing gloves and boxing shorts standing
on it's hind legs in a classic boxing pose. The
artwork for this aircraft has a white decal to go underneath the noseart decal.
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