P-47D Thunderbolt, Scale 1:48 Italeri 2728, decals for 4 versions.
Nearly 16,000 Republic P-47 Thunderbolts were built between 1941 and 1945, more than any other United States fighter aircraft before or since. 12,600 of these were D models, manufactured in 33 production blocks at two factories in Farmingdale, New York and Evansville, Indiana, of which almost 7,200 were the definitive bubbletop version.
This was the most obvious of many changes introduced during P-47D production. Other – but by no means all – modifications included the addition of four more cowl flaps and a bulged keel; strengthened wings with provision for carrying drop tanks, bombs and rockets; improved cockpit and gun bay heating; more effective propellers; better internal fuel capacity; underwing compressibility flaps; and the introduction of a dorsal fin. In the cockpit, the original corrugated floor was replaced with a flat unit from the P-47D-30 production block onwards.
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