Revell P-47D in 1/72nd

Finished Revell's P-47D with quite some mistakes, mostly due to incorrect Revell decals and instructions. According to photos, the bull should be totally black. Also revell's instructions does not mention the red wingtips, and incorrectly placed underwing insignia. Some P-47 had insignia on both sides underneath the wings, but probably this one didn't! The kit is a really excellent one, and the quality of the decals was the best I've yet found from Revell. Finish is Alcad Alu with some other shades for some panels. Then coated with Klear, which was also used to apply the decals, and finished with Alclad varnish straight from the bottle.

Brilliant work, a truly excellent finish. Well done

Beautifull finish Gordon... a very welldone...

Gordon I found this photo , it looks black the bull ..!!!

P-47 D-30 RA (44-33813) "Balls Out" (G9 L)
1st Lt. Milton W. Thompson 509th FS, 405th FG, (R-6) Kitzingen, Germany 1 May 1945

Nice one Gordon, well done!

Lovely finish on the bird Gordon.

i agree with Marco, it is much darker than the canopy framing and if that was red, there is no way the bull was the same colour.

Very nice Gordon!

great metal colour! Alclad?

Dottore

Woe Gordon, what fine craftsmanship You get better and better...

Thank you to everyone who commented on this one! Marco, well especially Marco, on closer inspection of the photo, it seems that the bull is not completely one solid black lump, but there is a line in the middle and the Revell decal corresponds to that line! But it might have been a much darker shade of brown, although B&W film can be very misleading especially in the red/brown end of the colour spectrum. As regards the profiles, I don't trust any of them any more: I found too much mistakes in them already!
Adjusted contrast and curves in PE:

Nice job on the natural metal finish, this was sure a huge fighter during the war.

Is much of anything visible in the cockpit through the canopy? I have a couple 1/72 aircraft and I was wondering how much detail needed to be put into the cockpit's?

a nice rendition Gordon well done !
in nannu