P-51A Mah sweet Eva Lee-WIP Part Five-Decals on! 9/21/10

Hello there!

I have been up to my neck in work so progress has slowed down somewhat. However, my Mustang now proudly bears its markings. I have also begun work on a pilot figure to set the scene.......

Many thanks Chaps! I appreciate your comments very much.

Looking good, Darren. THis should be another "Front of the Shelf" build.

Looking very nice Darren, your cockpit looks superb and I like the pre-shade just peeking through.

Cheers...

I had a late night bench session and here is what happened..............

The yellow ID bands got sprayed on and I attached the landing gear. The Struts do not fit well so plenty of super glue and cursing was the order of the day. 

I modified the kits guns as best I could, they still need some more paint, but you will get the idea. I also put together a display base, agin not quite finished, but its OK.

Hi folks,

here's my latest WIP on the Mustang. I wanted a weathered look as this aircraft spent a long time in North Africa, to that end I gave the entire airframe a good pre-shade with matt rust and mixed my own shade of faded OD green. I sprayed the green on in mist's until I was happy with the finish.

Next up will be the landing gear and the ID bands.

Later! 

Thanks Frank.

The canted screen was necessary as I only had a little mesh to play with. Gluing it on a the cranked angle gave me more coverage of the radiator.

Once the radiator scoop and doors are attached, you'll only see a little of the radiator so one will have the illusion of a complete unit being installed. 

Looking good there Darren!  One question- how much of the radiator will be seen?  I'm curious, as the canted screen looks a bit odd to me. 

OK! I've got the cockpit all sewn up and installed, just waiting for the fuselage to dry. Here is how Eva Lee looks now:

I'm having a lot of fun with this build, thanks for letting me share it with you.

Today I went to work on the radial radiator, I've just used some bits from the spares box here in order to create the illusion of a radiator being there when I pose the radiator flaps in the lowered position.

First, the radiator gets fixed into position and some ducting is added:

A bit of paint later and it starts to look the part.................

More plastic butchery next time!!!!

rjkplasticmod

Excellent work as expected from your bench.  Keep us posted.

Regards,  Rick

YEESSIR!

Thanks Rick, I appreciate that.

Daywalker

Darren- I am really enjoying watching your build, as this is the finest detail work I have seen you do.  That office is a miniaturized version of the real thing!  Inspiring work mate.  Well done!

Thank you Frank!

I  still have more to do in there as well! Right now, I'm trying to figure out how to do the radial radiator. (that'll teach me to be clever!)

Anyone got any pics of a P-51A Radiator?

Excellent work as expected from your bench.  Keep us posted.

Regards,  Rick

Darren- I am really enjoying watching your build, as this is the finest detail work I have seen you do.  That office is a miniaturized version of the real thing!  Inspiring work mate.  Well done!

Thanks! I been away for a while myself, its good to see you here again.

Darren, my firend, Summer has kept me away from serious time in the Man Cave and this site for a few months. I am so much looking forward to seeing what tremendous model you create with this build. Looking great so far. I'll check back often to see your progress.

Phew! Now that's not going to fit in the back of my Mustang! Good picture though, thanks for posting it.

thats propably pretty accurate. This is the only photo i could find of one. i know theres more out there though

Obviously its not gonna look exactly like that since this photo was taken in 1929.

Got another job done, the PR Camera for the rear port window..........I have no idea what the real one looked like so I'm just using my imagination and a heavy dose of artistic licence...............

You're right! It is an "A" My mistake.

Beautiful build so far, loving the cockpit detail, but isn't that a P-51A?