Some Photos of my Mustang

Very nice build, Gerald, and a big hearty "Welcome" to our forum family!

Gip Winecoff

that's a really nice build....

I know that yellow is notoriously difficult to paint, but the nose and prop look really good...

congratulations on your 25th anniversary!!!

Looking great.

hey philipowitsch,
welcome to the forums!

25 year lay-off eh? hmmm....i think i better take one of those because that mustang sure looks cool from this side of the pond!!
thanks for sharing.
regards,
nick

Great build Gerald, nose looks good from here as the rest of the model. That certainly is a lovely mustang you have there.

Darren

Gerald,

Your mustang looks awesome. I am about to try one too (waiting for it to come), and I hope it comes out looking even half as nice as that.

One question: did you build out of the box. I read in FSM Warbirds that the cockpit was pretty sparce, but I would like to save money and go with what is there...Is it ok?

Thanks and again, it looks great.

Gerald,

I've been building for 25 years and your Mustang looks a site bit better than stuff I've completed recently. Very, very nice!

Keep 'em coming!

Jason

Nice looking 'Stang, Gerald. I also took 25 years off, returning 10 years ago.

I only painted one airframe with MM Metalizers (same kit), and was also disappointed by the frailty of the paint. I now use only Alcad II. Check them out, they are very durable (can be masked), and come in a number of NMF shades.

Looking forward to the next build !

Gerald, you should be proud of yourself! Very nice indeed. I'm curious, what technique did you use for the chipped paint in tha anti glare panel? Also, is the exhause stain pastels or airbrush? I need to improve in that area, and you have a very nice result.

Very, very good! The interior looks great, and the weathering is excellent. Keep up the good work!

Good job on the weathering and the yellow (I HATE painting yellow)! Never mind about accuracy, your mustang looks great! Oh, and are those aftermarket wheels?

thats one mean lookin 'stang alright.
I would be proud to have that in my cabinet.

tell us more on the paint chipping and gun smoke weathering.

philipo, that is what i call a beautiful job on a beautiful bird. i built the same kit and it looks nowhere near that good. excellent job man. i love it! keep postin' your work, looks like you got the skills. later

Hi Guys (and Girls?),
thank you all very much for your nice "criticism", ha, ha. Thats so good to hear because I´m actually not very pleased with the result. Honestly it looks good, but I had so much problems with masking off the MM Colors, that eventually I wanted to throw it out of the window. Now that its finished its not too bad. To answer some of your questions: The Mustang is completely OOB eccept the seat belts which I made from household foil painted appropriate and the cabeling in the rear cockpit (radio wiring). The legs are from Tamiya. The chipping on the nose was very easy, because no colour seems to stick very well to the Metal. So I just took a toothpick and chipped a bit. The exhaust staining is a mixture of pastels (brown) and candles soot (correct word?). But be careful with that because its a bit oily. Be aware to "future" your model first.
I ´m not quite sure wether the airflow of the staining is ok? Maybe its too high. The Tamiya kit is very well done I think, you can´t come off without a good model. But to brush it was horror. I´ve now changed to Alcald2 and that is great stuff. You can mask it even for days and everything stays where it should. I will post some photos of my third plane soon. I like that very much, its the Fury 4-B from Grand Phoenix. That was a bit of a challenge as it is a short run multi media kit, but I did it
So thanks again, it is very nice to be part of this community
Gerald

Gerald, nice to have you, ive only been doing this for about 6 months and have enjoyed it immensely when i get time to work on it. i had the same problem with MM aluminum. im glad you posted that about alcald II because the P-51 is my favorite aircraft of all times with the F-4 phantom coming in second. i'll heed that advice on my next 51. cant wait to see more of your work and hear some more of your techniques. later.

Phil:
i don't know about correct one way or t'other, but it sure does look nice !
welcome 2 the forums, & welcome back 2 the hobby !

frosty

embarassed again! Great 'stang Gerald!

Hey Gerald,
First off to our family. I think that "Kit" Carson would be very proud to see your build of his a/c.
Very well done over all my friend. As I can tell by the pix, you did not over do it on the weathering.
The 357thFG is one of my favorite grps of WWII. So it is nice to see somebody building a Stang from that unit.
In my book you did a very good job. Keep it up.
Flaps up, Mike

Very nice job!

Mike

Gerald,

Looks great to me. Thanks for the warning about the metalizer. I have several P-51's and was planning to use that for the natural metal finish.

that 51 looks good to me. i would not have picked out the "faults". i am finding that all the modelers here tend to downplay the fantastic work that they do. that is one a/c that you can be proud of. welcome to the community i look forward to your future builds.

QUOTE: Originally posted by philipowitsch The chipping on the nose was very easy, because no colour seems to stick very well to the Metal. So I just took a toothpick and chipped a bit.

Ive seen some really nicely weathered aircraft done that way. Their version was a little different though. First spray the area you want to chip with silver, then put a coat of future over the silver. After all that dries paint as you normally would. To get the chips just take some tape and stick it to the area where you sprayed the silver/future. When you pull it up its going to usually bring a bit of the topcoat and future with it leaving the silver on the bottom visible. Ive never done this myself however but Ive been wanting to do it to a late WWII worn out Zero!!

Hi DaveB. and all the others out there,
I have read about that way of chipping in one of my mags, but I think that chipping with a toothpick may give you a bit more control where you want the chipmarks and how many you wanna have. And it is quite easy to do.
A bit more to that MM Clours: They spray easy and you can polish them nicely. If there is no need to mask them off, I would recommend them. But... Never, ever use Tamiya Tape on them, even if you have sealed them with that special sealer or with future or whatsoever. Alclad2 is far easier to use, but I think you can´t polish it. And its expensive. But you can mask them with Tape and anything else. Easy to use, even for somebody with very little experience in NMF.
There is the Tamiya P-47 Bubbletop already waiting for me and that will be done with Alclad2. I will show some pics then (only if they are worth to be shown, ha, ha)

Greetings to all
Gerald