AM P-51 Build

Great job, Iz - Very nice detailing and finish, thanks for the photos.

Patrick

Great build, it looks spectacular.

The grass is a grass mat by the German model railroad company Busch. I got it from Walthers.

Looks great!  What grass did you use?

Eva Leah is done!

Thanks, all. I've made a little more progress today. All that's left are the exhausts, a little detail painting, the pitot tube, the canopy, and the antenna (in roughly that order).

Your bird is looking good!

Groot

Looking fantastic....

Looking great!  

My Eva Lea is up on her feet!

Here's the latest update on my P-51. I've started weather using a burnt umber oil paint wash followed by an over spray of Model Masters 1941 Afrika Khakibraun.

GreenStyrene48, the AM decals are pretty good. I sometimes have to hit them pretty hard with Microsol or Solvaset to get them to conform to the model (the flag decal over the gap between the vertical stabilizer and the rudder, for instance), but generally they're pretty good. I painted the stripes. I started that with my A-36 - I didn't think the decal would work so well over the dive brakes.

Eva Lea's getting dressed to go to work.

Thanks to one and all for the kind words about my P-51. Most appreciated. I teach at a university and our graduation ceremony was today so I'm not under contract again until August. I should be able to finish this build up pretty quickly now (it took me 4 months to finish my A-36).

Bish, you asked about my wing lights; I've got a build log going at home.comcast.net/.../P-51.html

Best to all,

Larry

Some really good detail in there, how did you do those wing lights.

Great job! I love the stripe work.

-BD-

Sorry ;

I just can't find anything nice to say about your plane . Nice is too mild .That is one darned fine job ! Now as to the office .That's a fine bit of organized clutter and well done too .     T.B.

Nice cockpit work...

Joe

Ooo! She's going to be a pretty one. ;)

I really like the attention to detail, it's impressive.

Toshi

Looking good!

Mike

very cool cockpit detail

Theuns

I had a few minutes today, so I took my P-51 to the spray booth for a coat of Olive Drab over Neutral Gray. Then I added the yellow theater stripes (because everything goes faster with stripes, right?).

Larry

Thanks for the kind words, all. I've decided to stick with the kit decals for this one, mostly because I haven't found any aftermarket decals for this kit. So, it will be marked as "Mah Sweet Eva Lea."

Looking good so far, lzdaily!

Very  nice!! You should check out the Mustang Group Build.

Steve