Airfix north american 1/72 mustang MK IV

I'm blown away at the detail on such a small scale.

Very nice!

 A really nice job!!  I love your paint work.  It looks terrific.                                         knox

Oh my that oil wash looks terrific.  Would you tell us what oil colors and thinner you use ?  i would love to duplicate the results you get.

I really like the depth of your pre and post shading.  Can't wait to see the finish.

Groot

Your Mustang is looking good.  I’ve just finished the new Airfix Zero and their new line will make me a return customer.  I need one of these Mustangs for a TEX ANG build and the kit looks like another winner.

I love how you did your colors! Spectacular!

Flawless jezz! Paint, decals, it all looks amazing

You blew that kit outta the water!!!!!!!!  Nice work there. I have to admit that the new Airfix kits are light years ahead of the older ones in quality and detail.

TY for the reply Jezz.  

I've got all the supplies I need for the oil wash technique but as of yet, not your skill in using them.

Very nice! How did you go about the weathering from the guns? Looks really good.

-Andy

That looks really nice. The new Airfix kits are really a step up from there older ones. I use to avoid Airfix like the plague, but now I have actually started buying them again.

Basiclly its tamiya smoke thinned to almost watery consitancy while holding kit as if it was in a nose dive and holding airbrush at a 45 degree to the leading edge of the wing.usimg a dual action airbrush i bepress brush for air to start then slowly draw back the trigger until a small line if paint comes out start spraying and bend a few flicks of your wrist backwads untill u have the desired effect..

Your looking for more of a build up of paint at the muzzle of the gun and a feathered effect moving back  just takes a bit of practice

Also u can ting the tamiya smoke with a brop of a colour  for various uses

E.G ..exhausts on motorcycles buy using tamiya clear colours to replicate a tempered metal fiinish

pics of my bikes  as example below

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Turned out beautiful. You should be proud of the way this one turned out. Really love the paint job! Thanks for posting!

-Andy

Really nice build there jezz.

Fantastic looking, especially for 1/72. I could swear the finish pics were of a 1/48.

Nice work! I am going to have to look into 'oil' washes now.

Hey were the 'teeth' a decal?

Thanks guys for the great comments  ulterior modem oils are simple as long as u have a coat of johnsons clear down to protect the paint underneath and of it goes wrong u can wipe it all away whith white spirits and start again and  yes the shark mouth is a decal

Jezz,

 That is an incredible build.  I'm off to practice with Tamiya smoke to see if I can also pull off the gun streaks, thanks for sharing the tip!

Groot

WOW , What a beautiufl job !

Many thanks for the detailed AB techniques explaination, I sure need those tips as airbrushing is my weakest link.  I will practice as you so generously described.

 That is a sweet build!                          knox