Great looking builds

You've got a couple beauties there Joe!

Lookin' mighty fine! I'm running out of adjectives for your work.    Good job I say.

Max

Those are two beautiful aircrafts!

Toshi

The Awesome continues... 

Love those Mustangs, Joe. Your work is a pleasure to watch. Awesome!

BK

Guess I'm gonna have to start calling you Master Lawdog. I tried painting using your cockpit tutorial on my lastest plane.  I got the paint them black first down right but that's where the similarities ended. Just masterful work. Trying to figure out if I'm inspired or just massively depressed

Bad news. The fog's getting thicker.

And Leon is getting laaaaarrrrrger.

Thanks for the kind words guys.  

Greatmaker

 

Bad news. The fog's getting thicker.

And Leon is getting laaaaarrrrrger.

 

Did I leave the iron on?

Fantastic work, Lawdog. I keep itching to build another P-51D, but I am waiting for Meng's release to see how that goes. Lot's of interesting things on it. And of course Eduard in 2018...

But yeah those Tamiya ones are nice, and you're bringing out the best in them.

-BD-

Well;

 Hot diggity Dayum ! Purty Boidys !

Thanks guys for the compliments.  To quote Ace Ventura..reeeeeeeeeee-he-he-he-he-he-he-ly? So someone has decided to tackle the P-51D again in 1/48.  I don't know much about Meng, their stuff really isn't my thing, but I bet the Eduard example will be a stunner.  Let's be honest, the Tamiya and Hasegawa kits are getting long in the tooth.  The Tamiya kit will be 20 years old next year I do believe, and the Hasegawa one is even older.  I hope Eduard doesn't rebox an old kit with new resin like the P-38 (puke) or overcomplicate it like their FW190 series.  Let's pray it's like their Spitfire MK IX.   

Anyways, these turkeys are done.  I'll start with Scat VI, flown by Major Robin Olds of 479th FG, who really needs no introduction amongst us military aviation mavens.  Olds scored 12.0 kills in WW2 and 4 in Vietnam flying the F-4 Phantom.  This one got PE in the pit and an Ultracast seat.  I added a set of Ultracast wheels too.  I tried out the new Eduard Brassin resin 108 gas tanks.  I wasn't particularly impressed and found them to be more work to assemble than they were worth.  I still hate the look of these tanks, much preferring the 75'ers.  The canopy is a Hasegawa replacement which is much better than Tamiya's two piece abomination.  I added plumbing to the tanks and gears.  The lousy fifties were replaced with brass tubing.   

Next is Jasper's Joker.  Flown by Donald Vulgamore of the 361st FG.  This is one of those circumstances where the plane seems to be more popular than the pilot, as I couldn't find much information on him.  I learned he was from Jasper, Ohio and may have scored three kills as evidenced by the canopy swastikas.  Regardless, they were all heroes to me, ace or not.  This one was out of the box aside from a PE seatbelt harness and Ultracast tires.  I plumbed this one and added brass fifties as well.  As I previously mentioned, it was requested that the canopy be closed, so I made due with the abomination of a kit canopy.  

Overall, I'm pleased with them both.

Next I'm going to build the newer tooled (pre-fixed original release) Eduard Bf 109G with a Brassin engine kit.  I'm probably getting in way over my head..........  

Good luck Mr. Striker......we're all counting on you

Once again...I am not disappointed!

Beautiful work!

lawdog114

Next I'm going to build the newer tooled (pre-fixed original release) Eduard Bf 109G with a Brassin engine kit.  I'm probably getting in way over my head..........  

I can't recall any major issues when I did mine....other than the hassle and general fiddliness of detailing an engine, all went well.

Well gee, I think those turned out better than good. They're stunning. I've always loved the look of a yellow nose on a P-51, but that just may well be the old Monogram influence sneaking in there lol. I wish they still included those markings with the Monovell re-release. I've got it in my stash and I hope to be able to turn it into something just a gorgeous as one of these two builds, someday.

I think what really puts these into the far above average standard is the ground work on the bases and the pilot figures, of which you did a superb job on. I'd be happy with whatever amount I spent to have you build one of those for me.

Just beautiful work, Lawdog. Just beautiful, professional grade work on both of them.

These are both executed beautifully. I'm always impressed with the quality of your work.

I may have missed it, but what do you use for the NMF?

lawdog114

Very nice Fermis....if mine turns out half as nice I'll be pleased. Do you have a work in progress thread on that anywhere?.....and thanks for the kind words...

 

Yes...you may even recognize someone in there!!!

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=79&t=936

Funny...the thread is right under your thread!

Beautiful work, Joe-

Perfection as a display, and the background info about the unit and pilot was more than interesting. Mighty fast builds too, are you trying to displace Toshi as the King of Speed????

Thanks for the post and pic's.

Patrick

What a fantastic finale!  Both are of great quality.

Toshi

With your quality of work Joe, I'm sure you make some very very happy customers. Sharp!!

You're on a roll here with the NM finish birds Joe! Beautiful! 

Excellent, Joe. Those two are beautiful. 

BK

SWEET stangs lawdog! One of my favorite fighters of all times. Sleek, beautiful, and deadly. Thanks for sharing.

Joe, you may be pleased with those builds, but I think your clients will be very delighted by them.  Extremely well done!

regards,

Jack