When is a 'Stang not a 'Stang ?

Thanks, kdappen ! Yes, those are the kit decals on the wings & tail. After the decals dried, I sprayed on a little Future, cut out the slots on the dive brakes, & applied more Future. I then did the wash (over the decals), & sealled W/ Testors Dullcoat. The decals behaved themselves very nicely. Its a GREAT little kit, you'll find , when you build it. Good luck !

Very nice work. Did you paint the yellow bands on the wings or use the kit supplied decals? I have one of these waiting patiently at home and I wasn't sure of putting those decals across the dive brakes. Just curious.

Thanks, Woody & Pete ! If it looks interesting to me, I may try it.

Scale Aviation modeller International July 2002 edition did a feature on converting the Tamiya Mustang to an Enforcer
(N6167U the third prototype) try sampublications on the net for a backorder. A company called Heritage Aviation doe s the conversion kit, try Hannants for that one.
The Enforcer was a design taken over by Piper aircraft, using a Lycoming T55.The original conversion by Cavalier Aircraft used a Rolls Royce Dart ( as used in the Viscount)
Cavalier had been rebuilding F 51's since the 50's, mostly supplying them under MAP to various S American countries.
Some went to the USAF though, and a couple (unarmed) went to the US Army at fort Rucker as AH 56A chase aircraft.
N6167U still exists, possibly at on of the desert storage sites, unless it's been rescued by now.
Pete

Hey Pix, I posted a picture and a link over on Scalehobby.

You deserve the recognition, Pix! I do have some walk around pictures of one on a disk some where or I can take a picture of the 1/48 convertion kits box. Piper was building them but they never got out of the prototype stage.

Thanks, Woody ! I've never heard of the Enforcer. Do you have a pic ?
On a side note, Accurate Miniatures just posted this pic & my Yak 1b in the gallery on their site ! What a thrill to be included in such a wonderful manufacturer's website !

Great pic! Now all you have to do is build the other stang that's not a stang. The turboprop Enforcer, another very cool ground attack plane!

Thank you, Captain !
I didn't have any trouble attaching the fuselage sections together. What I remember most ( I built this kit a few years ago) was the nose. The place where the prop mates the fuselage is convex. This wiww cause the prop to sit improperly (pun intended !) if you don't sand the nose flush first.
Adobe produces a book called (I believe) the "Photoshop Bible" Its expensive (Adobe doesn't seem to believe in bargains !), but it directs you, step by step, through project lessons. It covers all the functions. I learned from school (I'm a Media Arts major), and I'll be taking a second level course this fall with PS 7.0 (unless they upgrade it AGAIN !) I'll have access to the book then. Hope you learn how to tame this beast ! Its powers are awesome for creating magic & frustration equally ! Thanks again, Pix.

thats a great picture well done
all your photos are great
whats the kit like to build? ive got one but havnt started it yet

ps Whats the best book to get for working with photoshop?

Thanks, all ! ! I liked the way this one came together on its own.
Hoser - I merely meant that the airframe didn't really live up to its full potential until it was married to a Merlin.
dkmacin - perhaps its a press photo taken from a C-47 ! -You know - one of those taken over an American sky and published as an "our boys in action" shot !
oldhooker - I prefer to shoot my planes by indoor light. Even with reflectors, I find the shadows too harsh and out of scale. I bought a set of color temperature corrective lights so that I have more control. The f-stop controls the size of the apeture, or iris of the camera's eye. It controls depth-of-field. The shutter and ISO speeds will control how long the apeture is open, and how sensitive the "film" is to light. Thanks for the compliment ! I HAD to use that pic of the pilot, as making eye contact with the viewer makes for a stronger composition.
THANKS AGAIN ALL ! ! ! I enjoy making these, and more importantly, SHARING these.
REMEMBER - Build what you like, like what you build ! -Pix. -

Pix,

Great pics, Pix... is the plane making the photograph, your wingman.... or from the look on the pilots face, maybe a "Jerry"? [:0]

As an experiment, make a picture of the model in Natural Light, mount it against a background as you do so eloquently, and post the results?

I wish I could find the picture I found a couple years ago, which was an inspiration, to say the least, but it wouldn't be hard for YOU to duplicate..... The photographer took a picture from the passenger side window of a car, looking toward the 4 o'clock position out into a field while doing about 70 mph, with sufficient f-stop to get a speed blur in the resulting photograph.

He then mounted an Me-109G-6 with it's gear half up and 10 degree's flaps, on some kind of stand outdoors in similar light, with a fan blowing the prop.

Married together, it looked like this G-6 had just lifted off from this cow pasture... (It REALLY did too!)

"Modelling": The most fun you can have with your clothes on!
Frank

Weren't color cameras big and bulky back then?
How did the wing man get it into the cockpit?

Great Photo!!

Don

Excellent pic, Pix!

WOW! Bacwards !WOW . Great job!
Lee

"Even though its an Allison engine, it still kicks butt ! "

Allisons not good? What's up w/ that??

Thinkin 'bout an Allison engine drag racer. Got to be over the top, of course.

Even though its an Allison engine, it still kicks butt !

Yo, Pix,

I recon you should get some running pony's for that thing.