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Hi Gents, Began work on my MPC Super Bee. The body is a real beast, needing quite a lot of clean up.  Needed a break from body work so I started putting the engine together and a few other things.. 

Going for a 'white' interior.  I picked up this Ivory spray can from Ace a few years ago and like the color. The paint goes on very thin and I am quite happy with it so far. Will save the Iwata for the exterior...

PJ, ooritz and cbaltrin, good work guys. That checker decal on the Mustang would scare me away from building it. Well done

That is one cool looking Super ! Lovevthevold Mopars.

I have most of the big decals on but still have to spray the wingtips white to add the checkerboards. The metallic shades are very subtle but different tones are visible. The puttied wings were sprayed with Floquil Old Silver for the lacquered silver look. Also used Flory Dark Dirt wash to pop skin details. Lots of tiny stencils are yet to be applied.

Dude very appealing thats too cool.

Thanks lost. Yours is shaping up nicely, good work indeed.

Well Mary is shaping up and she got her legs and wing tips checker boarded. I toned down the Alclad reflectivity a tad since this was a combat aircraft subjected to operational wear. 

Flaps are on and down, so are the gear doors and decals on the drop tanks. Getting closer to the finish line.

Looking good. Finish line is near 

I am starting this one

Wing tanks mounted and hoses added from discarded electrical wires.

That hose adds so much reality to it

Here are some WIP pix of the Bird Dog

The cockpit. The rear seat is dry fit. On the instructions it says to install the seat first into the holes/craddles on the interior of the fuselage. The holes/craddles are not there so will try to fiddle with it, shouldn't be a big deal

The fuselage. Fits well together but note the absence of pins and holes to help with alignement

Instrument panel. Would be helpful to note to cut the decal to shape before applying it.

Overall, so far so good.

castelnuovo

That hose adds so much reality to it

 

Here are some WIP pix of the Bird Dog

The cockpit. The rear seat is dry fit. On the instructions it says to install the seat first into the holes/craddles on the interior of the fuselage. The holes/craddles are not there so will try to fiddle with it, shouldn't be a big deal

 

The fuselage. Fits well together but note the absence of pins and holes to help with alignement

 

Instrument panel. Would be helpful to note to cut the decal to shape before applying it.

 

Overall, so far so good.

 

Thanks! Love the Bird Dog, a workhorse in Nam.

More work done on the 1970 Super Bee.  Finally figured out how the frame &  chasis goes together so glued the frame/chasis/firewall assembly together. Finished painting the interiror tub , dash and re-coated the seats their base color.  Initially I envisioned this kit to be finished in  Lemon Twist/Top Banana yellow with the black super bee stripes, but looking at some pictures on-line, I really am liking this metalic green shown below.. Not quite set on the color though so I ordered a few more colors from MCW.

cbaltrin

More work done on the 1970 Super Bee.  Finally figured out how the frame &  chasis goes together so glued the frame/chasis/firewall assembly together. Finished painting the interiror tub , dash and re-coated the seats their base color.  Initially I envisioned this kit to be finished in  Lemon Twist/Top Banana yellow with the black super bee stripes, but looking at some pictures on-line, I really am liking this metalic green shown below.. Not quite set on the color though so I ordered a few more colors from MCW.

 

I like MCW paints. Their paints cure super hard and polish out very nicely. Love the sexy lines of the Super Bee.

plasticjunkie

I feally like MCW paints. Their paints cure super hard and polish out very nicely. Love the sexy lines of the Super Bee.

I have only used them on spoons so far PJ, but I like what I am seeing. Looking forward to using them on a full body.

Some progress pics on the Dog Bird

There is something satisying when putting the two sides together

Nice looking bird dog pit. BTW the F86D is done.

Oops, darn, how did I mised that. But, well done! Which pic would you like for the front page? 

I like this one. Thanks again for hosting a fun G.B.

Cracked open the 1/48 Tamiya P-51B Mustang and did a bit of black basing for the cockpit.  Interior green comes next

Been away most of the year and trying to get caught up on everythng. Alot of nice builds with subject that you don't see a lot of.

It has been a slow start to the year for me with this only being my 2nd build so far

I started on the Academy P-51 with an Eduard set for the cockpit. It is a lot of work and while it looks okay my PE skills are lacking.

The kit went together well and I was able to get the primer, preshade and base coats on this last week

Noticed a seam that needs to be taken care of on the bottom

Hoping to get the white stripes and the decals on this weekend.

Looking good gents, great looking bunch of models.

Looking real nice PJ!

JBRaider , P-51B is coming along well. Can't start my Airfix P-51D yet, or my updates might get lost in the sea of other P-51 updates ;-P

Thanks cb.

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If anybody colides with this one, he/she can't say "I didn't see it"

Nice little kit this one, all went together well. The only problem was not with the kit but with my shaking hands

Why British markings? Because the decals provided were of such a poor quality that they were falling appart as they were separating from the sheet. So I found some old decals, correct or not, here it is

That's as bright Bird Dog!  Turned out really nice.  Which kit/scale is this?  

Thanks . It is Roden 1/48

Can't wait to see the final color you choose! 

Great job on the Bird Dog Castle, it's nice to see subjects that don't pop up all the time.

Such as a P-51.....

I got all the painting and decals on this weekend. 

The reference I had doesn't show white stripes on the tail even thought most of the 51's seemed to have them.

the Miss Dallas decal seemed a little large but I think it looks okay.  The Decals are a mix of Kits World, Academy and Airfix.

Hope to get finished next weekend.