1/48 P-51 D FINISHED- (Improving the Tamiya kit tutorial)

Nice work and great advice here Joe. Canopy looks right on to me. I wouldn't mess with it.

Thanks guys.  Nathan, your probably right. This is the "leave well enough alone" build.  

Joe

Joe -

Shazam, another high mark set. A real beaut, thanks for all the writing and photos.

Patrick

That is one good looking pony you got there ! Well done

Theuns

Wow, another spectacular finish. Totally looks better than fantastic. SUPER DUPER !!

Wow, another beauty Joe!  "Detroit Miss" never looked so good, just beautiful work friend. Your earlier posts and pics caused me to dig my own "Detroit Miss" out of the cabinet for a look at her.  Sheesh, I think I'd be embarrassed to show my Monogram version now!  Your plane kills Joe!  Thanks for the inspiration and great thread.

Gary

Another beauty Joe!  Your build inspired me to pull one of these out of the stash and give it a go.  

Steve

Joe another beauty.  I missed this one entirely but ever so glad I found it now.

That turned out really nice Joe!

Thanks for the kind words all...

Joe

Excellent work on this one. Since you got impatient and had decal difficulties, I know that you are human and can make (tiny) mistakes! There's hope for me yet.

I really like what you've done to spruce the Tamiya bird up. Have you ever thought of contacting FSM to write a "How To" article for something like this? You could probably have an article a month for a year!

Thanks Max.  I'm very human and average modeler at best.  Its all about smoke and mirrors.  I've thought about an FSM article.  Maybe something small, but my work pales in comparison to those master modelers in there.  .

Joe.  

That looks fantastic!  You are always able to get such a realistic finish to your models, just the right amount of weathering.

Mike

Thanks Mike.

Joe

Joe,

Great build and tutorial.  Really like the way that you approach assembling and detailing the cockpit.  One question, which model Dremel tool are you using.  I had one with a rechargable battery that stopped working years ago and am looking to replace it with a good one.  

Glad that I found this build. Thanks again for sharing.

<Matt

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Joe,

Great build and tutorial.  Really like the way that you approach assembling and detailing the cockpit.  One question, which model Dremel tool are you using.  I had one with a rechargable battery that stopped working years ago and am looking to replace it with a good one.  

Thanks Matt.  It's the cordless Dremel Model 7700.  I got it at Wal Mart for like 40 bones...works great!

Joe