Owl – nice start, you are already ahead of me lol. I am doing a green nose variant, using Aeromaster’s Green Nose Mustangs of East Wretham Pt III decal sheet. They are tailored for the Tamiya kit but I hope they fit the Revell one. You must have one of the old OLD Revell’s, has the 1977 copyright stamp! That takes me back many years ago and a galaxy far far away….
NiceFit – One trick to preserve detail before sanding is to cover it up with tape. I use Tenax (welder type of glue); if done properly, seams should be minimal. Of course, I don’t do it properly so have a lot of fixing to do lol. The problem with those fuel tanks is that the corrugated folds on both sides do not match with each other. I took a thin chisel type of tool (the MicroMark one) and literally carved some of those folds back onto the fuel tank. Ill post some pics once I get the dig cam away from my daughter!
If I ever did this again, I would either get resin external tanks from True Details or just get the Tamiya P51D :)
I have a small tapered brush I use to apply Tenax; I did not have much success with the touch-n-flow method. Just make sure your brush is camel hair and not nylon, or the Tenax will attack the bristles.
Swannys models (Matt Swan) has a comprehensive article on Future uses:
http://www.swannysmodels.com/TheCompleteFuture.html
From the article: “In Australia the Future’s past is long and convoluted. Originally it went under the name “Stride Right” or “Super Stride” then the name was changed to “Shine Magic” or "Super Shine”. Then, in January 2002 the product was discontinued! Through inquiries to the S.C. Johnson distributor in N.S.W. I have learned of another product that is very similar to Future called “Pledge One Go”. Peter Johnstone (a helpful Aussie modeler) has tested this product and reports that it works very well on clear parts and seems to be compatible with model paints and acrylics. He also reports that it demonstrates the wonderful self leveling properties that we see in Future and dries fairly quickly. Another option in Australia is “Pascoe’s Long Life” which is an ammonia based produce that behaves in a similar fashion to Future. "Pascoe's" was originally marketed under the name "Rekkit's" and can still be found under this name in the country areas. This product can cause acrylic paints to run if applied too heavily so it will be important to keep this in mind while reading the rest of this article.