Mustang Build

CN ..looks great. 

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Looking good C, that's a different way of constructing the nose. I've never seen a manufacturer design it in horizontal half's,  but I haven't built a ton of Mustang kits either, so there you go.

Making some progress and by accident ended up with some weathered landing gear doors.  I had painted them flat aluminium (along with a bunch of other things) and was moving on to interior green for the wheel well, when I caught a bit of a wild hair and thought I'd paint the inside of the doors the same green.  I grabbed a post-it note to use as the mask.

Having moved it to do the other side it took up some of the green paint.  I liked the effect and so kept working it.

Starting work on the wheel well.  No wash yet.  Prismacolor silver highlights.

As expected, closing up the fuselage really hides a lot of detail.

More to come!

BD, nicely done. =]  Happy to see it.

5, I've been looking forward to doing Overstreet's mustang for a while now.  Always happy to see her again.

Steve, hurry up and slap some paint on that Merlin!! What are you waiting for?! lol =D

Kyuzo, I think you did the right thing with the Metallic Blue.  It's not always apples to apples.  Some things look right for one thing but just can't fit in another world.  Good judgement call there! =]  I think you're on to something.

CN ....thanks ,, as soon as I looked at yours and models posts ..the electricity came back on .

Luckily I dunked  the airbrush front end in a cup of thinner . Thank goodness I keep the old tamiya jars .just in case of these situations. 

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Steve,  the Flory wash is good stuff - easy to use and since it is water based, very easy to clean up if you don't like it.  I like the range of colors, too.  I used to make my own, but I never made a lot of it and ran into problems with color consistency if I ran out in the middle of a build. 

Chris

5,
I hope you were able to get your airbrush cleaned out.

CNicoll,
I need to try some Flory wash one of these days. I like the Malcom Hood Mustangs and will be enjoying your build.

Steve

Thanks!  Wish I could send some electricity your way!

CN

NICE START ON OFFICE  .I.LL BE WATCHING THIS ONE ..

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My first post for my build.  Building the 1/48 Tamiya Mustang III, using the Techmod sheet 48033 for the Polish squadron.  Building Wing Commander Jan Zumbach's JZ HB868aircraft from August 1944.

Starting with preshading the panel lines, hitting the tires, and then onto the cockpit.

Here is the start to the cockpit.  The fuel tank is hand painted to give it some texture - which in this scale is still pretty hard to see. 

The instrument panel center section has a coat of gloss to get ready for the instrument decal. The instrument decal is black, so for contrast the rest of the panel is painted a dark grey.

Before adding the instrument panel, I used the Flory black wash to bring out some of the details of the aluminum base behind the seat and the cockpit interior.  The base of the fuel tank won't be seen once the fuselage is closed up.  The interior colors are Model Master acrylics - RAF Interior Green, with some highlights in Dark Green.

The control column was painted Interior Green to add yet another shade to the cockpit.  The instrument panel decal is not fantastic, but since this is an Out of the Box build, it will do and I'll be using the Malcom Hood, which in this kit is only available closed so lots of this detail will not be seen anyway.  May also use the pilot figure.  Prismacolor pencils added detail and simulated chipping.

Up next is closing up the fuselage.  Comments are welcomed!

Awww ..GREAT !! ..RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF PAINTING. ..THE POWER WENT OUT !!!...EMERGENCY CLEAN OUT OF THE PAINT CUP . ..

HOPEFULLY THE POWER COMES BACK ON .....TIME TO BREAK OUT AND FIRE UP THE T-REX'ES

Steve,

The Merlin is looking good.

Larry

Oops .sorry for the bubble post 

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Modelcrazy your very welcome. 

And I must say that's one hunk of resin. ...it's looking very good. Your doing great there .I know what you mean by that , I too have trouble finding what I need on subjects. Clamps. .yea that's going to be tough. 

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Modelcrazy your very welcome. 

And I must say that's one hunk of resin. ...it's looking very good. Your doing great there .I know what you mean by that , I too have trouble finding what I need on subjects. 

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oh i almost forgot ,,its was 1980 ..made in USA ,,,packed in poland

ok here,s the pic,s starting with the decals. 

the glass is rather poor , the toothpick shows that gimicky hinge and theres alot of flash.

oops sorry 

ok moveing along ,,,he he he ..theres no guns 

i,ll have to buy resin cockpit 

it looks like a ummmm

raised rivets and panel lines 

definite resin wheels and wheel bay

and prop --spinner 

so there you have it ,, was it worth the 10 bucks ??....i think so ..with some sanding ..and rescribing of the key panel lines . throw in some after market , oh and  lot of time im sure i,ll make it work ....but for now i,ll put her back in the stash. 

sure glad i save those trumpeter engines ,ie allisons (ala p-38 --p-51 merlin--bf,s 605s )

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modelcrazy its all raised .. remember the old hawker hurricane ?  its just like that but more ..its a pincushion. the decals are rather thick , typical revell  1970,s  decal for the IP . the color is great and in register. the prop is so skinny at first i thought its for a P-47 thunder bolt ..( garbage). dont get me wrong guys .with some elbow greese and a bunch of AM peicess it,ll make a nice mustang . 

while im waiting . were im liveing ,, here in prince george bc . we only have one true hobby store ,,,if i can call it that ,,,,thay rarely have 1/32 scale planes and if thay do it,s the mega priced one,s (ie tamiyas corsair at $170.00 or the airfix tempest ..at ....wait for it.............$300  . when i saw this on the shelve the guy next to me only saw a blerr .

sorry for the late repley ....cookin dinner 

well model crazy it looks like the old molding ..same agly canopy with that hinge for the movable glazing .just down loading pic,s to photobucket

stay tuned ..5

10 BUCKS!?!? I'm jealous 

got it home and opened it and ,,,,,,,,,,looked at ,,,,,,WOW.. there more rivetes then the revell spitfire!!!..but then i remember doing this in the late 70's . i think i,ll put this one away till i buy a few AM stuff. packed in poland ..canopy blows ..and i think i,ve cut my finger running it across the rivet detail!!.  ha ha lol

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 hay look what i picked up for $10.00 bucks

AAAUUUUG! I hate it when that happens Kyuzo. Keep working at it, that happens to all of us. Nice looking disks.

Ok...this first pic is worth the body pieces just sitting "assembled"  to get an idea of what it will look like.  

Now despite the bluish - green color of the metallic blue,  it becomes more of a royal blue in front of a camera flash. Also it does not look like it has that much green in it in person. 

The next two shots are to show where the tape  pulled some of the paint

On a side note, I just bought a new little add on. Now I just have to decide which model is going to go on.

Brandin 

Beautiful little red tail ..nicely done.  .love to see the next one soon . For the next one what do you have in mind ?.

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Badass wings Brandon