Mustang Build

Toshi - that noir look sure is nice! Great job on the build, too. 

James - as for the flaps, I would definitely wait until after paint. I would do a lot of test fitting first, and maybe even white glue them in to see how they look (but only enough glue that you can pop them off after), but they look like if you test fit a lot, it shouldn't be a problem for the end of the build. I did that on both my Tamiya Mustangs I built for this group build, though obviously we are talking apples and oranges for the fit, as mine were kit parts with convenient tabs on them.

-BD-

Thanks rooster and James. 

James, IMHO, I would attach them after paint. If you are going the putty'd wings route it may be easier.  If you're just going with three NMF then maybe not. That is a good question though.  I will have to take my own advice here and do the same.

JMart

Sorry to have been away for so long; work stuff and setting things up in the house have taken up all my free time.

Some great work in here. 

Great work George, like how that office came out. 

Rick - very nice job on the paint; almost there!

Toshi - My first build when I came back to the hobby after 30+ years was also a P-51D (Revell). Great start so far, and great photography. Goodness you made some great progress over the last 6 pages :)  Congrats on the finish! 

Theuns - very nice job so far.

Larry - Look forward to that build; office looks great. 

Joe - Good work; I like how much light you get on your workbench.

I am waiting to set up my paint booth in order to progress my build. Will post some WIP pics this weekend I hope

Cheers,

James

 

Thanks James! I appreciate the compliment! I do have a favor to ask you and others though. I think that the Haswgawa kit I chose is a bit challenging because I needed to drop the flaps (first time trying that) and that was not an option like the Tamiya kit. So, I have begun the surgery and bought some resin flaps. I wanted to get feedback on if you think I am heading in the right direction and if you think that I should attach the flaps before I prime, or work with them seperately and add them at the end of the build? The reason I ask is that I think it would be easier to work with them seperately from a painting standpoint, but from a gluing and post-paint fit problem standpoint I am not sure if I should just glue them on now. I hope that makes sense...

Thanks!

George

Looking awesome Steve! 

JMart

Sorry to have been away for so long; work stuff and setting things up in the house have taken up all my free time.

Some great work in here. 

Great work George, like how that office came out. 

Rick - very nice job on the paint; almost there!

Toshi - My first build when I came back to the hobby after 30+ years was also a P-51D (Revell). Great start so far, and great photography. Goodness you made some great progress over the last 6 pages :)  Congrats on the finish! 

Theuns - very nice job so far.

Larry - Look forward to that build; office looks great. 

Joe - Good work; I like how much light you get on your workbench.

I am waiting to set up my paint booth in order to progress my build. Will post some WIP pics this weekend I hope

Cheers,

James

 

Toshi

Man that looks REALLY REALLY good Steve! What a beautiful kit! Keep it coming

Sorry to have been away for so long; work stuff and setting things up in the house have taken up all my free time.

Some great work in here. 

Great work George, like how that office came out. 

Rick - very nice job on the paint; almost there!

Toshi - My first build when I came back to the hobby after 30+ years was also a P-51D (Revell). Great start so far, and great photography. Goodness you made some great progress over the last 6 pages :)  Congrats on the finish! 

Theuns - very nice job so far.

Larry - Look forward to that build; office looks great. 

Joe - Good work; I like how much light you get on your workbench.

I am waiting to set up my paint booth in order to progress my build. Will post some WIP pics this weekend I hope

Cheers,

James

Toshi

That really looks good in all silver. Cody will get you up as soon as he can. 

To get the badge, just right click on one of the images below and copy it to your computer, then add it to your signature line like you did your B29.

Thanks for joining in, I hope you enjoyed it.

Steve

To modelcrazy,

I forgot how to get a badge, can you please tell me how again?  Thank you in advance!

Toshi

This was shot in Noir as color made it too brite, too much "BLING"!  After looking at it, it actually shoots better this way I hope you enjoy the build.

Toshi

Completed:

Sounds right to me George, thanks. In fact I wasn't sure about the colors or order of the ident lights.

Hi Rick,

It looks like it is coming along great! To answer your question: The underwing identification lights, from front to back are Red, Green, Amber. The wingtip position lights would be a tinted cover over a bulb essentially, so a clear paint would be best in my opinion. When I do them I also put a tiny dab of silver down first to give a representation of the bulb itself. I hope that helps and I would encourage others to weigh in if I am off the mark, please.

George

Thanks all

i have ? on paint colors

I have two photos below

#6 photo

Circled area . Are these lights ? if so what color would they be ?

#5

The end of wing  paint x 4 and x7 Are these lights ?

if so would it be better to use clear color ,not a paint

Thanks

Rick

Looking really great Rick! Nice paint work!

Little update

Rick

Rick, Toshi,

Nice work! Rick almost there.

Many many thanks.

Some absolute beauties in this thread.  Some very talented builders here.

Joe

This is it for now, working on the landing gear.

Toshi

infofrog

Little update

Enjoy

Rick

 

 

 

Toshi

Little update

Enjoy

Rick

Really whiping that Hase kit into shape Joe. Way to go . You also really made the low detail engine look like the real thing.

Can't wait to see this finished.

A quick update on the Mustang.

Paint has flown on the engine.  Yes progress has been made.  There have been some issues along the way and I do need to do some touch up on some pieces.  I also managed to break off a few parts.  All in all though not a big deal.  

The engine got a coat of Gloss Black, the headers Flat Black, the exhausts were given the Alclad treatment with Polished Aluminium and then Model Master Metalic Burnt Iron.  The firewall is Model Master Zinc Chromate Yellow, the oil tank is finished in Dark Aluminium.

I need to fix some of the small wires and such prior to getting it all into the fuselage.  

And then with everything mocked up.

Moving right along.

All comments, critiques, and criticism are encouraged.

Joe

Here's some progress.

Toshi

Hi Folks,

I am working my way through slowly (darn job keeps cutting into my fun). Since I am trying some new things like a natural metal finish, I also thought I would try using a vacuform canopy. I thnk I got through the initial sanding and shaping of the main canopy but, the windscreen is just so far off and has curves I am reluctant to try to work through it. My question for the group would be: Is it ok to use the vacuform for the main canopy and the kit windscreen? They are of different thicknesses but I am thinking that it may not be that big of a deal if they both look equally glossy with Future applied. Please let me know your thoughts.

Thanks!

George

I can't sleep, it's 2:45am EST.  so here's a few more pics.

Toshi

This is what happens when you only have three months experience.  I did learn from it and moved on.  What a disaster!  LOL!

modelcrazy

Great story Toshi, why did you leave Amsterdam?

Nice progress on the Stang. Good idea to have your other build for reference. 

I'm having a bit of a struggle with the radiator scoop, but I'll overcome it.

 

Toshi