Thanks guys! 

My lastest pics after oil wash and a light coat of Tamiya flat clear to give a semi gloss look

Griffin and Crown, 

Nice work on the Hunters! Crown, I really like those roundels.

Here's my latest attempt. Tamiya's venerable 1/72 P-51 in Canadian markings.  I started this as part of the last weekend of the Weekend GB (goal is to build AND finish a model in 48 hours). I failed in the attempt. Anyways, on with the adventure.

Proof of unstartedness. Yes, I bit off more than I could chew and tried to do a twofer.

The first complete subassemblies. I know, boring, but at least they are done. 

The wings are done.

The pits are done. According to the Leading Edge decals, the aircraft I'm building had a black cockpit. The other pit is for a Guatemalan bird. Since Guatemala got some of their Mustangs from Canada, it got a black pit as well.

I now have two aircraft. At this point I should have decided to press on with the Guatemalan aircraft because it had the simpler paint scheme. However, I chose to press on with the Canadian bird.

Sometime later, I made the decision to go with one aircraft. Here she is all nice and shiny. Paint is Tamiya's rattle can TS-17 Gloss Aluminum (or should that be Aluminium?). I used Tamiya's Matt Black as a base, which brings out the grain a bit.

Here she is all masked up for a paint fight.

The red is on. I thought I used Tamiya's Bright Red, but I used their Italian Red instead. On the sheet are some markings for a couple of squadrons that had a big red lightning bolt running down the sides of the fuselage. I think the Bright Red will definitely be a better match for those markings when I get to them.

The decalling process has begun.

That is where she's at now. Tomorrow I should finish the rest of the stencils and get the blue pinstripes and speedbird on. Hope to have her done by Wednesday.

The black primer does the trick with the aluminum and the red trim looks awesome I wonder if those decals are offered in 1/48? Btw thanks for you comments.

Thanks Nick. Yes, they are available 1/48. They do Eastern Canada squadrons as well, they aren't as colorful though.

http://lemdecal.com/P-51%20Mustang%20RCAF%2048.80.html

Nice work on the Mustang, i like the added colour.

Nick: That wash looks perfect! 

Buddy: That's a beautiful P-51! Great job there on the masking. 

Thanks Bish and Gamera.

I was able to add a few more decals before leaving for work. I've never been so nervous doing decals before. I think I dislike pinstripe decals more than I dislike masking invasion stripes. Still three more sets of the pinstripes to go.

Ilike that lewbud, your a brave man for tackling those strips but its worked.

Hello Bish

Aknowledging it is rather late, I would also like to join this glorious GB. My kit of choice, will be the following:

My intention is to build this aircraft of 244 Wing, as operating from Goubrine, Tunisia in 1943

I had read that the batch of this plane was first delivered to Takoradi (nowdays Ghana), prepared and then flown to the North African front. Since I had been working for quite sometime in (and still occasionally visit) Takoradi, there is a personnal interest and if there is time, I will try to place it in a small diorama.

Glad to have you on boardZvezda, will add it to the roster.

 Lewbud great job on those pin stripes 

crown r n7

 Lewbud great job on those pin stripes 

 

Ditto!

I have to agree, a thin decal makes me very nervous. Great job!

lewbud, that's one of the prettiest Mustangs I have seen. And it's obvious these strips are a razor's edge job. I got nervous just by thinking of them being applied.

crown r n7

My lastest pics after oil wash and a light coat of Tamiya flat clear to give a semi gloss look

 

Nick,

The Hunter looks outstanding! I love how you do such a great job on the weathering.

I admit that this Spit seemed very appetising, so I dipped my finger in the pie, a day before my 'official' enlistment in the Group.

Thus, yesterday, I did some cockpit works.

A nice PE set from Eduard was available in the stash (including nice unpainted seat harness)

and it was used to bring some extra detail to this area

The IP was painted black and details were added by dry brush, pencil, etc

Finally the assemblies were sprayed with Tamiya's acrylic interior green and after a while, shaded with some dry pastels.

I think we can let your off with that one Zvezda. Nice start.

Lewbud: Yeah, those pin stripes came out perfect! So easy to get them broken or wrapped over themselvies. 

Zvezda: Great job there on the cockpit, the PE looks fantastic! 

Thanks for all the kind words about the stripes. I still have three sets to go so there's plenty of opportunities to muck it up yet. Fortunately, there are spares.

Zvezda, nice work on the Spit's pit!

Gamera thanks you I try to copy African dust.

hogfanfs many thanks the weathering is to me one of the best parts .

Zevzda thats a sweet build .

I managed to get the nose weight right or untill the drop tanks go on.The landing gear is in place with ALL braces and accuators.....thank god for tamiya extra thin cement!!!! appilied some wash on landing gear will trim up later

Hello again all, I really should report in more often - so much has happened with everyone else's builds.

Jack, again a thing of beauty being produced at your hands. Frightening to realise that is a 1/72 Siskin, at first I thought it had to be way bigger. And I like the custom markings too.

Griff the Hunter and base both look great. The shading has come up very well. The crew are great, really well painted and looking very natural in the setting (nice sunnies!). A bit of grass there breaks it up nicely too.

Nick, nasty case of worms there, your bird needs some tablets.... Your touch on the painting has given subtle panel variation, very nice. Looking great with teh weathering down too, not long to go.

Lewbud, smashing it out weekend style, respect! The Maple Mustang is coming up a treat, great work on those pinstripes, you've got it covered.

Zvezda, nice work on the "not a hurricane, the other one", that Eduard detail set really adds a lot to the cockpit.

With the Wessex I have got the decals on, it is starting to look the part:

So it is coming along okay. There will be minimal weathering on this one.

 very clean and  shiny chopper . The worms are a good thing ...lol and for me is the hardest part the canopy 

Nick: She's looking friggin' perfect! 

Piers: That looks awesome! Again great job on the masking and I love the bright colours there- very eye-catching! 

@Zvezda,

Fantastic work with the PE! It really dresses up that cockpit.

@Nick,

I'm looking forward to seeing your Hunter finished. Superb job on this really slick looking aircraft.

@lostagain,

The Wessex really good with the declas applied. It really makes the paint job on this "pop"!

Gentlemen,

A quick update on the MiG-21, I have the IP complete and have added some PE to the rear wheel well. The engine has PE added and has been partially assembled. I hope to shoot some paint this weekend and make some progress.

I'm in the process of finishing my basement, and while clearing everything out of the basement, I lost a couple pieces to the IP. I will attempt to scratch the missing pieces. And due to the new project, I'll do my best to have this complete before the end of April. Thanks for looking.

That looks great Bruce! Sorry to hear about the lost parts but the IP looks fine even down to the weird green colour MiG used. 

Hunter looks nice with the wash done Nick.

LA, i would say thats more than ok. Good to see the decals on.

Some nice work there Bruce, that IP looks amazing. I am sure you will be able to scratch those parts no problem.

Gamera many thanks it is my 1st time with a/k paints. its very different.

hogfanfs its getting close. your mig-21 is shaping up nicely and that P/E is very well done.

Bish thank you .I finally got the canopy in place.

my lastest pic still have some bits and peices to be done.