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

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.

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.

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

 Thanks guys! 

Griffin, a fine study you have made of the Hunter, along with a well balanced scene with the figures and ground work.

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lewbud

Jack, you're killing me with that biplane of yours, it looks great.

 

lewbud, thank you - wish I had more updates but had no bench time this past week.

regards,

Jack

Griffin: Wow! Looks perfect, the Hunter, tarmac, and figures all came out fantastic!!!

Nick: Love your Hunter too, after your paint issues the camo looks perfect now! And I love those Rhodesian insignia.

Awesome job on those figures Griffin and in that scale ! I like the lights on the uniforms.

Griffin,

Nice finish on the Hunter! 

Thank you Bish 

Will do lewbud.

Bish,

Could you add a 1/72 Tamiya P-51D to my list please? I'm building it for the Weekend GB's Last Gasp. She'll be in RCAF post war markings for 443 Squadron "City of New Westminster" British Columbia. I still plan on doing the Sea Hawk.  Lots of good work going on here. Jack, you're killing me with that biplane of yours, it looks great.

Historically accurate or not, thats a very nicely turned out Hunter Griffin. I like the final lok and its well presented.

I hate those sink marks on the back of small figures, i am always missing those.

Thanks for taking part and shareing that with us. Front page has been updated.

Nick, that is looking very nice. Never seen those roundels before, ilike those.

Nick that paint job is awesome! 

Well I finally finished. I missed a sink mark on the back of the pilot I just noticed. It came out pretty good overall. It's not exactly historically accurate but it's pretty close. Haha. The first photo can be posted on the front page, thanks Bish. 

 

 

Gooooood rainy morning form the florida redlands (here is where we grow stuff to eat )

I applied the 50's Rhodesian roundels  and soon the weathering begins ....Im sorry 35 years in the tech world I have to break away form the term Process.

Gamera Thank you for the tip.I am now using 5 drops of ak to 1 drop of ak thinner @20lbs air and so far so good!!

Jack Thank you the worm method works well to get the basic shape of camo but with out masking run the risk of bleed over and thats not a big deal if your patient and not in a rush( thats just me)

I warpped up the camo I have tamiya on the under side and ak on top side need to clear coat then decals and weather.

Nick, thanks for that.

I like the colours you've got going on that camou.  One of these days I've got to try the 'worm' method.

regards,

Jack

Nick: I've used the AK Interactive paint but never had any issues here. I normally use only a few drops of windshield water fluid or their own thinner to the colour cup on my airbrush. It always dried quick and perfectly for me.

The camo looks good, looking forward to more. 

Jack very nice detailing !!

Griffen your hunter looks great and that tarmac stunning.

I started on the camo on my hunter using ak interactive air. im having problems with it bad idea I like to thin my paint little more then normal but its too thin well my inexperience with ak and its glossy and tacky we will see how it goes.

Jack: Ohhhhhh, cool! Neat anniversary bird! 

That would be nice if you can jack. And don't forget you can keep posting here even once the GB has closed.

Thank you Colin and Bish.

Yeah there's some detail I could have avoided by building a later Sisken as it appeared in the 1930's.  The armament and associated equipement seems to have eventually been eliminted, chutes skinned over and possibly the gun troughs too - which is how the original Matchbox kit was presented.  

I'm going for a 1929 airframe, which was part of a trio doing airshows.  That year was also the 10th anniversary of the first nonstop flight across Atlantic.  To mark the occasion, two of three Siskens had the pilot's names christened on the sides of the cockpit.  Airframe no.59 was dedicated to the pilot John Alcock:

While airframe no.20 displayed the navigator's name, Arthur Brown:

Going by the details of the close up and combining the word length/spacing, was able to come up with a fairly accurate inscription:

Hopeful can get this done before the 100th anniversay in June of this year...

regards,

Jack

Looks good Griffin, nice work on that base. I did not realise they did those. Can't wait to see the Hunter parked up.

Colin, could agree more. But then i don't think we could expect anything less. As always jack, amazing. Theres things there i would not have even thought of doing.

The effort, skill, and attention to detail on that Siskin is absolutely incredible.

Thank you Clif.

Grif, thanks and I like how yours is coming along.  Good idea that corner section of grass, breaks up the base into a more interesting shape.

regards,

Jack

Jack: She looks awesome, love all the extra detail you've added.

Griffin: Yours looks great too, fantastic to see you that close to finishing.

LA: Sweet looking paint scheme. I'm glad there are a few of us still working on projects in this build. 

Jack: Your custom detail work is beyond great. Wow! Impressive stuff.

Well I am getting close to finishing. The Hunter is 95% done. I have painted the base. It's from reality in scale. It came almost ready to use out of the bag but it needed to be shaded and weathered. I am also painting 2 Hasagawa air force personnel and the access ladder to make a vignette out of it all. 

 

 

Update on my Siskin, I've noted the work directly on the photos.  The only thing not mentioned is the extension of the separate cowl piece, it's the area in light green putty.  The same width was removed from the fuselage directly behind that - if you can follow that?  I also made a pair of 7.7mm machine guns from brass tubes, but will add those after everything is painted.

regards,

Jack