Ok this beast is done. Fought me every step. If anyone has a spare set of decals please let me know. I had one tear badly on the right side after I put it on. That's why there is only left side pics

Thanks guys!

John,

I hadn't really thought about a title.  How about South African F-51D?  Looking forward to seeing more of your tank.  Time permitting, there may be more after the Corsairs.  Keep it up guys!

Gamera and lewbud- Thanks for your responses regarding my tank and the paint mix. I found this tank which was apparently a Korean War participant:

I‘ll probably move forward with using the mix on my tank. :)

Good details, Glamdring!

KAYSEE, ; I’ll get your model on the roster!

Congrats on completion, lewbud! I’ll add your photo to the roster! What would you like to call your display? :)

Great work on the Mustang, Buddy. I love how it turned out. Excellent!!

BK

That's a beautiful Mustang! Perfect!!! 

Gamera,

I'm sure you're will come out great!

Robert,

The Big Shot is looking great.  Can't wait to see it finished.

Kaysee,

Welcome aboard!

I'm sticking a fork in her and calling her done.  Here's the pics.

John,

I like the second pic for the front page.  Now for the Corsairs.

She looks good Robert, nice work there! I really like the wood grain look on the tools. 

Welcome Kaysee! 

Very nice Mustang!  I forwarded the pictures to a South African friend to see.

Made further progress on the Big Shot by installing the spare tracks and tools:

Sorry for poor lighting.  It was cloudy, so couldn't get natural light.

Now I am just waiting for some a wood base to arrive to install the platform in the down position, that and the antenna are really all that is left as far as building goes.  Then on to decals and weathering.  

Lewbud: Beautiful job there on the F-51!!! Hope mine comes out half as well!!! 

John,

I agree with Gamera, if it's close to Soviet Armor Green you're good.  

Just about through with the SAAF P-51D.  All that's left is to finish painting the ordnance, hang the bombs and rockets, and attach the antenna and pitot tube.  She's finally on her gear.

Hope to have her finished tommorow.

John: That looks good!

Not sure about the colour. I'd doubt the NKs would repaint the tanks after getting them from the Soviets though. I've been told quality control on Second World War Soviet armour paint wasn't that great. So the paint did vary some as long as it was green.

Hey, y’all! Here’s my update:

Installment 4:

The preshade

I also mixed a custom paint for it. You can see the color on the plastic piece on top of the turret.

Is it historically accurate for North Korean tanks or did the North Koreans tend to have greener T-34s? 

Lew, Brandon, & TJ: Those look great guys! Please keep up the updates!!!

Looking good TJ!

Yeah, it does take a little seam work, but at least it looks like an F-80 when you are done.  I bought one of the HobbyBoss F-80A's and it looks like it has the mumps.  Intakes are way out of shape.  I'd say it was unbuildable, but of course I suppose many would be happy with it.  The canopy on the Monogram didn't fit as well as I would like.

As it sits now waiting for Alclad

The start of my Shooting Star. A Monogram putty monster

Gamera, it's pretty hard to make a mustang look bad, and you have not done so here. Great looking scheme.

I have completed all the major paint work, now just hand painting details and begin some weathering before clear and the unit markings. More to come.

BK

BrandonK

That P-51 is looking pretty sweet, Buddy. Can't wait to see decals.

BK

 

Your wish is my command.  Still have a couple of springboks to add to the underside roundels, and there are black outline decals for the yellow and blue decals on the fuselage.  Decals should be done by tonight. I'm also running out of things to paint.  Here's the pics.

I don't normally hang drop tanks or ordnance, but since the Corsairs will be loaded, this one will be as well.  She'll be carrying 3 HVARs under each wing and either two napalm tanks or a couple of five hundred pounders.  Just got word that my order with the other Corsair kit is ready for shipping from HLJ.  Hope to have it next week.

That P-51 is looking pretty sweet, Buddy. Can't wait to see decals.

BK

Brandon,

Nice job on the M-41.  There are some Fruil metal tracks if you're interested.  The only other kit I know of is by AFV.

Now for today's update.

Put your mask on, there's going to be a paint fight.

Fresh out of the paint shop and ready for decals.

More soon.

Ok, took some time to catch up.

Jeaton, I think I mentioned this already but well done on the F84G, it's very impressive.

Armor-Aficianado, the Mig-15 is very cool. Nice work.

Jacknewbill, the Easy 8 is super cool. You crushed the look on that one. Well done.

Justinryan, the Mig-15/F86 in flight display is very cool and very impressive. Well done.

Nick, I love the Corsiar and the F86 is a stunner as well. Nice work.

I went ahead and primed the Bulldog this morning and waited a couple of hours and then went ahead and laid down a coat of XF-62 Olive Drab on the lower hull, then added a several drops of yellow/green to lighten it up and sprary the sides of the upper hull and turret. I then added to that mix some Olive Green and painted the upper surfaces with that. It's hard to see the layering in the photos, but it will show more as I do some filters and weathering. Monotone schemes are really hard to make look good at first. More to come on this one later.

BK

Sorry guys, I'm a bit late to the party. I will play catch up with everyone's progress tomorrow.

I got started on the M41 about 4 today and by 9:30 I was done and that counts an hour for dinner and TV, so ya, it was fast. Guess I'm gonna be priming tomorrow on that one too. This is an OLD Tamiya kit and it shows. The mold seems are plentiful and the fit is dubious at best, but it works. I wonder if anyone makes a newer mold? Hmm, I'll have to look. More to come soon.

BK

A simple update.  I now have something that looks like an airplane.

The pit is ready to be installed.

I now have something that looks like an airplane.

More soon

Gamera - Welcome back! Too bad about the account difficulties, but at least you’re back now! 

lewbud - That must have been frustrating! Paint job/airbrushing troubles are never fun...

 I’ll be sure to add your next entry! 

Can you add a Tamiya 1/72 F-51D to my builds.  Markings will be for 2 Sqn SAAF.  It was based at Chinhae (K10) in 1952 and attached to the 18th FBG USAF.  Started work on it this morning, nothing pic worthy yet.

Hullo folks, Gamera here. I can no longer get into my former account and I've been locked out of the forums for the last three weeks. So here I am on a new account. We'll see how that goes. 

Great job guys, I'm afraid I'll leave someone out so I'll just leave it at that- KUDOS EVERYONE!!!