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Good to see the paint on Nick.
I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so
On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
Bish Thats really coming together there PJ. Nice work.
Thats really coming together there PJ. Nice work.
Too many models to build, not enough time in a lifetime!!
Bish. Thank you I placed engine cowls for clear coat, wheels also I need to mask small windows or just paint them with gloss clear?
latest pic I forget how big the 17 is compared to the 24.
Nick.
Looking awesome Crown. Nothing represents the 8th better than that! That is the 1/72 Haswegawa kit? It's huge!
Thanks,
John
John. Thank you. yes its the nose art addition, why would I keep it so long? . The size of this kit is big for 1/72 and 1/48 forget about it.
latest pics sprayed green blotches and now plan for gloss coat.
Yee Haw! This one is about wrapped up. I just need to attach the drop tanks, flaps, propeller, antenna, add a fiddlly bit to the inside of the canopy, a handful of decals, and the final coat of clear...
[edit] the weathering looks a lot stronger in the pics than in person
Bish. Sign me up. I'll do a P-47D and P-47M from the 56th FG. Both 1/72 Revell Germany kits
Looks Great Fearless
Looks good fearless. Your BBD is giving me the Mustang itch...Although, the 6 on my shelf tell me I need to build something different.
Looking forward to seeing the finished product!
-O
-It's Omar, but they call me "O".
Fearless I know this is a little late. But Lifelike Decals did an anthology of Big Beautiful Doll. If you look at version 3 and 4 they do seem to have a yellow outline and no checked wing tips
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/lifelike-decals-ll72037-north-american-p-51d-mustang-pt5-big-beautiful-doll--1182262
Will do TJ.
Fearless, thats looking very nice, can't wait to see the final pics.
Fearless. looking real good , waiting for final pics.
Fearless, your checkerboard nose on that Mustang is very well done. It's so good I thought the nose was a decal. Kudos of a superb paint job.
OK. In the stash: Way too much to build in one lifetime...
Nicw work everyone. Hopefully I can start this GB soon; although, I may need to do something simple first to ensure I finish. I have a few 1/72 P-47's in the stash (Tamiya, Hasegawa and Academy versions...).. I plan on doing one for a GB on "another platorm" so I might as well add them here as well... Probably gona be 'Little Demon' from 353rd FG or Academy 'Eileen' from 78th... Still plan on doing the Airfix P-51D ultimately though...
On the Bench: Too Much
fotofrank Fearless, your checkerboard nose on that Mustang is very well done. It's so good I thought the nose was a decal. Kudos of a superb paint job.
Thanks Frank, however I don't want to be taking credit for something I didn't do, those checkerboards are the kit decals. I'm sorry for the confusion.
Finally received the replacement clear parts from Revell for my P51D and are equally distorted as the first ones! So much for good quality control. I sent them another email with pictures this time so there is confusion. This is frustrating.
PJ,
Your bad luck with the canopy got me to check my own for the late version Mustang. My eyesight might not be so good, but they look fine to me. You have my sympathy.
Gary
Gary, this is how my parts look. Notice the distortion in the circled areas. The front windshield panel is very wavy. The distortion is not noticeable at a quick glance but a closer look reveals the imperfections.
The windshield side panels look good.
If Revell doesn't come through, and it may take awhile, I can let you have one of mine. The front has only one, so I need that, but your welcome to the other two.
Thanks Gary. I have a feeling that Revell will send another messed up set. This time took about 5 weeks for the parts to arrive. The pm feature is still not working so figuring out how to privately contac you.
Just try gfowler2012 at yahoo dot com. You should know how to interpret that.
PS> The kit apparently tries to replicate the different types of canopy.
http://www.gaetanmarie.com/p-51dk-mustang-canopy-variations/
There seems to be a "Intermediate Inglewood" type, a "Late Inglewood" type and a "Dallas" type. You'll probably need the "Intermediate Inglewood" or the "Late Inglewood", depending on the date your building.
Gary just sent you an email
Sorry! Try the corrected E-mail address above.
Did you get my email titled P51D canopy?
Finally. Some headway on the 5th ERS Thunderbolt today. I pre-shaded the airplane with Tamiya NATO Black. I cut out a painting step. No primer. I cleaned the Thunderbolt really good with 70% isopropyl alcohol then proceeded with the pre-shading. Right now I have a Checkertale Mustang and P-40 I'm working on and I painted the checkerboard pattern on both with no primer and had no problems. I'm hoping the Thunderbolt goes the same way.
plasticjunkie Did you get my email titled P51D canopy?
Thanks Gary, was confused cause it has a different name on the email. No rush and I will check to see which one Contrary Mary used.
PJ, never seen a canopy like that before. Clearly an issue with the molding process.
Nice progress frank.
Bish PJ, never seen a canopy like that before. Clearly an issue with the molding process.
I'm sure they are MORE than aware of the crappy clear molding issue. On top of that they sent me an eaqually crappy replacement that took 5 weeks to arrive.
To be continued.
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