The P-51"mustang" Group Build. 2008

I hope it's cool to add my just completed yesterday P-51B in an Air Pirate Scheme. :)

I think you'll find that Accuminnies makes some very nice kits.  The parts are crisply molded and relatively free of flash.  The fit is good, although it's not quite as good as Tamiya or Hasegawa.  I did have some fit problems with my canopy, but I filled gaps with white glue.  They have a Pre-order release of an XP-51 on greatmodels.  I may have to build that someday.   

Semper Fi,

Chris

Add me in please.  I'm going to d oan old Monogram P-51B kit I have.  1/48.  Paint/decal scheme below.

 Cockpit is almost done . If I can figure out how to work the camera, I will send pictures.

 My subject will be Miss Detroit on the tamiya 1/72 P51.

 The hasagawa P51 needs to be painted in Nooky Booky IV ,this was started last

 june ,and I don't know if I should include it in the GB

 Frank

Ok TB I got your second entry down.

Hi Raptordriver,

My decals have arrived, Aeromaster 48-739, 55th FG at War. I'll be doing Miss Velma, of the 343rd FS. I've always thought these were some of the most gorgeous markings any Mustang ever wore.

Now all I need is the Tamiya -D to arrive and I'm in business. This is an appreciably long build, so I'm not going to rule out an extra entry -- I have Tamiya's 1:72 of Big Beautiful Doll on its way also.

Cheers,

TB379

How are your stangs coming guys?

Semper Fi,

Chris

Thanks for the comments fellas. It's been drying for about 14 hrs now so the nose no longer screams "YELLOW!!". I actually had to go back and make sure I had used flat yellow and not regular yellow. I think I'm going to go ahead and stick with the current scheme. This will hardly be the only 'Stang I ever put together so I'll most likely go more conventional the next time around. Thanks again and Chris that Mustang looks awesome. That long decal must have been tedious but you pulled it off beautifuly.

Jeff 

Looks great Jeff! Interesting paint scheme!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Interesting paint scheme Jeff.

Azgaron, Raptordriver, Jmart,

Thanks for the kind words.  I'm happy with the way it turned out.  It's one of my best paint jobs ever, but I think it fell a little short in the constuction.  Accurate Miniatures makes some really nice kits.  They need a little more TLC than Hasegawa or Tamiya kits, but just a very little.  Then there's that missing dive brake panel... Oh well.  It's on the underside.  I'm looking forward to seeing your guys' progress. 

Jeff that Mustang looks Unique with the bright yellow nose.  It almost looks like a Bf-109.  Are you going for a confiscated by the Luftwaffe look?  Oh yeah, the Abrams looks good too.  

Semper Fi,

Chris  

Here's what she looks like with the yellow nose. Not sure if I like it. I may just wait a few days for the paint to cure, mask of the upper part of the cowling and paint the rest of it OD. Although, it may end up looking kinda cool with the decals breaking it up a bit. What do you guys think? Any and all comments are welcome. Thanks for looking.

Jeff

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Chris, yes it's a bit expensive, but it seems to be worth it.

Beautiful looking Stang! Very excellent work!

James, yes several coats sounds like a good method. I've also thought about mixing a bit white, grey or black to achive different hues of metal.

Well Gentilemen,

After dedicating another Saturday to the project, it's time to call the A-36 Done.  It was a good kit, but there were some fit problems with the clear parts.  IL2Windhawk has a similar kit and he used an aftermarket canopy which was definately a good idea. 

I'm very pleased with how the model turned out, but the finished model does have a handful of errors.  I'm not going to worry about them too much, because I don't want to make them worse, or create new ones. 

Here's pics:

Here's a pic of my A-36 next to a P-51B I made many years ago. 

Thanks for looking and giving me feedback.  I'll still be hanging out here, but it's Corsair Time over at the F4U GB.  Good luck with your 'Stangs fellas.

Semper Fi,

Chris

Az - I had the same "blotchy" look while doing the P51 in my sig, using MM Metalizers. As mentioned, just let dry/cure overnight, hit it with another thin coat. In my meager experience, many thin coats seems to work (for me) better. I also let cure overnight instead of waiting just an hour, but that may be overkill? My paint was so well "cured" I was able to put tamiya tape on top to paint other sections; nothing came up when I pulled the tape... cheers! james

Alclad is great.  It takes many, many light coats to get a true "Aluminum" skin, but it's worth it.  It's expensive too.   

Semper Fi,

Chris

Yes I think so too! I like to try alclad or some other metalizer somtime, instead of the Humbrol range.

Cheers,

Azgaron

 Silver I think is harder to paint on than regular colors. Chris is right though.

Thanks Chris!

Yes, I guess it will!

Cheers,

Azgaron

Practice makes perfect.  It's looking good.  Those spots will disappear after another application of paint. 

Semper Fi,

Chris

Sometimes colors don't work my way - and I'm a little fresh on airbrushing too, so I had a tad too much thinner in the paint.

Now, I'll let this dry, fix some minor blemishes, and put one more layer on.

Cheers