The P-51"mustang" Group Build. 2008

Mike I mixed it.  The decals I had had the green for the checker so I took regular Testors green mixed in some black til it looked right and painted the nose and spinner to match.  If you can find the small bottle of Testors Dark Green I think that is a pretty close match. 

THe decals I had were very old Superscales.  The instructions said that the cheat stripe was yellow but after looking aroound the net I figured it was red.

Hope this helps  JOHN

Hi all,

I managed a bit on the Wild Horse today, I made up the wing in preparation for spraying the gear bays. I have some Interior Green to apply to two other models so might as well production-line them. I'm hoping to do the same with some props that need spraying too.

Tempestjohnny -- may I ask what shade of green you used around the nose end of your Miss Marylin II? I have decals for this unit but they're printed in yellow only and the instructions refer to some shade called "Green 46," whatever system that might be. I'd love to add some Mustangs of the 55th to my collection!

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

All fini.  Academy P-51D MISS MARILYN II  1/72

Getting close to the end of this one.

raptordriver wrote:

FeldMarSchall Model wrote: Can I enter in my Mustang?     Yes sir you can, I will put you on the list. What paint job are you going for, I built the same kit earlier and think its very colorful, can't wait to see thanks for joining.

Thanks I'm glad to be here, I haven't picked out what paint job I'm going with yet.

FeldMarSchall Model wrote:

Can I enter in my Mustang?

Yes sir you can, I will put you on the list.

What paint job are you going for, I built the same kit earlier and think its very colorful, can't wait to see thanks for joining.

Can I enter in my Mustang?

Thunderbolt379 wrote:

Here's a techncal question that my photos don't seem to answer: would the interior of the cooling duct be painted Interior Green, or left in natural metal? Most photos of well-lit subjects show these areas on deep shadow.

Most photos of restored Mustangs show that the interior of the radiator exit flap is chromate green, while the radiator inlet scoop is bare metal.  These are photos of restored birds and not original photos, but generally these guys get the details right. 

Google "P-51 walkaround" and you will find a plethora of reference photos.

Hi all,

I checked the Erection & Maintenance book (AN 01-60JE-2) 1952-53 issue, and hiding away on p403 was a paint section, featuring a couple of listings of how various parts were to be treated, and even a WWII-vintage British camo chart! But the paints are not refered to by FS codes at this point, and 'interior' instructions refer to components between Fuselage Stations 101 and 184 (which is the cockpit). It does say that areas of the aircraft not exposed to the eye would not normally be given a color coat, which leads me to suppose the interior of the cooling duct would be natural metal.

I had the pleasure of photographing a Mustang restored here in Australia several years ago. it was put into the colors of an Australian squadron serving from bases in Italy (camo). The landing gear wells were US interior green and unless memory is playing tricks, the insides of the main gear doors were too. How common was that? Not very, unless I miss my guess.

I made a start today with masking for the first round of pre-assembly painting. I'm hoping to put on the interior green tomorrow.

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

Hi Andrew -- great news! Okay, I'll order up another -D to use the AM decals on, and build this one as a cross-entry in kit markings (Col. W. Clarke, CO 18th FBG, serial 474651, FF-651). Feels good to know where I'm going on this, and I can air out the kit for any quirks I need to be aware of before doing a more complex build, which will include a couple of scratchbuilt parts, possibly tip tanks from another source, and a four-tone paint scheme. Hopefully I can get a start in the near future.

EDIT: I made a start earlier, with a round of masking solution and tape on the articular surfces in readiness for pre-painting.

Here's a techncal question that my photos don't seem to answer: would the interior of the cooling duct be painted Interior Green, or left in natural metal? Most photos of well-lit subjects show these areas on deep shadow.

I have the Mustang engineering book, I'll take a skim through but I don't recall field service touch-up instructions of that sort...

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

Hi Raptordriver,

The Tamiya -D is such a sweet kit I'm thinking seriously about ordering another immediately, one will not be enough! I checked Page 1 but couldn't see a rule about cross-entries with other GBs. Are you allowing them? I was considering doing a Tamiya -D OOB to get the feel of the kit before going into the mods and multi-tone paintjob for the El Salvadoran bird, and I rather fancy one of the Korean-vintage schemes that come with the kit. If cross-posting is fine I'd enter it in both P-51 Mustang GB and Forgotten War GB (which accepts cross-entries). If not, no worries, but I thought it was worth asking.

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

Mike glad it came, and a late one to, sounds interesting.

John, thanks for joining the build It is looking very nice.

Academy 1/72 P-51D with AM superscale decals doing MIss Marilyn II.

Hi all,

A Tamiya 51D FINALLY arrived in yesterday's post -- now I'm contemplating two for this GB, a WWII D and a 1969 Latin job using the Hasegawa I dug out of my stash, because those Aztec decals must be in my PO box by now. It would make a great companion piece to my Salvadorean Corsair, to be built simultaneously.

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

Yes John your more than welcome, can I have the brand and scale please?

Well, see item #6 on the front page, and see the above posts for how much time is still left.

I believe that will answer your question.

Ouch. We still have 6 months................ for the people to finish.

chirp chirp, chirp chirp   Holy cow, page 3 Batman!

Great Choice to order another STang Mike! as for your stencil data I cannot help but I can research a little bit.

Hi all,

I did some bullet-biting and orderd a Tami P-51D (surface from Hong Kong, at a third the Aus shelf price I'm happy to wait). This replaces the one I ordered in March and went missing in the mail. Then I rummaged in my stash and found at least two Hasegawa 1:48 -Ds I wasn't really aware of having. I'm seriously tempted!

Mustang stencil data -- why so hard to find? Aeromaster 148-008 would have been perfect but seems to be out of print, I found two pages of refs to it on Google but with a single excepton every single one was in Polish! Can anyone recommend a good source for stencil data at the quality level of Superscale/AMD/Eagle etc.?

I also have an Aus decal sheet on order for a 1:72 -D, Aus markings, Italy '45 -- another contender for this GB.

Cheers,

Mike

Nice mustang, Jester!  Really nice finish on the OD scheme.
You probably could modify the oleos just like Jeaton said, if you felt so inclined. 

Hi again,

Foamcore -- ah, that's one of the less-usual materials down here. Must have a look around.

I might try some black shots for the new 109, the RLM 65 would sure show up strong against it!

Cheers,

Mike