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Thanks a lot Watto, realy appreciate John

Thanks a lot!!!! John

Andy, keep in mind that High shine plus aluminium, as most of the metallics, is a bit delicate color. I chose to paint everything else first, insignias, yellow ribs, etc, (except of the codes), mask everything and paint the bare meta afterwardsl!!! I did not want to mask over it!! Also i discovered, against all the inputs, that the X-22 gloss clear, really diluted, caused nothing on the bare metal finish!!! I even sprayed heavily diluted xtracrylix flat varnish, very light and few passes indeed, as the final one!!!! And i really like the patina that i finally took!!! As for the flaps is a real deal if can find them!!! But you have to pay attention on how to glue them in!!! It was a real PITA for me, you need a strategy hahahaha Feel free to pm me anytime if i can help!! John

Thanks a lot Andy, really appreciate your comments!!! For the canopy, i only used tamiya polishing compounts as i had to remove the molded line on top of it!!! After that i treated it with gloves and masking tape!!! The paint i used for the bare metal is a new line of mettalic paints from mig ammo A-Stand paints, similar if not the same as alclads, and especially a new paint called High shine plus aluminium!!! John

Thanks a lot!!! John

Thanks a lot George!! John

Really thank you a lot for your comments!! As for the clear parts are from Tamiya, all I did is to add as much as I could to the reality!!! The metallic color was new to me, as a brand, i had to try it, i liked it so I experimented...judjing from your comments I managed to present something like metal!!!! The exhausts are fron Rexx...very near to the real thing, you just only have to enhance the finish!!!! Thank you very much for your comments, I really appreciate!!! John Thanks a lot!!!

Thanks a lot for your comments!!! The flaps my friend are aftermarket from amur reaver... http://amurreaver.ru/?p=1212 John

Good morning, I finnally finished the Tamiya's 1/32 P-51D as the P-51D-5 "Little Eva III", Capt. James "Sully" Varnell, 52nd Fighter Group, 2nd Fighter Squadron, Italy, 1944. James "Sully" Varnell was the MTO's third-ranking ace with 17 victories and ranked as number 10 among Mustang aces. This little-known ace scored all of his 17 victories within 67 days, making him one of the fastest-scoring aces ever. Tour expired, he's rotated home to train other pilots while Dalebroux & Jones became Lt. Hans Zachmann's men. Killed in a Flying Accident 9 April, 1945, near Pinellas Field, Florida. Varnell is the 10th ranked Mustang Ace of WW2. Hope you like it, really appreciate any comments!!! John

Good morning gents, I finished painting and weathering the ''lady'', (everything is painted on, except of some decals),put on her shoes, the external tanks, wrapped up all the details and bits and i am presenting her to you!! Hope you like it!! I really loved my journey with her!!! Hope you like it, really appreciate any comments!!! John

Thanks a lot Keith John

Good morning gents, A bit of progress on the lady... I closed the fuselage and managed to get a perfect fit of the cowling covers! They are very thin and i read somewhere that some modellers did not manage to get a nice fit when they chose to present them closed. I made a lot of dry fits and used even thin strips of plastic to get it as best as i could!! those photoes are on a later state of the build as i forgot to take pictures Next stage the painting and upgrade of the wheel wells!! A lot of pin marks to deal with but at the end nothing too difficullt to accomplish!! Regarding the painting pattern, I followed the suggestion of my friend Christian (which happened to be in line with the Eduard's one if you see the pics on their brassin p-51d wheel wells page set.) And sarted to dress her up....here you see the final stages... After that i placed them on their position and glued the wings together. I also glued the machine guns parts and puttied them, you see no panels lines there also!!! I have also started to deal with the rivets and panel lines where they should be covered. I am following John Terrell's schematics for th job!! I have some more work ahead... And i finally glued the fuselage with thw wings...started to look as a P-51...love the shape!!!!!! I also dealt with the gear legs...regarding the leg sissors i followed the Chuckw's way, i took the metal ones that tamiya provided and glued some small strips of plastic on the inner side. Think the filan outcome is more than acceptable!! Thanks Chuck!!! Finnaly I painted the external wing tanks, i wanted to test the new metallic line from Mig Ammo, Astand paints, identical to Alclads and specifically a new color, but more on that later, i have some more tests to do...but as a first comment i really like it!!! Thats all for now, hope you like it John

Awesome build Ray!!! John

Thanks a lot Ray!!! Good morning 😀 John

So Ray, do you think is better to paint the insignia? And the codes maybe?? Really nice work there!!! John