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1/48 Revell Mustang III. 122 Squadron update Finished 17-9-2014


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Hi Guys,

This will be my build for the GB. It will be a straight from the box one as I think I will not have much time as a co-host.

It's the Revell (nah ICM) 1/48 Mustang III. This is a almost copy of the Tamiya version so it won't be to hard to build.

The only different thing about this build will be that I will be painting it in 122 Squadron colours of the American volunteer P/O J.N. Thorne that still surved the RAF at that period. I will bee painting the model as the plane he flew when he shot down 2 Fw-190's and damaged one on July the 26th 1944. He was at that time flying from the temporarily airfield B12 in Normandy with the rest of the Sqn. His Mustang (FB180)was that day Struck of Charge after a belly landing on a emergency landing strip.

It is also very likely that he shot down a top gun ace (Ernst Wilhelm Reinert) on the 17th of June near Evreux in France.

I have been researching him for a while now and I have a sort of band with the man. It was his plane that crashed into the house of my grandparrents neighbours on september the 10th 1944 in the small town of Velp near Arnhem (the Netherlands). He is still burried at the Moscowa cemmitary in Arnhem. I will try to honour him in this way.


Cheers,

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"I have been researching him for a while now and I have a sort of band with the man. It was his plane that crashed into the house of my grandparrents neighbours on september the 10th 1944 in the small town of Velp near Arnhem (the Netherlands). He is still burried at the Moscowa cemmitary in Arnhem. I will try to honour him in this way "

Arnold, that is a serious reason to build his aircraft and what a background story . I do think that mixing of history into the hobby is one of the main reasons the hobby stays with us as adults and removes them from any sugestion that we are only playing with toys

Alistair

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Glad you have entered with this one Arnold looking forward to see it progress,I picked up tamiyas version for a tenner last week and was going

to enter but the aircraft depicted are PK-H and PK-G.I can find photo,s of G wearing stripes but not carrying the kit serials and can,t find any

reference to H wearing stripes,I was lucky enough to buy their D version also for a tenner and luckily all three aircraft were operational over

the landing period.

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I have made a start today with the build. The wings are now glued together and I made a start on the cockpit.

I will try to put some pictures up tomorrow.

Cheers,

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The model does look a little bit of a second hand rate model, but if you look more closely you can see some fine detail in it.

Here are some pictures.

the cockpit sofar

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the sidewalls

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and the fuselage closed up temporarely for the looks of it.

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And at last the wing.

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That is it from me now. I hope to put some paint on the cockpit this week.

Cheers,

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I guess some of the detail is a tad clunky by modern standards but at least they made the effort. I'm looking forward to seeing this unfold, the C was always my favourite mark of 'stang.

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Hi Guys,

Here is a update with some pictures of the now finished cockpit.

The cockpit before painting and some seatbelts added to the seat.

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And here with the interior green colour on.

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And here after a wash , drybrushing and some detail painting.

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and here some pictures with the cockpit secured inside the fuselage.

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And finaly the last picture with the fuselage closed and clamped. I hope to clean up the seams tomorrow at a model show in Overloon (the Netherlands).

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Cheers,

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Agree with PlaStyx cockpit looks great, seems like a good Kit very similar to the Tamiya Mustang.

It does look very good on the details, but it is nowhere near a Tamiya kit. When I started I thought why I hadn't pulled out a Tamiya one.

Cheers,

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well, you have to be carefull. But if you are it looks good. I will need to get going with this one, but very bussy to finish two models in 2 different GB's. After that I will have more time (I hope).

Cheers,

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Take the Tamiya one. That one is easy to build.

Cheers,

Yes go Tamiya ,nice work on the office Arnold but why can`t some one put the floor right

Les

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Yes go Tamiya ,nice work on the office Arnold but why can`t some one put the floor right

Les

Thanx Les and Rene.

Les, what do you mean with the floor?! I am not a P-51 expert, so enlighten me.

Cheers,

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