Scuff Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 Tamiya P51-D Mustang1:48 scaleEduard Photo Etch for cockpit details.Macro shots taken in the studio with a Canon EOS M3 mirrorless compact camera to which a Canon TS-E 90mm lens and 20mm extension tube was attached via an adapter. Lit with three Canon 600ex-rt flash guns mounted inside a large softbox 600. exposure was 1/60th sec. @ f16 iso 100.The cockpit area is just over 2cm in length.My wife has always loved the P51, and Ferrocious Frankie in particular. So to keep in her good books, this one is for her.Scratches on the seat where the pilot clambers in and out were carefully markes with a sharp silver pencil. The wood effect flooring was grained and weathers with tamiya weathering sets. Flory models wash was applied to give relief. Photo etch was glued with medium superglue and some with gator glue.Here is one of my photos of the real Ferrocious Frankie, on which my model will be based.And on the the images of the cockpit assembly. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal Posted July 31, 2015 Share Posted July 31, 2015 The cockpit is looking good, A bit of information that you may already be aware of, depending on which aircraft you are building the war time Ferrocious Frankie didn't have a tail fillet. I appreciate you are probably building the preserved aircraft in that case the fillet is appropriate. Malcolm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted August 1, 2015 Share Posted August 1, 2015 Nice cockpit and excellent photography. Looking forward to more. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 I received a spray booth for my birthday, and this was the first time I used it. The difference was notable. Apart from the obvious benefits to the air quality in the man cave and my lungs, the finish on the models was much improved without the oversparay floating around everywhere.The filling the small imperfections and seams with Perfect Plastic putty and Vallejo Plastic Putty was completed and let to cure overnight.The seams were then sanded down and polished to leave a perfectly scratch free finish. The Vallejo putty was used along the wing root joins and levelled down using Isopropanol on cotton buds. This left a pefectly filled join with no areas to sand and smooth.I then cleaned the thoroughly to remove any dust from the sanding, using airbrush cleaner on cotton buds for those awkward little places and wiped over with an airbrush cleaner moistened flock free paper towel.Once dried, it was then placed on flock free paper in the spray booth and given a smooth coat of Vallejo 74601 grey surface primer, airbrushed with a 0.5 needle on the airbrush at 28psi. The spray booth worked a treat, keeping stray dust and overspray off of the model. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundylunch Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Looking good so far !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Henry Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I'm liking this one so far. Thanks for posting. Bob H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Oooh Oohh Scuff. LOVE MUSTANGS.... You simply cannot have too many Mustangs.. The Ferocious Frankie looks AWESOME in the photo... I think you have made a NEAT, FLAWLES start to your build GOOD job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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