TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 Good afternoon Jimmy with the paint so far Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 3, 2016 Author Share Posted December 3, 2016 A little more progress on the paintwork. All masked up for the black stripes A rough first coat applied After a few coats And done! Just need to do the bottom and the flaps. It's a lot of work painting these, and I was wondering if it is worth it, but all doubt was gone when I removed the masking...worth it. Cheers Jimmy 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Good evening Jimmy painting the DDAY stripes Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelling Mayhem Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Nice work on the stripes mate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 7 hours ago, JimmyZ said: It's a lot of work painting these, and I was wondering if it is worth it, but all doubt was gone when I removed the masking...worth it. Cheers Jimmy Yup. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 9, 2016 Author Share Posted December 9, 2016 Thanks everyone! I made a bit more progress during the week, and the model is almost ready for decals I have painted nose checkers before, and thought I'd do it again. I used very thinly cut Tamiya tape for the masking Applied a rough first coat of yellow And after a couple of coats the yellow was done And many painstaking masking, painting, masking painting cycles, it's done. It's so much work and the results are "iffy" if you ask me. Ah well, I'm satisfied enough with it. Cheers Jimmy 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magua87 Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 3 hours ago, JimmyZ said: It's so much work and the results are "iffy" if you ask me. Ah well, I'm satisfied enough with it. Cheers Jimmy I'd call those results fantastic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 That looks seriously good from where I'm sitting. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 14 hours ago, Magua87 said: I'd call those results fantastic. 10 hours ago, stevehnz said: That looks seriously good from where I'm sitting. Steve. Thanks guys, appreciate it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 That's looking great Jimmy. Love the checkerboard and stripes. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Really nice results jimmy, the stripes and chequered nose look bob on from this side of the internet. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 10, 2016 Author Share Posted December 10, 2016 6 hours ago, Bedders said: That's looking great Jimmy. Love the checkerboard and stripes. Justin 1 hour ago, rob85 said: Really nice results jimmy, the stripes and chequered nose look bob on from this side of the internet. Rob Thank everyone! I worked on this model a bit today, and although it's not a lot of progress, I'm now at the decal stage. I fitted the flaps and it doesn't look too bad. I definitely prefer the flaps down look, and both reference photos show this a/c with flaps down. Then after checking and re-checking that the paint job looks good, I threw on a coat of future (or at least the closest thing to it available around here). I've never used future for this purpose, but if the decals take to it well, I might very well prefer it over other methods of glossing since it's super easy, and hard to mess up (as opposed to other products). The future dries much faster than I thought, but I will still leave it to dry fully overnight. Cheers Jimmy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 10, 2016 Share Posted December 10, 2016 Good evening Jimmy Very nice work with the stripes .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 (edited) Hi everyone. I've finished placing the decals tonight. The Microscale decals are superb, the best I've worked with. The only thing I can fault it for is the transparency, which wouldn't be an issue if it weren't going over invasion stripes. I also gave it a coat of matt varnish, but I don't have a photo at the moment. Cheers Jimmy Edited December 13, 2016 by JimmyZ add text 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Good evening Jimmy She looks great with the decals Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 Hi all. I've finished the matt varnishing earlier in the week (no photo at the moment). I've also finished some bits n bobs that need to go on. I also still need to apply some light weathering, but I expect my next post will be of the completed model. Here's the wheel bays, on lightly weathered, the other not (for comparison) And the mentioned fiddly bits. I'm still deciding whether or not to use the drop tanks. Until next time. Cheers Jimmy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) Hi all. I've finally completed "Little Duckfoot"! I must say it is a nice little kit. Great quality, good/reasonable accuracy and good fit. Probably not THE best P-51B in 1/72 scale, but a great contender in my opinion. I'll definitely build one again. It is also my favorite Mustang built so far. And my ever growing Mustang collection. More photos in the gallery. Cheers Jimmy Edited December 18, 2016 by JimmyZ 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Very nice Jimmy. Really like the checkerboard nose and invasion stripes. Overall a lovely little B model to add to your collection. Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Nice one Jimmy, I really like the look of that, you've done good. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitz23 Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Lovely job and lovely looking collection there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Good evening Jimmy Very good job and very nice collection .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Jimmy she looks great, love the scheme as well really nice choice Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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