RJ-WobblyHands Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 RFI virgin signing in .... So here is my 1st model kit in 35+ years, a kit of many 1st's including - using an airbrush, acrylic paints , gloss coating between 'layers', weathering , home made decals. I chose the Airfix P-51D as my re introduction since it is a quite easy kit to build and it is NMF - the Airfix B-17G is my current stash, I thought a some practise with metal colors was needed, following a little research I also decided that I would build these with a theme - WW2 US 8th / 9th Airforce Essex based squadrons ( Theme topic I started beginning of the April ) Kit: Airfix P-51D Mustang Scale: 1/72nd Main Colour Paints: Vallejo Gloss Black Primer , Vallejo Metal Color Aluminium , Dark Aluminum, Dull Aluminum, Tamiya XF-62 Olive Drab, XF-3 Yellow, XF-5 Green. Finish: Vallejo Satin Varnish Build : OOB Changes: Homemade decals Following my theme and as a challenge I chose the 55th Fighter Group who arrived at RAF Wormingford early April 1944 with P-38 Lightnings converting to P-51D Mustangs in July 1944. The Fighting 55th were identifiable by their green-yellow-green spinners and green and yellow checkerboard behind the prop. Since I was going to keep this model OOB ... I was going to hand paint this!! Subject : 343rd Fighter Squadron P-51D 44-14312 CY-N "Sonny Boy" (This plane was re-designated CY - T a few weeks later) Pilot: Lt. Ted E Hoffman Enough waffle time for the truth !! 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Congratulations – that is superb! Difficult to believe that is your debut after 35 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerrardandrews Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Very honest model, lovely looking finish 😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Are you sure it's in 1/72? Looks more like 1/48! One of the best looking 1/72 Mustangs I have seen lately. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Very nice build , i love it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mario Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Very nice result for such a long break especially if considering a difficult metal finish. Wonder how one can survive 35 years without modelling? Cheers, Mario Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Very nice RJ and thanks for sharing - hopefully not your last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Great work! I'd be happy to call that mine and I am well beyond "first in 35 years" status. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 That's a great Mustang – almost thought it was 1:48th before re-checking the title! Guess modelling is like riding a bike – once you've learnt how, it's difficult to unlearn, even after many years… ;-) Kind regards, Joachim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Great looking Mustang there, really nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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