1:32 Tamiya P-51D 'Passion Wagon'

[AnonymousDFB1]

North American P-51D Mustang

'Passion Wagon'

Capt Charles (Chuck) E Weaver

Capt Charles (Chuck) E Weaver & Passion Wagon

Passion Wagon

P-51D 44-13691 G4-A “Passion Wagon” was originally flown by Maj. Arval J Roberson,. This a/c was reassigned to Capt. Chuck Weaver who not only retained the name and artwork but perpetuated it on his replacement a/c.

Passion Wagon modelled here as Chuck Weaver's plane in late 1944 after his forth kill out of the eight he finised WWII with.

Kit: Tamiya

Scale: 1:32

Decals: Kit, Baracuda & Kit World

Paint: Tamiya, Citadel & Model Master Metallics

Extras: Wheels by Greymatter Figures

Build Thread: HERE

Thanks you all for your support during this build and as always special thanks to Lloyd King (llking) for suggesting the scheme, to Mike Mcellaney for his help with research and encouragement during the build.

Edited December 30, 2011 by Mish

[oddball1973]

Very nice - be good see how many different schemes of this model appear over the next few months

[geedubelyer]

Oh my!

That's a lovely model beautifully presented Mish.

Great job.

[Michaelvk]

That's very nice! Loving the OD over grey scheme..

[Martyn C]

Thats a great looking P51, the finish is superb and a credit to you. Did the decal sheet show you to place the bar and star upside

down on the underside?

[Gundylunch]

Nice job Mish !! - Now I know what scheme I'm going to use on mine !! ( Almost certainly " Frenesi " ) - very similar !!

Look forward to seeing it on a BM Display ( MK ?? ) soon

[AnonymousDFB1]

Thats a great looking P51, the finish is superb and a credit to you. Did the decal sheet show you to place the bar and star upside

down on the underside?

Thanks guys,

Martyn, thanks for that, total cock-up by me, too many late nights... I've taken down the photo while I fix it.

[Shar2]

Beautiful Mustang Mish, you've done a wonderful job on her.

[Mike Mcellaney]

Nice work mish

[Marek]

Very nice, I like mustangs

[turnerdad]

Beautiful model Mish, nice one!

[Buzby061]

Top job there Mish.

I did a 1/48 one in that scheme, a victim of The Great Roof Disaster of 2002.

Pete

Edited December 30, 2011 by Buzby061

[Lightningboy2000]

Now that is a stunner Mish!

Mart

[llking]

great job Mish

[John Laidlaw]

Lovely, Mish!

[Rich F]

Nice work Mish

[Wolfpack]

Far too many Mustangs on here, but this one deserves to be. Excellent work Mish!

W

[Dr.Jellyfingers]

That's just excellent !

Si.

[AnonymousDFB1]

Thanks guys, and if I may say so without appearing big headed. I think this is my best build to date.

[Bertie McBoatface]

That's a mighty fine build and paint job there Mish. You have taken a near 'perfect' kit (by all accounts) and made a near perfect job of it. It's difficult to fins anything to constructively criticise but since I know you appreciate that sort of thing I gave it a few more looks. Comparing the model with the the reference photo you posted, I wonder if your representation isn't perhaps a little too clean and shiny. Other than that, it's outstanding and I think a likely GB winner too.

[dhtmo]

Thanks for sharing Mish. That's a stunner.

BTW, are the checkers a decal? And how did you paint the spinner so well?

Cheers

Dave

[AnonymousDFB1]

That's a mighty fine build and paint job there Mish. You have taken a near 'perfect' kit (by all accounts) and made a near perfect job of it. It's difficult to fins anything to constructively criticise but since I know you appreciate that sort of thing I gave it a few more looks. Comparing the model with the the reference photo you posted, I wonder if your representation isn't perhaps a little too clean and shiny. Other than that, it's outstanding and I think a likely GB winner too.

Thanks Don, if you know where to look you'll see the little errors.

Thanks for sharing Mish. That's a stunner.

BTW, are the checkers a decal? And how did you paint the spinner so well?

Cheers

Dave

Thanks Dave, yes it is a two part decal. The spinner took me three attempts to paint. In the end it was down to ver careful masking.

[kpc7676]

Good work there Mish, you've done a superb job.

[tank152]

I followed your build from the half way point. These kits look superb and you've done it proud.

[Navy Bird]

Nice job, Mish! It's not too often that I see an OD over grey bubble top Stang. Very nice indeed.

Cheers,

Bill