Andrés S.

Great job with the wings. I think I will keep it in mind when I have to do it in my Mustang. Andrés.

Thanks Pete !!! Andrés.

Hi javlin, thanks !!! Hi Rando, thanks !!! Hi Roberto, thanks !!! Andrés.

Well Steve, I can only add that if in this build or any other you see something that might interest you and I haven't made it clear enough how I do it, I ask you not to hesitate to ask me. I assure you that it will be a pleasure for me say everything you need. Andrés.

Good job with this Spit!! I really like the tone of Ocean Gray that you used, what brand and reference is it? Congratulations !! Andrés.

If I remember correctly, having seen it yesterday, the well-known P-51B that you mention was in a photo of Don Gentile's Sangri La. Andrés.

Hi Steve. I don't understand why you think you wouldn't get the same colors as me by doing that mix. I am absolutely honest when I tell you that this mixture is what I used. But, you should keep in mind that the newly applied color has an appearance and then I apply other colors from Vallejo and AK to get dirty, as you can see in the series of photographs that I have been adding. Although it does not really alter the tone of the color applied as a base, it does modify the perception of it. I think that to a certain extent you underestimate yourself, if it has worked for me it can also give you the same result. Regards. Andrés.

Hi Mike. Thank you very much for your kind comment, it really makes me feel honored. Andrés.

Hi Steve, thanks for your kind words. The Midle Stone is a mix of Tamiya colors: XF-59(5) + XF-60(5) + XF-3(5) + H-81(3). The H-81 is the only Gunze color used in the mix, and the number in parentheses indicates the drops used of that color. The RAF Dark Brown color was a mix of Gunze's H-304 Olive Drab, XF-52 Drak Brown and Tamiya's XF-3 Yellow. I made it quite a few months ago when I coincidentally found out thanks to this great forum that it was not the brown color I always thought it was, showing me some vintage photos of Spirtfires as proof. Well, the thing is that in my enthusiasm I didn't write down the amount of each color and I would have to do the mixture again but I would start with H-304 with 15 drops and add XF-52; I do remember that I added only one drop of yellow XF-3. Logically, when I manage to make a mixture of paints that I like, I multiply the number of drops so that in a clean container there is enough paint for several airplanes. Hi Divebomber. Thanks. There are no stupid questions. The reason is because some engines and depending on what type of fuel you used, or perhaps better said depending on the octane rating of the fuel and some added additive, left a different trail than others. The Allison engines used to leave traces of whitish smoke and that is why airplanes like the P-38 or the P-39, as well as the first versions of the P-51, have smoke in that tone. But it is not exclusive to them, I have also seen traces of light grayish smoke in Hurricanes and Spitfires. Andrés.

Thank you very much Sanjuro, it's just what I needed. Speed and effectiveness, what more could you ask for!!! Andrés.

Hi guys. I have read that some of the modelers in this GB have removed panel lines (and I suppose also any rivets or screws in the area) from the wings of their P-51s. It's something I never heard or read about, except that the wings were painted and not natural metal. However, I have not been able to find detailed information about it. I intend to rivet my P-51 in this GB and of course for reference I have some drawings of the plane showing the panel lines and rivet lines of both the fuselage and the wings. Can anyone advise which panel lines and rivets/screws I should remove? I can't find anything about it that helps me, because it seems that not all the lines or screws or rivets should be eliminated, but rather a part. Andrés.

Hi Cookenbacher. Thanks for your kind words. Andrés.

Thank you very much kapam, I'm glad you liked it. Andrés.

AK Real Color is not acrylic, it is lacquer. AK REAL Color has its own thinner. And it is a very good thinner for these paints and for Tamiya and Gunze. And this is because AK Real Color, Tamiya and Gunze are the same type of lacquer, or semi-lacquer, paints. Andrés.

I have wondered if it would be like that. The F-5 blue looks beautiful to me. He is a strong candidate to attack my PayPal account... Andrés.