Mike Mcellaney

Well I will be adding this one to my build list, I have had the decals for this one ever since I got back into modeling about 4 years ago Its only now I think and hope my skills are good enough to do this model justice

Don Mish has put the wrong profile up, Passion Wagon did not have a fillet I have spoken to Mish and she will be changing the profile

Could not resist this one when I saw the decals so will add this to the build list to make it number three on the Mustangs

Thought I would balance things out with the other two builds I will be doing with a Spitfire or Two First one will be a Spitfire Mk Vb from the 31st FG flown by Lt Roland Wooten The second one will be another Spitfire Mk Vb from the 4th FG flown by Maj Leroy Gover Both of these will have Eduard Zoom sets

This will be one of my entries for this Group Build Kit and bits on order

This will be one of my entries to this group build Kit and bits on order Now looking through my Decals for this aircraft, I found I also had the decals to do her before she became Geronimo, still flown by the same pilot So to do something a little different I am going to do the before and after in the same build thread

Time for another update Future is on, Decals on (these are from Bison), just letting everything dry now and then it will be ready to start the weathering

Nice work Mish coming along nice

No its a bottle I have had for over a year now, just need the model to use it on

Nice work so far, it looks to be a very nice kit

Have used Lifecolor Israeli Sand Grey

Ok update for tonight then Got the paint onto the hull, turret and most of the running gear will get the rest of the painting finished tomorrow night

David These will look great when they are all finished

Nice work there Mish That is all coming together nice

Hi Luigi Found these for you hope it helps http://www.mafva.net/other%20pages/Starmer%20camo.htm http://www.armouredacorn.com/Refs-%20Thumb...e%20Desert).pdf

Very nice build, Just one little ponit for the next one, the paper drop tanks were only every used once, so they would not have any fuel stains

Ilan, if you are doing LOU IV which was a P-51D-5NA you need to remove the tail fillet as this aircraft never had it fitted as it was shot down a few weeks after this photo was taken Also who's decals are you using if its the kits one they are wrong for LOU IV, as they do include the name Athelene for the other side of the engine cowling, you would need to get the Eagle Cal decals which are correct The aircraft flying with it is also a P-51D-5NA which has had the tail fillet retro fitted, if you want to do a 361st aircraft you could always do E2-S

Well the primer is on and you can still see the resin decal cast marks, I think they have workd very nice

These are the casting marks/numbers They are resin water slide decals from Archer

Thanks Mish Yes they do make a difference will soon find out how they show up under a coat of paint

Well thanks to the four day weekend we have just had and a couple of allnighters she is now ready for paint, well primer anyway Just a few bits added clamps to the front transmission Dome head bolts to the front mantle Spare antenna rods to the roof of the turret

This one is coming together rather nice this is where I am up to after today's work Brass wire grab handles, resin casting marks and numbers

Great job Peter

Well this is today's work, just added some weld detail that was missing from around the engine covers, Mr Surfacer to blend in the turret joint and the give a little more texture to the transmission cover

Ok I have made a start was out for most of the day yesterday, so got up early to do a catch up So from this To this Well at least that has all of the suspension out of the way