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Here's my latest off the bench, the well known "Petie 2nd" Mustang (a P-51D-10, to be exact) flown by Lt. Col. John C. Meyer, as part of the 8 Air Force, 453rd Bomber Group (in detail, 487th Fighter Squadron, 352nd Fighter Group), whose museum this model is intended for. This is my first entry for the museum, the second will be a P-47D Thunderbolt, which I still have to begin working on. Back to this, the kit is the Tamiya one dedicated to this subject, in 1/48 scale; the only aftermarket addition was the Eduard PE set for the cockpit. Some minor scratch building was involved too, namely: - the gunsight reflectors, from thin acetate - the oxygen hose inside the cockpit, using thin copper wire winded around a thicker wire - the tail wheel arm, from a steel paper clip - the main struts brakelines, again with copper wire - the Pitot pipe, from brass tubes(because I lost the kit part in the process, it didn't really need to be replaced ) - the machine gun barrels, again from brass tubes - the tail light, from clear sprue - the main wheel wells back wall, from plasticard - piping and cabling inside said wheel wells, from various wires I also filled in (with PPP) most of the wing panel lines, according to the process used on the real bird to guarantee the lamina flow. I tried to keep them slightly visible though, as can be seen in period pics. Insignia and letters were airbrushed, using masks that I designed and cut with my Silhouette Curio, while the serials, stencils and all the rest came from the kit decals. Metallic paint is mainly Tamiya Gloss Aluminium from a rattle can, decanted and airbrushed. Variations were obtained with AK Xtreme Metal Chrome and Vallejo Silver. All other paints used were Lifecolor, Italeri and Tamiya acrylics. Weathering done with a mix of black tempera wash, oil wash and oil dotting (the latter only on blue surfaces), and some Tamiya Smoke liberally airbrushed on the metallic areas. The build thread is here: Here are some pics: Some shots of the interiors - they are over-exposed, I preferred going that way rather than using the flash Exhausts detail and machine guns Undercarriages And some from underneath All comments welcome Ciao