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Supposed to be a quick build, and I guess for me it is. Second one in a year! Another 'lockdown' build. This is the Airfix P-51K Mk IV Mustang - the Dooleybird boxing. It's also my first NMF attempt. I chose a NMF RAF Mustang other that Dooleybird. The model represents a Mk IVa from 93 Squadron based in Italy in 1946. From my research the squadron only had the Mustang for a very short time and post war so I kept the weathering down, a bit i.e. no extreme gun port smoke/oil. Decals are from the Xtradecal sheet X48176. The model is OOB - I only added decals and the radio aerial (which I'm not sure was fitted). I used a mix of Alclad2, mostly Polished Aluminium for most of the airframe. There are patches of darker Alclad2 and the leading edge/front half of the wings have been filled to remove panel lines, and painted in Tamiya's LP-11. Again I struggled with the final coat choice opting to use Tamiya's X-22 with some rubbing down. Generally not that happy - my last two builds have been difficult and have been lacking in the final result based on my hopes. But hay, I now know that LP-11 will be my paint of choice for a High Speed Silver Meatbox. Cheers, Paul.- 28 replies
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