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Hallo Here I started a new project. P-51 Blue Nose. Versions/ Pilot FS-FG Kennung Jahr Station camouflage ID stripes canopy exhaust mirror tail decal P-51 B 1042-106451 George Preddy FS 487 FG 352 HO o P Juni 1944 Bodney / GB natural metal finish with med blue nose full malcolm Hood shrouded yes alu ES 5 P-51 B-1542-106914Robert Powell FS 328 FG 352 PE o P Juni 1944 Bodney / GB natural metal finish with med blue nose full framed canopy shrouded yes alu ES 2 P-51 D-544-13321George Preddy FS 487 FG 352 HO o P Juni 1944 Bodney / GB natural metal finish with med blue nose full bubble canopy shrouded yes alu ID Streifen kit Eduard P-51 D-1544-14906 George Preddy FS 328 FG 352 PE o P Dezember 1944 Asch / Belgien natural metal finish with med blue nose half bubble canopy shrouded 2 black rot ES 2 The wings are done. Cockpit is right now in working progress. Happy modelling -
Hallo I had to split my WIP. Because the issues are more prominent. To hide them in the D version WIP would not be fair too. There are very heavy things to obey, or you spoil your model at the last stage, when spraying. This model does not have a firewall or even a segment of it. This causes flexibility of the fuselage, and you really spray direct in the finished cockpit! Can you see it? The airintake in front of the cowling is open! In front is just the dashboard and peddals after installation. It may not help at all! Flapsy kit as kits were in early days in the 1960s! Even the hole for the airscrew makes a missery! All 4 holes of the exhaust too, and two holes on the fuselage sides too! The area of the airintake and 6 side holes of 1mm diameter! Congretulation! Whatever you do, you will spoil your model! So to close them. How? After installed cockpit? I do not know now. I must get birth to an idea. Some other issues are also there. My WIP as I started: Today my airframe is completed and assembled, my wings polished. I am waiting for my masks to get the inner side sprayed. I polished the airframe when I noticed all this. Happy modelling -
Hallo Now after I had to make a break in my P-38 series due to a broken part, I switched to P-51. This project was fueled by the new Eduard kit. On the other hand I got a dual combo about Red Tails to my birthday. On the other hand I had the chance to realize my dream to build models which flew over my home during WW2. My home is in Carinthia (Austria) and in wartime we had bombing and strafing by P-38 and P-51. This is the area where British troops were stationed from 1945 to 1955 as occupation force. No other aircraft type is commented and told from locals. It is also told that during strafing it could be seen black pilots in the aircraft. This was taken as a tale, from a confused person, in meantime we know, this could have been real. So, by modelling I choose the Eduard kit. With Quintas, which I prefer to etched parts in the cockpit, specially the seatbelts! I also have the Brasin revi from Eduard. For all aircrafts. There will be checker tails, yellow tails and red tails. After my first steps I can conclude that the kit is good. There are some areas, which are not really well done. One part is the intake for the oil-cooler. The etched part needs a support to be glued properly. The landing flaps, are awful to glue into the wing. The instruction for this matter is weird. It shows, there may be something to sand, but no idea what it is meant. The rod for the airscrew is very short, so that assembly is a bit awkward. The color instruction is doubtful, some say it is well done. Doubtful if you rely on prime sources, well done if you rely on tales. In the instruction of the cockpit it tells of many detail, but nothing about the throttle quadrant. See the first steps. Inner wheel well door. Excelent pic to confuse ! Happy modelling
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Hallo Now firstly again: Error in the instruction, please obey! This is the same manual of B/C and see the contradiction! Position of holes for the pylon is wrong at the left, correct at the right! Now: Which external tank fits to the pylon of the B/C version? It is a very different pylon to the later D version. I think that this picture below is wrong! Such a paper tank can not be fixed to such a pylon. Is this correct or wrong now? I would use this tank in combination with the pylon: The location of the fuel pipe entry in the wing is now my question! Can anyone tell me that? Since it is not the D wing, where I have all informations. Thanks in forward Happy modelling
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P-51D Lt. Frederick E. Hutchins 302nd FS 332nd FG Ramitelli Italy This is a Mustang from the Eduard kit in 1/48. As my other Dora Mustangs, this was the 5th out of a batch of 5. Here I used the stencils from Barracuda instead of Quintas. And for the dashboard I used the Eduard items from the kit. The only thing I had in surplus were masks for the cockpit. The surface I sprayed with Gunze colors. SM 208 / SM 201 and C008. The wings are smoothed to get along with the laminar profile. All IDs were sprayed. Just the national insignia and individual number I used decals. The aircraft of this airfields in Italy were in the last period of war constant visitors of my home country in Carinthia, the southern part of Austria. Finally it was the British occupation zone until 1955. This aircraft were constantly strafing. So, there are many horrible tales of fighting civilians. No matter where and when. Nearly all persons of my child’s neighborhood had such experiences. Even kids were targets. This should be said. Here a true story: This kit I wished as a birthday present. My friends bought me the Dual Combo from Red Tails from Eduard. And asked me what so special about Red Tails. I told them about black pilots. My friend's grandfather was straffed by an Mustang with a black pilot. During the war, last months, when he told that, he got troble with the authorities. After the war he told it again. So far. So have a look: Happy modelling
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P-51D-5 44-13287 Lt. William Parent 4th FS 52nd FG 15th AF Madna Italy This is a Mustang from the Eduard kit in 1/48. As my other Dora Mustangs, this was the 3rd out of a batch of 5. Here I used the stencils from Barracuda instead of Quintas. And for the dashboard I used the Eduard items from the kit. The only thing I had in surplus were masks for the cockpit. The surface I sprayed with Gunze colors. SM 208 / SM 201 and C008. The wings are smoothed to get along with the laminar profile. All IDs were sprayed, just the national insignia and individual number I used decals. The aircraft of this airfields in Italy were in the last period of war constant visitors of my home country in Carinthia, the southern part of Austria. Finally it was the British occupation zone until 1955. This aircraft were constantly strafing. So, there are many horrible tales of fighting civilians. No matter where and when. Nearly all persons of my child’s neighborhood had such experiences. Even kids were targets. This should be said. So have a look: Happy modelling
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Hallo, just to ask In the underwing of my P-51 C kit from Eduard I noticed on both sides a big square slot. Besides the chute slots. What is that for? In Detail & Scale I saw it in the drawing, in no other book. And on no picture. Is this an Eduard special? Or is it real? Thank you in forward. Happy modelling
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Hallo This is my P-47 D Razorback from Tamiya in 1/48. Pilot of this aircraft was Bob Hartmann. Coded G9 o U in summer 1944 from 509th FS 405th FG. This kit build was a joy. Tamiya quality. All fits, all works, straight ahead. All proper and no issues at all to remark. Surface was sprayed with Gunze SM 201. Undercoat was C 002 in gloss black. Shaded with various GX colors from Gunze. All operational markings are sprayed. Insignia and individual codes are decals. So have a look: Happy modelling
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Hallo Here is my P-38J-15-LO. 43-28444 Vivacious Virgin II coded E6-T flown by Lt. Ian B. Mackenizie of 402nd FS / 307th FG from Florennes / Belgium winter 1944 / 45. The model is built from the Tamiya kit. I built the Vivacious Virgin II with Kagero decals. I took artistic freedom and depicted the model with all the invasion-stripes. Since I had to paint them over anyway. I had no sources to find out, if this nose art was there at this time with full stripes. The built with the Tamiya kit was a joy from start to end. In no way to compare it with Eduard. All over quality, clearance in parts and instruction are of highest quality. The intellectual input in the kit design and the result is just marvelous. The Tamiya people today are real experts and show what is really on! BTW: I had the issue, that I broke by stupidity my front-glass. I used the Tamiya communication line for a new part. It worked properly and within 2 months I had it. To a proper price of a few Euros. My WIP has just a few comments on the Tamiya kit, since there was simple nothing to say, just to praise. Have a look: Happy modelling
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Hallo Now, my next big decission has to be made: What to do with the wing surface on the Eduard kit. Since it was a laminar wing, and due to my Mustang pics from Duxford, I see no panel lines. And I found a thread on LSP, analogy to that all. LSP discussion And a discussion on our forum too: My answer is: I will do it, I will fill it, and show you the result. To grasp is too less. Out of 6 kits, I try it now. Happy modelling
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Hallo Since I build some P-51 from ETO, this question came up. Can you tell me, which FG used this AN/APS-13 radar equipment on their D versions? BTW: which fuel tank was common for a full sortie from Fogia? 75 or 110 gal. tank? Thank you in forward. Happy modelling
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Hallo You may say, you know it anyway. Me not. I read many forum in the web. Finally I got confused. As literature I use volume #50 & #51 from Detal&Scale. I supose that this is a good start. If not, you may tell me why! And an alternate option. To start with: The main issues are concerning painting interior. 1.) Cockpit fudelage floor black or wood? 2.)Wheel well cinc chromate all over? Or just the main spar? And one funny thing: Eduard says the inner wheel well door is fine silver with a strip cinc chromate! Mistaken picrures of the alu strip mirror like for reducing rotataion. So far. I build it in 32 from ZM and now a batch from Eduard. D-5 and D-20 all stationed in Italy in 1944 and 1945. Not England. BTW: Did the aircraft have already the yellow life jacket in the a/c as some other modelling companies do, or not? Happy modelling
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Hallo Here I represent you the fourth P-38 Lightning out of a series of 5 aircraft. P-38L-1-LO s/n 44-23852 Beautiful Bitch Flown by Lt. John J. Kane of 96th FS / 82nd FG Vincenzo, Italy March 1945 This is my last kit is from Eduard. In my WIP I described all the working steps, my decisions and all shortcomings in every detail. I will here only explain my paint job and final assembly. During my build I improved some steps from my last P-38. Specially the cockpit. The worst thing like last time is the Revi installation. This time I failed, the armor glass is in position. I used C8 from Gunze and SM201 as well GX range for some weathering. At the very finish I used black highly diluted as overspray. So have a look: Happy modelling
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Hello The question that arises from a simple fact. After recently observing the weather in the Pacific and the many islands, a simple question arises for me: How many pilots of the fighting armed forces had to lose their lives in the Pacific region due to metrological issues? Navigation when no horizon line is visible anymore, the rain fronts and storm fronts that blur all contours. The islands where the clouds are constantly crowding, day and night. Electronic homing devices may be of some help. If I take the idea further and then ask the question, how many aircraft were lost due to technical errors? In this environment. As a conclusion, every war seems even more pointless to me. The fight against nature makes the fight against the enemy take a back seat. Does any of you have numbers and facts on this topic? Happy modelling
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Hallo This is the P-38L-5-LO 44-26176 Vagrant Virgin coded A flown by Lt. Peter Macgowan of 36th FS 8th FG Ie Shima September 1945 This model was the 3rd Eduard-Acadamy hybrid kit. Everything which showed up is told in my previous RFI and my WIP. Here I faced first time on this type the pure aluminum coat. Together with black anti-glare and white outline. It was a nice challenge. Look at the outcome and enjoy it! Happy modelling
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Hallo Here I represent you the second P-38 Lightning out of a series of 5 aircraft. P-38G-15LO, 43-2475, 48th FS/14th FG El Bathan, Thunesia, second half of June 1943, Babe, flown by Edgar L. Yarberry The kit is from Eduard. In my WIP I described all the working steps, my decisions and all shortcomings in every detail. I will here only explain my paint job and final assembly. The BIG difference are decals and stencils. Here I used EXITO Decals of superb quality. Also from Hobby Decal the dry transfers. During my build I improved some steps from my first P-38. Specially the cockpit. The worst thing like last time is the Revi installation. This time I failed, the armor glass is in position. The painting was done with a mixture of OD 1 from Gunze C12 and some brown C79. Highly diluted of course. The neutral grey also, as C13. The shading in brighter and darker shades with white or yellow for OD, for neutral grey with white and darker with some black added. Again all highly diluted. The weathering I did with salt. In detail explained in WIP. At the very finish I used black highly diluted as overspray. So have a look: Happy modelling
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Hallo Here I represent you the first P-38 Lightning out of a series of 5 aircraft. P-38G, 42-2197, 80 FS/8 FG New Guinea, 1943/44, 'Nulli Secundus / X-Virgin' The kit is from Eduard. In my WIP I described all the working steps, my decisions and all shortcomings in every detail. I will here only explain my paint job and final assembly. The painting was done with a mixture of OD 1 from Gunze C12 and some brown C79. Highly diluted of course. The neutral grey also, as C13. The shading in brighter and darker shades with white or yellow for OD, for neutral grey with white and darker with some black added. Again all highly diluted. The chipping of the weathering I did with salt. In detail explained in WIP. At the very finish I used black highly diluted as overspray. So have a look: Happy modelling
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Hallo This kit is from Dora Wings and represents a P-47C in 1/48 from the early operational days. The kit and his features are all described in my WIP here. This kit is a short run kit, but for this it was a joy! This particular aircraft was piloted from Kenneth Peterson from the 363rd FS in the 4th FG. The serial was 41-6539. Have a look and enjoy: Happy modelling
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Hallo This kit is from Tamiya and represents a P-47D in 1/48 from the mid operational days. The kit and his features are all described in my WIP here. This kit was a joy to build. This particular aircraft was piloted from Fred Christensen from the 62th FS in the 56th FG. The serial was 42-26628. Have a look and enjoy: Happy modelling
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Hallo This kit is from Tamiya and represents a P-47M in 1/48 from the late operational days. The kit and his features are all described in my WIP here. This kit was a joy to build! This particular aircraft was piloted from Leo Butiste from the 62nd FS in the 56th FG. The serial was 44-1199. Have a look and enjoy: Happy modelling
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Hallo This kit is from Tamiya and represents a P-47D in 1/48 from the early operational days. The kit and his features are all described in my WIP here. This kit was a joy to build. This particular aircraft was piloted from Howard Curran from the 510th FS in the 405th FG. The serial was 42-26249. It was used in ground operations. Have a look and enjoy: Happy modelling
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Hallo This kit is from MiniArt and represents a P-47D in 1/48 from the mid operational days. The kit and his features are all described in my WIP here. This kit was the most difficult one to build! Not the aircraft was the problem, the kit design was the problem! This particular aircraft was piloted from Ben Mayo from the 82nd FS in the 78th FG. The serial was 42-26671. Have a look and enjoy: Happy modelling
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Hallo My basic question is concerned to the surface of the P-47. We know, that two basic options are there. Olive Drap or metal. To the metal option: Are there parts of the wings like on the P-51 which are covered with lacquer? Is the wing surface realy pure metal or are some parts grinded and filled with puty and again grinded to get a lacquer surface? If it is so, does anyone have a drawing according to it? Thanks in forward! Happy modelling
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Hi, I'd quite like to scratch build a WW2 Airfield USAAF control tower. Does anyone have and plans references i could perhaps use to scale a model.. 1:72 and or 1:48 scale would be my preferences. I've had a look online but can't see anything suitable.. Cheers Regards, Andy
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I'm currently modelling subjects used by U.S. forces, and that means I'm going to need some kits of specific British-built aircraft. A fresh order of decals has prompted me to look more closely at the Spitfire Mark Vb. I really only know the basics about Spits and even less regarding the available 1/72 representations. Although due diligence demanded some basic research in this department before starting a new topic, digesting the available information can be likened to drinking from a fire hose. Please forgive me restating this question directly as I'm sure the topic is old hat for the bona fide afficionado. From what I've been able to glean, the Tamiya kit goes together well but has some shape issues (though no reviewer in my quick survey seems to state precisely what these issues are) and the Italeri kit is good WRT to shape, but doesn't go together so well. I like the newest generation of Airfix kits, but apparently their Mk. Vb is an older issue? Do the latest small-run kits from eastern Europe stack up well? I appreciate any light to be shed, and again, I apologise if this seems an oblivious inquiry.
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