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1:32 Tamiya P-51D 'Passion Wagon'


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North American P-51D Mustang

'Passion Wagon'

Capt Charles (Chuck) E Weaver

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Capt Charles (Chuck) E Weaver & Passion Wagon

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Passion Wagon

P-51D 44-13691 G4-A “Passion Wagon” was originally flown by Maj. Arval J Roberson,. This a/c was reassigned to Capt. Chuck Weaver who not only retained the name and artwork but perpetuated it on his replacement a/c.

Passion Wagon modelled here as Chuck Weaver's plane in late 1944 after his forth kill out of the eight he finised WWII with.



Kit: Tamiya

Scale: 1:32

Decals: Kit, Baracuda & Kit World

Paint: Tamiya, Citadel & Model Master Metallics

Extras: Wheels by Greymatter Figures

Build Thread: HERE

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Thanks you all for your support during this build and as always special thanks to Lloyd King (llking) for suggesting the scheme, to Mike Mcellaney for his help with research and encouragement during the build.

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That's a mighty fine build and paint job there Mish. You have taken a near 'perfect' kit (by all accounts) and made a near perfect job of it. It's difficult to fins anything to constructively criticise but since I know you appreciate that sort of thing I gave it a few more looks. Comparing the model with the the reference photo you posted, I wonder if your representation isn't perhaps a little too clean and shiny. Other than that, it's outstanding and I think a likely GB winner too.

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That's a mighty fine build and paint job there Mish. You have taken a near 'perfect' kit (by all accounts) and made a near perfect job of it. It's difficult to fins anything to constructively criticise but since I know you appreciate that sort of thing I gave it a few more looks. Comparing the model with the the reference photo you posted, I wonder if your representation isn't perhaps a little too clean and shiny. Other than that, it's outstanding and I think a likely GB winner too.

Thanks Don, if you know where to look you'll see the little errors.

Thanks for sharing Mish. That's a stunner.

BTW, are the checkers a decal? And how did you paint the spinner so well?

Cheers

Dave

Thanks Dave, yes it is a two part decal. The spinner took me three attempts to paint. In the end it was down to ver careful masking.

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