flarpen Posted October 27, 2012 Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hi Time to get this one of the shelf if I'm going to be able to complete it in the allowed time frame (being a notoriously slow builder) The Tamiya 1/48 P-51D kit in Tuskegee boxing The goodies. I will also be adding a ultracast cuffless propeller The outstanding decals from Robert Bergwall (RBD decals that made the decals for the Tarangus Lansen kit) I'll be making S/N 26075 F16 blue M with the big pony on the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted October 29, 2012 Share Posted October 29, 2012 Nice to see a Mustang in the Swedish colors !! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Have been working this past week with getting the wheel well from Vector to fit the tamiya wing. After sanding the plastic to almost see through thickness i got everything to line up. The wheel well painted Zinc Chromate Yellow with aluminum details. Glued in place. The cooling? pipes are also in place. From the other side Another angle Next up is the cockpit. Even with Eduard details i thought that the cockpit looked a little bland, so i shelled out for an Aires replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z Aviator Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Looking good!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Looking very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks. I have a wondering regarding the cushion (dingy/liferaft?) on the seat back, did the SwAF use that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted November 25, 2012 Author Share Posted November 25, 2012 The Aires cockpit parts are all painted and lightly weathered. Almost ready to be installed in the fuselage. I've added a few cockpit placards and instrument faces from airscale to add a bit more interest. Some closeups Right Side Left Seat and armor plating I modified the aires seat slightly by removing the molded on liferaft attached to the back of the seat. The swedish pilots used back parachutes and i don't think that the leferaft on the seat worked to well together. The harness is still missing. I've tried to use the PE harness from Eduard, but i couldn't get it to look as i wanted so i have ordered new ones from HGW. And the IP /Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted December 27, 2012 Author Share Posted December 27, 2012 Time for an update i think. Progress on th mustang has continued at a steady pase, just haven't had the time to upload any photos. The fuselage has been assembled. The tail wheel well from quickboost installed as well as the radiator and oil cooler with some added PE from eduard The cockpit parts installed in the fuselage. I mounted the cockpit sides to the plastic parts before gluing on the tub itself. The IP and control stick in place. Still missing the seat due to the seat belts from HGW has yet to arrive. The fuselage glued together. No need for any filler here, everything fits like a glove. I've also removed the molded on rudder, to be replaced bu an ultracast replacement. /Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Very nice interior detail and painting. The Swedish Mustangs always seem more interesting in my estimation due to being so seldom seen in modelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 Some serious work there Johan. Looking very nice so far. Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted December 29, 2012 Share Posted December 29, 2012 Nice progress and a great job on the interior. Looking forward to seeing this kit complete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 Thanks for your kind words guys. A bit more progress. It's good to have a few days off at the holidays to get some building done. The seat harness from hgw has arrived and been assembled. I say assembled because these little gems are like a small kit in itself, they are so much better than PE seat belts. The wing has been glued together with the fuselage and the molded on guns removed to make place for ultracast replacements. After a bit fiddling the ultracast guns fits quite well. The wings on the Mustang had almost all it's panel lines puttied over and painted with aluminum lacquer, so i have filled those panel lines with mr. surfacer 1000. A good reference for what panels to fill can be found here: http://www.fundekals...StencilInst.pdf I have also glued on the ultracast elevators and rudder. more to come... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 10, 2013 Author Share Posted January 10, 2013 After the panel lines in the wing was taken care of (i removed the mr. surfacer with q-tips dipped in tamiya thinner) the entire model was given the micromesh polishing cloth treatment.  When i dry fitted the flaps from ultracast i was in for a surprise... For some reason they are way to short (maybe due to resin shrinkage).  I solved the problem by cutting of a piece from tamiyas parts and sticking it to the ultracast flaps, all good.   The squadron canopy was next up... The front screen is fitted and glued in place with gator's grip  I glued in some PC reinforcements in the canopy to stop it being to flimsy. Also the reinforcement bar from ultracast was glued in place. One of the things (the only?) that was special about the Swedish mustangs was that it had a luggage rack mounted in the canopy. Here Red Roo models comes to the rescue with their ferry pack (apparently the Aussie mustangs had a similar arrangement)  The luggage rack during dry runs  And all painted up    Now the model is ready for paint.    Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Painting has begun. Started of with shooting the parts that where painted aluminum on the real thing with alclad gray primer: wings (except fuel tank access panel, aileron and gear doors), rudder, elevators and aileron trim tabs.  Grey painted areas masked off ready for gloss black.  Model Master gloss black painted and the result looks rather interesting.  A light polishing with some 8000 grit micromesh and it's ready for alclad.  /Johan   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 14, 2013 Author Share Posted January 14, 2013 Alclad has been applied. I used regular aluminum on the wings and fabric cover areas and airframe aluminum on the rest. Â Â Â I'll tone down the shine somewhat and add some light weathering. Â Stay tuned. There's still hope to get this one in before the GB ends. Â /Johan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 It's ready for the sprint to the finish, good thing we got another week to complete on. Â The Alclad paint job was toned downed with a cote of future and the anti glare panel painted black. The spinner painted with model master dark blue lighted with white to match the roundels. Â Decals from RB Decals are all on. These are absolutely a gem to work with, they are nice and thin and looks painted on after a little micro set/sol. They are in perfect register and all little stencils are readable. Â The decals was overcoted with another coat of future, which on the wings was flattened a bit with some tamiya flat base. To top everything off the wing walk was painted with flat black and dark gray. Â Â Â Â Â Â To be finished.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Looking very nice indeed! Â Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 flarpen That's looking really good. Nice to see the progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 It's almost done now. The landing gears are all painted and glued in place. Tail wheel assembly And the main wheels Added a few Eduard PE details and brake lines from 0,4mm led wire. Wheels from ultracast. Underwing pylons mounted with some scratched sway brace details. Radiator flap added And here she is on her legs To do tomorrow....paint and install the exhausts, assemble prop, add some panel line wash and weathering... //Johan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted January 27, 2013 Share Posted January 27, 2013 Great job Johan. Look forward to the finished Mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 27, 2013 Author Share Posted January 27, 2013 (edited) It's done, the final bits are on and canopy unmasked. The cuffless prop blades are leftover from a previous hasegawa build. Exhaust stacks from ultracast Finished: http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234927790-gallery/?p=1226946 //Johan Edited January 27, 2013 by flarpen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Pulfrew Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Congrats flarpen. That really is a thing of beauty. I've always loved the Mustang, particularly the D-model. You've made a great job of the NMF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flarpen Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thanks, I really enjoyed building this and I'm quite pleased with the outcome. //Johan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matcham11 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Splendid! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Kelley Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Great result. You really cannot beat the Tamiya Mustang for getting a gorgeous build together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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