Wolwe82 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Very nice! I like the propeller shine (i did not noticed it earlier.. ), thats great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 OMG she looks so evil great build Les Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 3, 2014 Author Share Posted October 3, 2014 thanks guys, she does look pretty cool and mean!!! Ok with luck this will be the final update before she's done!!! Just the gloss coat and a wee bit of tiding up to go. I am still finding I'm touching up bit and pieces, wish I'd done the paint job as I normally would have, as there wouldn't have been so many touch ups!! Oh well. The front canopy fitted, actually not a bad fit at all. I've drilled out the gun barrels ready for the new aluminum replacements, much nicer than the original. It's had it's gloss coat but I'm not really happy with it, think it needs to be even more glossy! Not sure how this finish lasted for the life of the plane. Don't know if it was kept this way for demo's or over time it gradually lost it's shine? Once I've done the two decals (only the serials numbers to do) and the panels, I might give it another coat to see if that helps. Hopefully will have it done by tomorrow..... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted October 4, 2014 Author Share Posted October 4, 2014 ok after a bit of effort I'm finally ready to call this one completed! It would have been a much easier build if I hadn't done things bottom about from how I would have normally have done them. The conversion kit is not really that flash but with some effort something really nice and unusual can be built. I have addition photo's in the gallery plus in the RFI section. Thanks for all your nice comments on the way, it was really appreciated , enjoy. I do have the basic plans for a 1/24th scale version.........plus I have an old crusty Airfix P-51D I built about 30+ years ago.......would I be silly enough??? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper_city Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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