Wolwe82 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) Good evening guys, i m back with another mustang! This should be last one for some time, but one never knows... This baby was built as part of the Mustang STGB here on BM. The kit is the well known P-51D Airfix 1/72, decals Kit´s World, exhausts Quickboost (adjusted from Spitfire IX round exhausts), wheels from MPM A-36 and scratchbuilt cockpit, wheel wells and some more details around the airframe (special antennas on underside, position light under air intake). I have to say the decals were a bit disapointment - the "Gunfighter" letters are too big and the white on "Gunfighter" icon is totaly off... But other than that it was fine.For anyone interested, WIP thread you can find here http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234966654-p-51d-gunfighter-finished-hjgb-wont-make-it-this-time-sorry/. Some shots now - i was lazy to wait for tomorrow, so i took some shots with "night" background Thanks for watching guys and all comments and tips are appreciated Edited October 1, 2014 by Wolwe82 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 (edited) That is a truly beautiful Mustang Wolwe and one of the best 1/72 models I have seen. Absolutely stunning on all levels. And I think the night photography really shows it off well. Brilliant!! The close-ups show what a talented modeller you are! Edit: tip - keep doing what you're doing! Edited September 30, 2014 by PlaStix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widow 65 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Is this really 1/72....Awesome!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Another winner Wolwe looks superb as ever,you really are raising the bar here in 1/72 scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thought it was bigger than `72nd, great job ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 very nice mustang, looks great and nmf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What a brilliant clean build. really enjoyed seeing that Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Great model, got to love a mustang 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thanks guys to all of you I m happy you like it Though for me, next build got to be DIRTY!! :DD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Taylor Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 What an awesome model! The checkerboard, nose and wing bands are beautifully "crisp" - how did you do that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted October 1, 2014 Author Share Posted October 1, 2014 Thanks James All masking was done by tamiya tape. The wing bands were easy, just two stripes of tape with the right distance between them. The checker nose was a bit more tricky, but i did used a bit of "cheating" - i had dcals for it, but these were in wrong colour shades. So first i did paint yellow band on the nose. Then i did cut out the decals for the nose (as whole) and layed tamiya tape over it. The tape is enough transparent to see the checker design on the decal under it. As next i did just cut the yellow sections from the decal (together with the tamiya tape on it), removed the tape from it and layed it on the nose, carefuly to keep the lines right. It was slow work, but better than using bright green decals when i wanted to have darker green fuselage (as is on real plane). After the masking was done, you just spray the areas with paint. From my experiences, it is important to go slowly with this. Do not use too thick paint or you will get noticeable "step" between the band and the rest of the airframe. But too thinned paint means the paint could flood the area and get under the tape. I m using more thinned paint, but going very slowly with it and carefuly, building up the colour slowly. Mainly the first one-two layers needs to be done carefuly. Hope it does help a bit, if you would have any more questions or you did not understand something (probably for my lack of english skills ), go ahead and ask, i ll gladly try to answer it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's a disease Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 It must be mustang day! That's the second great Airfix mustang I've seen before breakfast! Well done on the paint/scheme. Extra points on the cockpit. Good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted October 2, 2014 Author Share Posted October 2, 2014 Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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