franky boy Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Right then chaps, my first RFI. Accurate Miniatures P 51C in the colours of 311th Fighter Group based in China in 1944/45. The model was built OTB but i did cut and lower the flaps and use Ultracast wheels and exhausts. The model is a pretty pain free build. My only chritisisms would be the thick transparencies, the flaps being moulded in the up position and a bit of filling at the wing routes. I also filled the panel lines on the wings as per the real thing. The NMF was achieved by priming with Tamiya light grey primer, some panels on the fuselage were then masked and painted gloss black. The wings were then masked and the fuselage painted using Alclad Aluminium, I then unmasked the wings and masked the fuselage and painted the wings with Duraluminium to try get the painted aluminium effect. The darker panel around the exhausts commonly seen on P 51s was painted using dark aluminium. The national markings were painted using miracle masks, I didnt' get a great finish on these due to my own over excitement! Entirely my own fault. The spinner, tail and wing tips were painted using Tamiya XF 3 yellow mixed with some XF 4 yellow green to try to add some depth. I also tried some oil dot weathering on the wing tips with mixed results The anti glare panel on the nose was painted using Tamiya olive drad lightened and darkened again to add some depth. For weathering I bought Mig Productions weathering set for NMF aircraft which performed well and then applied a random over spray of a very thin mix of Tamiya matt black and red brown. Some fuel mstains were added using AK Iteractive fuel stains mix. The whole model was then varnished with Vallejo matt varnish. Pigments were used on the wheels and exhausts. Brass tubeing was used for the gun barrels. I'm fairly pleased with how the model turned out, it was really a test bed for trying a whole load of new stuff. Any comments and questions welcome. James And finally a shot with Accurate Miniatures P 51A built a few years ago. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Really great work, love the weathering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Very nice work. I like this kit a lot. The other you did also looks quite nice. Very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Very nice indeed. Nice to see one finished in something other than an ETO scheme. Well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Lovely looking Mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivers3162 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Really nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 great looking mustang , nmf , looks great nice job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low flyer Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 I like that a lot nice finish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Lovely build, nice subtle weathering too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobster Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 That is a superb looking Mustang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Thanks for the kind words guys. Modelling Minion I agree, it's good to see a mustang finished on something other than an ETO scheme. Having done a bit of research for this build I can voach that there are some very cool schemes for natural metal aircraft from the PTO and South East Asia. James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Liking that a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NavDoc Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Beautifully done. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Superb work !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fantastic model! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Very nice build good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Great work on the NMF and weathering, love it Ben Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 That's a cracking C model, great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franky boy Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 Thanks again for the kind words. Happy new year James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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