TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good afternoon Last week end I started building the very nice Airfix Mustang I will represent the aircraft flown by John Voll an ace who scored 21 kills in the MTO with the 31 Fighter Group http://acepilots.com/usaaf_mto_aces.html#Voll I replaced the seat by a Quickboost one and the control surfaces by ResIm parts and for the decals I will use Lifelike decals http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev4/3301-3400/rev3303-Lifelike72017/00.shtmI started by the seatAnd the cockpit I prefered to use the decals for the instrument panel.Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 14, 2016 Author Share Posted June 14, 2016 Good evening Yesterday I closed the fuselages halves and placed the propeller and today I placed the wings and the control surfaces ResimPatrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 17, 2016 Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nice, quick work! I have the F-51 boxing. Is the fit good? Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 Nice, quick work! I have the F-51 boxing. Is the fit good? Cheers Jaime Good evening Jaime I had to do some sanding in order to place the wings on the fuselage .. Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Thanks for the info Patrice. Doesn't sound too bad. Looking forward to further progress. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Nice start Patrice, I have a couple Airfix P-51 kits and am watching with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 Sane as the above, just received one of these in the post. I like your scheme choice. Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Good evening This week end I started painting this kit Humbrol Metal cote27001 overall and Humbrol 155 green for the antigalre panel Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellzy Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 She's looking good nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 25, 2016 Author Share Posted June 25, 2016 Good evening Today I painted the wingtips in red , placed the exhausts , the front canopy , rudder and flaps Patrice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Good progress, Patrice! The paint finish looks good. I like the tonal variation in the natural metal panels. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Good morning Jaime Thank you Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 26, 2016 Author Share Posted June 26, 2016 Good evening Today I started placing the decals Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Hi Patrice, It really comes to life with the decals on Very well done Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi Patrice, It really comes to life with the decals on Very well done Cheers Jaime Good evening Jaime Thank you .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Good morning Yesterday I repainted the stripes on the tail and on the wings Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hi Patrick, Very well done. Did you brush paint the stripes? Did you mask the area around? Cheers Jaime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 29, 2016 Author Share Posted June 29, 2016 Hi Patrick, Very well done. Did you brush paint the stripes? Did you mask the area around? Cheers Jaime Good afternoon Jaime Thank you .. I used the decals stripes provided in the Lifelike decals sheet but as you can see on the pics I posted on june 26th I had some problems and I decided to paint the stripes over in yellow and red and I find the results satisfying .. Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Why am I thinking Grateful Dead? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob85 Posted June 29, 2016 Share Posted June 29, 2016 Patrice, nice work with the transfers! There is a lot and you have done a cracking job of getting them to settle in some complex areas. Also smart work with the re paint. Really has, as Jamie has said, brought this to life Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted June 30, 2016 Share Posted June 30, 2016 Wonderful metal finish Patrice, and excellent work on the complicated scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Good morning Rob Thank you for your comment .. Next time I will do some weathering .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted June 30, 2016 Author Share Posted June 30, 2016 Wonderful metal finish Patrice, and excellent work on the complicated scheme. Good morning Cookie Thank you for your comment .. Next time I will do some weathering .. Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Good morning This Mustang is finished fro some times and I had forgotten to post the last pics excuse me . Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Very nice work Patrice, she is a beauty Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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