CedB Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 Very nice Patrice - I think that's the first time I've seen Metacote; do you like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Nice and shiny ! If you want to add some different tones, keep in mind that parts of the wings were actually painted while the rest was in natural metal. Leaving the metalcote as it is is a good way to simulate aluminum painted surfaces, while buffing the same paint can lead to different levels of shine to simulate the different natural metal panels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Very nice Patrice - I think that's the first time I've seen Metacote; do you like it? Good evening Ced Thank you I often use Humbrol Metalcote paints and I recommend them .. Nice and shiny ! If you want to add some different tones, keep in mind that parts of the wings were actually painted while the rest was in natural metal. Leaving the metalcote as it is is a good way to simulate aluminum painted surfaces, while buffing the same paint can lead to different levels of shine to simulate the different natural metal panels Good evening Giorgio Thank you for the tip I will try to paint some panels in different shades of NMF .. Yesterday I painted the antiglare panel on the nose and the red band around Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 Very nice Patrice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 It is interesting to compare this with the Academy kit on one of your other builds Patrice. Do you prefer one kit over the other? The metal cote finish looks good, very appropriate for scale effect. Best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 17 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said: It is interesting to compare this with the Academy kit on one of your other builds Patrice. Do you prefer one kit over the other? The metal cote finish looks good, very appropriate for scale effect. Best regards TonyT Good afternoon Tony Thank you for your interest .. I have already built several Academy Mustangs and so far I will say that each one has its advantage and disadvantage so here is my opinion : The AZ/KP is a nice "short run" kit so it requires a minimum of attention when you close the 2 fuselage halves for example , the cockpit interior is detailed enough but the canopy is in one piece and it will require some surgery if you want to represent it opened , you can represent the flaps up or down but the wings pylons and tanks are sold separately , the decals sheet is nice but I will tell you latter how they react when I will place them .. The Academy Mustang is easy to build ( I remember reading somewhere that it has some shape issues but I really don't care .). you can choose to represent the canopy opened or closed , the cockpit interior is well detailed but deserve some work to enhance it or you can use a Eduard PE set especially if you choose to let the canopy opened , in this kit you have 2 types of wing tanks , bombs and rockets ; a very bad point common on all Academy kits are the decals I recommend to use decals from after market sheets .. Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 Hello Patrice and thank you for describing the two kits It seems as you say, that really both have positive and negative. Nevertheless it seems that overall both are quite positive, that both are fun and lead to a nice model. That is all we really need . I have the Academy P-51B in the stash and also an old Polish Kit. The latter is reviewed here: http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/mcpl/kit_mcpl_30490.shtml For the very low value, it could be worth just using it for pylons and tanks for the KP model? I think you you have inspired me to drag the Academy out of the stash, before Christmas . All best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 24, 2016 Author Share Posted October 24, 2016 Good evening Tony I totally agree with you , one difference between the Academy and Kp is the price .. I am very pleased if I have inspired you to build the Academy for this Gb Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 26, 2016 Author Share Posted October 26, 2016 Good morning everyone As Charlie c67 pointed out on this post http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235010762-kp-p-51-b-ding-hao-major-howard-354fg/ there is a small gap that you see into the cockpit between the wing root and the flaps and I used some plastic card to try to fill this gap as I wanted to leave the flaps down I will try to post pics latter .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 8, 2016 Author Share Posted November 8, 2016 Good evening Yesterday I placed the canopy and painted it Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 14, 2016 Author Share Posted November 14, 2016 Good evening Today I placed the decals Patrice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted November 15, 2016 Share Posted November 15, 2016 18 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good evening Today I placed the decals Patrice Quite a colorful Mustang Patrice, I like it! Cheers Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 15, 2016 Author Share Posted November 15, 2016 Good evening Jimmy Thank you Best Regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 Good evening This Week end I made a light weathering , placed the landing gear and the flaps Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great job on the scheme Patrice, both on the NMF and decals, quite stunning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 Good evening Today I placed the propeller and the wing tanks I think that I can call this build finished .. Patrice 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Well done Patrice, another cracking build. The yellow bands and red lettering make for nice colour contrast to the natural metal. Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Very nice Patrice - a very nice result. Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 Good morning Craig and Cedb Thank you for your comments .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyZ Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 I really like this one Patrice, nicely done. I'll have to build a NMF P-51B soon now, after seeing yours. Cheers Jimmy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 29, 2016 Author Share Posted November 29, 2016 1 hour ago, JimmyZ said: I really like this one Patrice, nicely done. I'll have to build a NMF P-51B soon now, after seeing yours. Cheers Jimmy Hi Jimmy Thank you , I think NMF Mustangs aare the most colourful .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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