stevej60 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) Hi folk's built for the Mustang GB my take on Flt.Lt Arthur Doley's Mustang "Dooleybird" which was for a while posted to Acklington just up the road from me,also I had happy memories of the old Matchbox kit built way back.Dave (Spadad) fixed me up with the decal's and Tamiyas kit was a no brainer for my chosen scale,there are differing views on the actual finish of the real thing Blue front fuselage,Yellow and blue and both with anti glare OD panel but I stuck with Blue,painted with Halford's rattle can silver,thanks for looking in. Edited November 27, 2016 by stevej60 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Lovely build Steve, takes me back to building the MB kit as a kid....although not quite up to this standard! Gorgeous finish on the paintwork 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Modeller Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Lovely work as always Steve, I really appreciate your clean style, which is just how I like to build mine. A lovely Mustang and a scheme which is very easy on the eye - good stuff mate. Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Not bad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Very nice Stang - love it. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Lovely model, great finish and an unusual scheme - lovely! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epeeman Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 Nice one, Steve - Lovely clean finish - I also prefer weathering kept to a minimum. Regards Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 That's a great looking Mustang there Steve, a really nicely finished and colourful model. I live about 5 miles from Acklington and I've always thought about doing a collection of aircraft that were based there over the years. If I spread the net a little wider to cover Eshott, Millfield, Boulmer, Morpeth and Ouston, it would include some interesting types. Thanks for rekindling my idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 A real beauty Steve, a reminder of the Mb kit from days gone by, although the blue could have been nail polish on mine. (I was only 12) Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polo1112 Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 A very beautiful British Spitfire. Great build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 27, 2016 Author Share Posted November 27, 2016 3 hours ago, cngaero said: That's a great looking Mustang there Steve, a really nicely finished and colourful model. I live about 5 miles from Acklington and I've always thought about doing a collection of aircraft that were based there over the years. If I spread the net a little wider to cover Eshott, Millfield, Boulmer, Morpeth and Ouston, it would include some interesting types. Thanks for rekindling my idea. Many thank's Chris,great idea I have the same hope of covering more locally based aircraft Boulmer could be covered by Airfix's lovely newish Sea King,we used to take the motor bikes up to Tranwell? many years ago for a Sunday fool around I know nothing about the place I believe it was used for training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngaero Posted November 27, 2016 Share Posted November 27, 2016 (edited) 5 hours ago, stevej60 said: Many thank's Chris,great idea I have the same hope of covering more locally based aircraft Boulmer could be covered by Airfix's lovely newish Sea King,we used to take the motor bikes up to Tranwell? many years ago for a Sunday fool around I know nothing about the place I believe it was used for training. Tranwell was indeed RAF Morpeth and was home to No.4 Air Gunnery School and an Operational Conversion Unit. Early on it was home to the Blackburn Botha, but these were later replaced by Avro Ansons. There are the remains of a couple of old airfield buildings along with fairly intact blast shelters and there was talk of part of the airfield opening up again for private flying, but I've got a feeling that this fell through. Acklington on the other hand was home to a vast array of types such as the Seal, Overstrand, Whitley, Henley, Defiant, Typhoon, Martinet, Master, Spitfire and Hurricane. Post war it had the Meteor, Javelin, Hunters, Sycamore, Whirlwind, Wessex and Jet Provost. So as you can see, our neck of the woods was fairly busy from the 1930's to early 70's. That should keep me going for a while!!! Edited November 27, 2016 by cngaero Update 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 28, 2016 Author Share Posted November 28, 2016 A great collection to choose from Chris,good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great looking Mustang there Steve, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Superb! I don't have the scheme at hand, but I think you nailed the wings panels and finish Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Hello,Steve - That is a magnificent looking Mustang.I love everything about it.Great work as always.😉👍All the very best,Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Great to see more photos of your superb build. Very well done. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted November 28, 2016 Share Posted November 28, 2016 Looks great, I also have memories of the Matchbox kit. Good seeing this scheme again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelbarnes Posted November 29, 2016 Share Posted November 29, 2016 Well done. I love it. It definitely taps into the MB memories from childhood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolwe82 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Beautiful finish Steve! Remember building this marking with the Matchbox 1/72 kit, actualy thinking about it for my 1/32 build 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 For some reason that scheme puts a smile on my face. Nice work Steve. Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 Beautiful model! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaBea23 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 Very nice example of Doley's Mustang. Unknown to me at the time I lived round the corner from him in Wolverhampton when I was a kid. It was only many years later when I mentioned him in passing that my parents that they said they knew him. Talk about a missed opportunity! Anyhow the link from the RAF Museum adds interesting detail. http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/dooleybird-mustang-pilots-logbook-donation/ Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted December 7, 2016 Share Posted December 7, 2016 That's a lovely 'Stang, great scheme you've chosen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted February 14, 2017 Share Posted February 14, 2017 Lovely finish, and proves how underrated Aerosols are. :-) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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