Airfix P-51B Mustang at the gallop!

[AdrianMF]

OK, I’m in:

 

Learning from my mistake from last year, I will neither be scratch building a new cockpit nor opening the canopy. If I had time I would look for a “forehead slap” emoticon...

 

Regards,

Adrian

[Hockeyboy76]

Hope you get to the finish line. 

[Valkyrie]

This will be good! Yes forget the cockpit detail , the time disappears 

[AdrianMF]

Ah, forgetting cockpit detail was a piece of good advice, but too late! Here’s the fuselage ready to close up as soon as I have tidied the propeller spinner:

 

Next up: paint the white bits to start building up the colour and provide a rudimentary wheel well.

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian

[AdrianMF]

Hello Again!

 

White bits on the go so I can build up opacity with thin coats:

 

Exhausts are a bit wrong - they should come out from a slot in the fuselage without a shelf above them. In any case, they will look better with open ends so I start out by making a dent with a centre punch and then drill out with a 0.7mm drill:

 

Whatever you do, DO NOT WASTE TIME building an undercarriage bay that nobody will ever look at:

 

Wings and fuselage together 5.5 hours in:

 

Time to hit the gym while that lot dries...

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian

 

 

 

 

 

[AdrianMF]

I managed to get rid of the shelf above the exhausts. Would have been easier before assembly but it’s done:

 

I’m not sure what this piece of plastic came from but it’s the right width to spread the fuselage a tad and get rid of any wing root gaps. I still have dihedral too:

 

so I might as well stick it all together:

 

Now i I can go to the gym...

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian

[Valkyrie]

The gym? I’m knackered just following these

[Jinxman]

5 minutes ago, Valkyrie said:

The gym? I’m knackered just following these

Same here - my back is killing me. The ale has started to flow - for medicinal purposes of course.

 

Nice work on the P51. 

 

 

[AdrianMF]

So, eleven hours in. Where am I?

 

Underside has been painted, canopy is on after a lot of fiddling, I need to fill around the canopy and get the olive drab on...

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian

 

[edit: brushed Revell silver acrylic if anyone wants to know]

[Jinxman]

Very nice finish on the silver with a hairy stick 👍 - what size brush do you use?

 

cheers

[AdrianMF]

33 minutes ago, Jinxman said:

Very nice finish on the silver with a hairy stick 👍 - what size brush do you use?

 

cheers

I use a 3/8 flat brush. I use artist’s brushes so they cost a bit more but they give a great result and they last. 

 

Regards,

Adrian

[AdrianMF]

Well talking of great brushing results, here’s a counter-example. I’m using Humbrol 86 acrylic,  and it’s all gritty and weird. The colour looks too green as well, so I’m having a cuppa and a sandwich to consider my course of action from here:

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian 

[AdrianMF]

Much better:

 

Well I think so anyway!

 

Added one part Revell 46 acrylic “NATO olive” to two parts of Humbrol 86 and it now has a brownish tone. Undercarriage while that lot dries.

 

Regards,

Adrian

[AdrianMF]

Coming along. Happy with the colour and lots of dry brushed variations:

 

But as you can see I’ve had a little bit of running under the masks. I’m going to fix that, add black stripes underneath and then do the decals!

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian

[AdrianMF]

Well I got to decals a while back:

 

And now I’m calling it done:

 

I left off the “Bulldogs” and the victory decals because my reference photo doesn’t show them. I will take some pictures for the gallery later on today after a sleep!

 

Thanks for looking,

Adrian

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Nice looking Warhorse 👍

[Jinxman]

That looks great - nice turn around with the green as well.

 

[stevej60]

That's a cracker Adrian great job on the old girl!

[CliffB]

That's turned out very nicely Adrian

[junglierating]

Hi Adrian ...bought this kit for 4 quid at Bovington today....disappointed with some of the decals particularly the victory markings....having read your er blog....build history ?seems I dont need them ...hoorah.

Problem solved....where might this phot be of the real thing ....have you a hyperlink ?

If you can post it id really be grateful. 

 

Cheers Junglierating