Red Dog Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 (edited) Had some nice weather today so took a few pics of a kit I finished last year but haven't posted yet. Tamiya's 1/48 P-51B Mustang of Capt. John Bennett of the 352nd FG. Part of the 'Blue Nosed sweethearts of Bodney' (Sweethearts??? Oh edited by site. The b*astards!) Kit went together a treat. Painted with Tamiya acrylics. Decals came from a sheet that was part of Eagle Editions book 'The P-51's of Major George Preddy' by Mark Proulx and Sam Sox, Jnr. Book and decals cover all of Preddy's aircraft all called 'Cripes A'Mighty' and Bennett's shark mouthed P-51B. Only addition was an Ultracast seat and Albion Alloys brass tubing for gun barrels. Tried to make the Invasion stripes somewhat hastily painted ie. rough and uneven in places. Should've weathered the Stars and Bars decals in hindsight. Oh well, live and learn. Comments welcome and Cheers for looking. Edited November 17, 2019 by Red Dog 27 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Looks great Red Dog - really like the way that you have done the Invasion Stripes - uneven but subtly uneven. As you mentioned - weathering the National markings would have made it look even better as would masking and painting the inside of the canopy. That is an interesting Blue colour chosen for the nose - is it based on research? Cheers Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Gorgeous finish and great choice of scheme too. Makes me want to dig mine out of the stash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Baldy said: That is an interesting Blue colour chosen for the nose - is it based on research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Blackburn Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I'm not sure if true or not the colour blue came from the left over paint from painting the toilets on the base that the squadron where based at, they had recently taken over a british base in the UK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 The more you look the better it becomes, the paint finish feels very authentic for an in the field application, good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Very nice, love the stripes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Very very nice. Interesting colour scheme too. Great job beautifully finished 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Good to see invasion stripes that aren't perfect - how they would have been Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueNosers352nd Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Nicely done! Sharkmouth Blue Noser......a rare one for sure. Think I am going to tackle a NMF bluenoser for the STGB coming up, one with partially painted (or being undone) d-day stripes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulaero Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Vey nice different scheme and those invasion stripes look very realistic . Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted November 17, 2019 Author Share Posted November 17, 2019 Thanks for the kind words. Thanks for the pic Troy. It is one that was in the book. I think the combination of the sun, camera (phone), and computer screens has distorted the colour a tad. It does seem brighter in the pics, but I'm happy with it even so. I wish I had done the inside of the canopy too. Next time for sure. Another 100 or so kits and I'll get one that'll be perfect. 7 hours ago, VEEBEE271 said: I'm not sure if true or not the colour blue came from the left over paint from painting the toilets on the base that the squadron where based at, they had recently taken over a british base in the UK. Toilet Blue? Lavatory Blue? Dunny Blue? Urinal Blue? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Outstanding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Oh man I've always wanted to build this bird! Now I'm not so sure I can after seeing your marvelous rendition! Fantastic job 👏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Great looking BNB sharkmouth ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert_ Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 This is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 11 hours ago, whiskey said: Oh man I've always wanted to build this bird! Now I'm not so sure I can after seeing your marvelous rendition! Fantastic job I know how you feel. I saw Daniel Zamarbide's outstanding example and thought the exactly the same. So go ahead a do it whiskey. It can be a bit time consuming with the masking but a great learning experience getting the invasion stripes to look hastily painted as they were in real life. Do you have the Eagle Editions book 'The P-51's of Major George Preddy'? The decals that come with it are great and go down real nice with solvset. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiskey Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 My LHS has a set of the decals. Kinda be haggling them to push it behind the counter or wherever for me hehehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Excellent work 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The AEAF stripes do look good. As is the rest of the paintwork, although I'm not sure about that shade of blue - it's almost turquoise. Also, the squadron code is the wrong way round on the port side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueNosers352nd Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, Red Dog said: I know how you feel. I saw Daniel Zamarbide's outstanding example and thought the exactly the same. Do you have the Eagle Editions book 'The P-51's of Major George Preddy'? The decals that come with it are great and go down real nice with solvset. Their is also 2 sets of decals for Preddy's birds (including his brothers P-51 before he was lost too) produced by Three Guys if you can find a copy somewhere. Includes his P-47 as well. I have them in my stash. I don't have the EE book.........off to see if I can find a copy. Edited November 18, 2019 by BlueNosers352nd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Dog Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 So it is Ian. Buggar, hadn't noticed before but now it's going to bug the hell out me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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