Academy P 51 C "Princess" Lt Lester ARASMITH 530 FS 311 Fighter Group

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

 Tomorrow I will start an Academy P51C Mustang I will try to represent "Princess" flown by Lt Lester ARASMITH

http://veterantributes.org/TributeDetail.php?recordID=623  an ace with 5 kills of the 530 Fighter Squadron 311 Fighter Group in  China  in  1945 ..

 

 

https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/p-51-mustang/p-51c-mustang-42-103896-princess-of-the-530th-fs-311th-fg-china/

 

The Academy  box art
 

 

The sprues
 

 

I will try to use the decals sheet of the kit
 

 

Some books
 

 

I will use a  Yahu models instrument panel
 

 

I will do my best to finish my build before the end of this Gb

 

Patrice

[Alan P]

Amazing build rate, Patrice! 👍

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

 Today I painted the interior of the cockpit , I placed the Yahu instrument panel , a Pavla resin seat and  the control stick on the ''floor''

 

 

then I closed the 2 fuselage halves

 

and the tail

 

I also prepared the propeller and the tanks

Patrice

[Johnson]

I thought that the Academy P-51B was an excellent kit Patrice, so I hope you enjoy this P-51C. I recommend the Eduard canopy mask (CX052) for this kit, made painting it very easy.

Best wishes,

[TEMPESTMK5]

45 minutes ago, Johnson said:

I thought that the Academy P-51B was an excellent kit Patrice, so I hope you enjoy this P-51C. I recommend the Eduard canopy mask (CX052) for this kit, made painting it very easy.

Best wishes,

Good evening Charlie

I agree with you I think that the P51B/C Academy kit is the best in 1/72 , I have already built at least a dozen  ..

All the best

Patrice

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

Today I glued the "tail" and the front part of the fuselage and I also placed the wings and horizontal elevators ..

 

 

Patrice

[stevehnz]

That is fairly flying together Patrice, you're well on target to complete on time.

Steve.

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening Steve

Thank you for your comment I will do my best to finish on time..

All the best

Patrice

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

Today I started to paint the kit in NMF Humbrol Metalcote 27002 (with some panels in darker shades ) , the tail in Humbrol Hu24 and the  antiglare panel in OD Hu 155

 

 

 

 

Patrice

[gingerbob]

Look, this is just getting ridiculous!

[Alan P]

This is fast work! But it proves you can almost achieve a groupbuild on your own 😂

[TEMPESTMK5]

2 hours ago, Alan P said:

This is fast work! But it proves you can almost achieve a groupbuild on your own 😂

Good morning Alan

 Thank you for your comment but the Academy kit is a very good and simple kit ....

I must still say that the Mustang is one of my favorite aircraft and that I have been waiting for this STGB for a few years ,  well in fact since 2017 and the end of the Mustang STGB III ... and do I need to say that I am already getting prepared for the Mustang STGB V ...

 

All the best 

Patrice

[Alan P]

Excellent, bring on STGB V😊

[Johnson]

43 minutes ago, TEMPESTMK5 said:

and do I need to say that I am already getting prepared for the Mustang STGB V

I'm adding to my stash already...

1/72 KP P-51B

1/72 Academy P-51C

1/48 Eduard P-51D-5-NA

 

16 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said:

I started to paint the kit in NMF Humbrol Metalcote 27002 (with some panels in darker shades ) , the tail in Humbrol Hu24 and the  antiglare panel in OD Hu 155

Looks great Patrice. I'm going to have to hunt down some of that Humbrol Metalcote 27002, it looks really good. Did you spray or brush paint and how did you do the darker panels?

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good afternoon Charlie

Thank you for your comment .. I brushpainted this paint https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/27002-polished-aluminium-metalcote-14ml-enamel-paint.html 

but you can find also this  https://www.humbrol.com/uk-en/27002-polished-aluminium-metalcote-150ml-acrylic-spray-paint.html  although i have never used it..

For the darker panels I simply mixed a few drops of black paint with the aluminum 27002 ..

 

Patrice

[TEMPESTMK5]

1 hour ago, Alan P said:

Excellent, bring on STGB V😊

Hi Alan

Let's finish this one first and I will start a thread for the Mustang STGB V  ...

 

But I could well be tempted by an Academy P 51  https://www.scalemates.com/kits/academy-12401-p-51-mustang-north-africa--107300 

 

or by a Brengun A 36 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/brengun-brp72025-north-american-a-36-apache--1040337

for the MTO Gb at the end of this year ..

 

Patrice

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

 During the week end I placed the canopy , the decals and I did a light weathering

 

 

 

 

Patrice

[Johnson]

Very nice Patrice.

[stevehnz]

Looking superb Patrice, I'm itching to see the final shot.

Steve.

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

Today I placed the propeller , the undercarriage and fuel tanks ..

 

 

 

 

I think that this is the end of this build

Thank you for your interest ..

 

Patrice 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Always nice to see more CBI subjects, excellent work Patrice. 

[Andwil]

Very nice Patrice.

 

AW

[Courageous]

Another great build Patrice.

 

Stuart

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good evening

 here are 2 photos of the Mustangs I have built for this GB 

 

 

 

Patrice

[Johnson]

A great display Patrice!