davebruce Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Hi guys and girls I'm back again this time with a mustang. I wanted to do one in a British livery and also try out some metallic paint for the first time and opted for the AK xtreme metal range. I used the black base, polished aluminium an aluminium left it about a day and a half. It was dry to the touch so picked it up to carry on and after a few seconds the paint seemed to start to go soft thus ruining the paint job, so rubbed the areas back and tried again. All was well until I tried to mask off panels for the variation and ruined the paint again. After about 4 attempts I have a finish that's ok if you dont get too close haha. I snapped the port side tailplane off twice and the antenna was just a blob of flash and was unsalvagable so was whittled out of a match stick. The aftermarket wheels which stated, they were for Airfix didnt fit as they have small round holes and the kit legs have a block shape which snapped when the wheels went on. To be honest the whole undercarrage part was a struggle for me, I have clubbing off the fingers and it's a challenge I can tell you. Anyway enough with the things that went wrong, fun build, it'll stay in the display cabinet as long as it holds up lol. One word on the Xtradecal X72131, either they are wrong or I have messed up. The roundels on the wings state to have the small ones on top and the large on the bottom. Hopefully I'm right. Here it is..... Thanks for having a look, Stay safe. Dave. 18 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 You recovered that one well, Dave. Looks pretty damned good to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted April 27, 2020 Author Share Posted April 27, 2020 Cheers Vinnie, there was times when I thought of chucking in the towel, but I'm happy I cracked on with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Very smart finish. And I would say you are right and they are wrong about the wing roundels. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeaton01 Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 Looks nice, you fixed any finish issues rather well. I built one of these a month ago and the landing gear was very fragile. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davebruce Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 20 hours ago, Truro Model Builder said: Very smart finish. And I would say you are right and they are wrong about the wing roundels. Cheers Truro, thanks for confirming. 19 hours ago, jeaton01 said: Looks nice, you fixed any finish issues rather well. I built one of these a month ago and the landing gear was very fragile. Thanks jeaton01, they are indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Looking good! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Joyce Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Your perseverance paid off, Dave, because the NMF came out very nice. It's a great looking build overall. Cheers, Mark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanm Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Spectacular silver and sure you're right about the roundels. Xtradecal instructions sometimes aren't 100% reliable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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