spruecutter Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Maybe as a nod to the spirit of 'Reduce, Reuse, Recycle', I recently dug out an old 1/48 Monogram P-51D Mustang that I built (badly) over 40 years ago. I stripped off the thick layer of Humbrol 11 and used some spare parts from the new 1/48 Airfix Mustang kit to replace items that had gone missing. It wasn't the quickest of tasks - I think I could have built 3 Tamiya Mustangs in the time it took me to complete the refurb! Anyway, after all the stripping, replacing, repainting and general refurbing, here's the end result, Scat VII, flown by Gen, Robin Olds in 1945: The positive thing about the raised panel lines of the Monogram kit is that it makes it easy to recreate the puttied and painted aluminium finish of the laminar wings. I re-scribed the panel lines on the fuselage. With a bit of winter sun today, and with some help from Photoshop, I was able to take a photo against the sky. This was my starting point: Ugh. The paint for the invasion stripes must be 1mm thick! I had to resort to a bit of surgery to use the Airfix transparent parts. Final picture in B&W: Thanks for looking. RichardC 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmerboy Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Great refurbishment, the invasion stripes must have taken a while to rub back! Good job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Niiiice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted December 5, 2020 Author Share Posted December 5, 2020 4 hours ago, Farmerboy said: Great refurbishment, the invasion stripes must have taken a while to rub back! Good job! Thanks @Farmerboy - the trick was an overnight coat of Mr. Muscle Oven Cleaner which removed the old Humbrol paint very easily. The decal glue however had a weird chemical reaction - that did need ra fair bit of rubbing down! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Good show! 🍺 That's a great "comeback" and a fine looking Mustang. I have a Monogram P-51D sitting in my display also done as "Detroit Miss", Urban Drew's mount. He had two Me-262 kills on one mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_L._Drew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Great work, the black and white photo looks genuine! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedders Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Really like that - excellent save! Justin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Great work on the old Mustang, excellent modelling ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 Great modelling.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 What can great result and great work this looks stunning. I like this a lot . Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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